Personal profile
Research expertise
Brecht is a pharmacist and infectious disease epidemiologist using population-based epidemiological studies to track risk or outcome data, to inform infectious disease prevention/control.
Research foci include community-level factors including behaviour determining the transmission of (antimicrobial resistant) pathogens, risk/exposure surveillance to track transmission of infectious diseases or for AMR, and evaluation of primary care or community-based AMR control interventions.
PhD dissertation (Utrecht University, 2023): https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/427300
Research projects:
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Optimising community antibiotic use and environmental infection control with behavioural interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo: https://jpiamr.eu/projects/cabu-eico/ (completed May 2025)
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Active one health surveillance in LMICs to monitor and predict Antimicrobial Resistance Using Metagenomics: https://jpiamr.eu/projects/alarum/ (ongoing)
- BE-PIN: https://www.belspo.be/belspo/Post-Covid/project_en.stm (ongoing)
- Characterising Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a Peri-urban Population in Mozambique Using Population-based (Sero)Surveillance: https://www.itg.be/en/research/projects/africover (completed Dec 2023)
Education/Academic qualification
Infectious disease epidemiology, PhD, Preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks and AMR: From counting cases to monitoring risks, University Medical Center Utrecht
26-Mar-2021 → 31-Mar-2023
Award Date: 31-Mar-2023
Tropical Medicine and International Health, Postgraduate
Award Date: 11-Mar-2011
Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Master in Pharmacy, Ghent University
31-Oct-2001 → 30-Jun-2008
Award Date: 30-Jun-2008
Keywords
- B680-epidemiology
- B510-infections
- B680-public-health
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CABRASU: Guiding community-based antimicrobial resistance control in low-resource settings: attribution of household sources of resistant bacteria and the impact of improved antibiotic use
Kreppel, K. (Promotor) & Ingelbeen, B. (PI)
1/09/25 → 31/08/28
Project: Research Project
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BE-PIN: The Belgian Pandemic Intelligence Network
Hens, N. (Coordinator), Ingelbeen, B. (Researcher), Colombe, S. (Researcher), van Kleef, E. (Copromotor), Beutels, P. (Promotor), Cleynen, E. (Promotor), Domingo, D. (Promotor), Gilbert, M. (Promotor), Stevens, H. (Promotor), Van Bortel, W. (PI) & Van Bortel, W. (Promotor)
1/12/23 → 1/03/27
Project: Research Project
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FA5 RD CONGO: Strengthen research and education capacities in the partner institutes (INRB, CRSK, ESP) in DRC (Outcome 1) Support to interruption of transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2030 (Outcome 2)
Verlé, P. (Copromotor), Nicco, E. (Copromotor), Van Cauwenberg, I. (Other), Rosanas-Urgell, A. (Researcher), Mutsaers, M. (Researcher), de Jong, B. (Researcher), Van Den Abbeele, J. (Researcher), Dermauw, V. (Researcher), Ariën, K. (Researcher), Hauner, A. (Researcher), Monsieurs, P. (Researcher), Van Bortel, W. (Researcher), Kreppel, K. (Researcher), Vanlerberghe, V. (Researcher), Ingelbeen, B. (Researcher), Lepore, L. (Researcher), Inocêncio da Luz, R. (Researcher), Semaan, A. (Researcher), Seghers, C.-A. (Researcher), Polman, K. (Researcher), Katsuva Sibongwere, D. (Researcher), Colombe, S. (Researcher), Benova, L. (Copromotor), Meudec, M. (Researcher), Van Den Abbeele, J. (PI), Van Den Abbeele, J. (Promotor) & Kattenberg, E. (Promotor)
Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Development project
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CABU-EICO: Verbeteren van antibiotica gebruik en infectie preventie met gedragsinterventies in dorpen in DRC en Burkina Faso
van der Sande, M. (Promotor), Ingelbeen, B. (Coordinator), van Kleef, E. (Copromotor), Meudec, M. (Researcher), Halidou, T. (Copromotor), Phanzu, M. (Copromotor), Wouters, E. (Copromotor), Cooper, B. (Copromotor), Baker, S. (Copromotor), Giles-Vernick, T. (Copromotor) & Kreppel, K. (Promotor)
1/05/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Research Project
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Considerations from emerging infection outbreaks and a pandemic for the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance
Ingelbeen, B. (PhD Student), van der Sande, M. (Promotor), van Kleef, E. (Copromotor) & Bonten, M. J. M. (Promotor)
30/06/21 → 31/03/23
Project: PhD-project
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Alarum: Active One Health surveillance in LMICs to monitor and predict Antimicrobial Resistance Using Metagenomics - a cross-sectional study protocol
van der Sande, M. A. B., Valia, D., Tigoi, C., Stoesser, N., Stamm, L., Marten, A., Riems, B., Musyimi, R., Sibidou, Y., Schurch, A. C., Tiendrebeogo, E. W., Mwaringa, S., Kohns Vasconcelos, M., Ingelbeen, B., Tinto, H., Bielicki, J. A., Cooper, B. S., Berkley, J. A. & van Kleef, E., 24-Feb-2026, In: BMJ Open. 16, 2, p. e107465Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Faecal colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in rural Burkina Faso
Valia, D., Karama, I., Ingelbeen, B., Garba, Z., van Kleef, E., Lompo, P., Tiendrebeogo, E. W., Kaboré, B., Kiemdé, F., Yougbare, S., Tiendrebeogo, A. L., Van Puyvelde, S., Prizzon, A., Vandenbroucke, A.-T., Argudín, M. A., Kabamba, B. M., Jacobs, J., Tinto, H., van der Sande, M. A. B. & Robert, A. & 1 others, , 10-Jan-2026, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Residual antimicrobials in food can select for antimicrobial resistance
Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Ingelbeen, B. & Kenyon, C., Mar-2026, In: Lancet Microbe. 7, 3, 101281.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Effect of a community-based behavioural intervention bundle to improve antibiotic use and patient management in Burkina Faso and DR Congo: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Ingelbeen, B., Valia, D., Mbangi, B., van Kleef, E., Campbell, L., Kouanda, S. J., Muaka, C.-A. M. K., Tiendrebeogo, E. W., Welgo, A., Bertels, V., Declercq, S., Riems, B., Meudec, M., Wouters, E., Cooper, B., Phanzu, D. M., Tinto, H., van der Sande, M. A. B. & CABU-EICO study group, 2025, medRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Embedding risk monitoring in infectious disease surveillance for timely and effective outbreak prevention and control
Ingelbeen, B., van Kleef, E., Mbala-Kingebeni, P., Danis, K., Macicame, I., Hens, N., Cleynen, E. & van der Sande, M., 17-Feb-2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 2, 8 p., e016870.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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