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Dr. Irith De Baetselier completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2021, in the domain of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). She has been working as a scientist at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium since 2010. Since 2018, she has held the role of coordinator of the National Reference Centre for STIs in Belgium. Additionally, she serves as the Belgian representative of the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (Euro-GASP) and is a member of various committees including the STI Network Coordination Committee of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Euro-Test, and STI International Exchange.
She has extensive experience in the field of STIs, evident by her substantial contribution to the scientific literature. Research topics are STI epidemiology, including mpox, lymphogranuloma venereum, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and its potential impact on the STI epidemic among men who have sex with men, HIV/STI diagnostics, and antimicrobial resistance of N. gonorrhoeae and M. genitalium. Currently, One of her research topics is decentralized HIV/STI diagnostics including online home based self-sampling programs and innovative self-sampling methods to facility home-based or decentralized HIV/STI testing. In that framework, our team developed the Collect2Know (C2K) device, an innovative device to facilitate capillary blood macro self-collection. Moreover, she has gained significant expertise in designing and conducting multi-centric prospective or cross-sectional studies related to HIV/STI prevention in both high- and low-resource settings.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Antwerp
Award Date: 11-Sept-2021
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CHoNGeTSa: A survey to estimate the prevalence of STIs among youth in Zambia
Hensen, B. (PI), Hensen, B. (Promotor), De Baetselier, I. (Researcher), Ayles, H. (Researcher) & Schaap, A. (Researcher)
7/12/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Project
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PRIORITY PrEP: Promoting Rapid Initiation, Outreach, and Retention in PrEP for Non-Belgian Men who have sex with Men in Antwerp
De Baetselier, I. (Copromotor), Nöstlinger, C. (Copromotor), Kenyon, C. (Copromotor), Scheerder, G. (Researcher), Vanbaelen, T. (Researcher), Togna Pabo Willy, L. (Researcher), Reyniers, T. (PI) & Hensen, B. (Promotor)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research Project
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T2K: Optimizing T2K: An online self-sampling platform for HIV, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections in Belgium
De Baetselier, I. (PI) & Van den Bossche, D. (Promotor)
6/05/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research Project
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SOFI 2021: PReventing the Emergence of untreatable STIs via radical Prevention
Kenyon, C. (Promotor), Crucitti, T. (Copromotor), De Baetselier, I. (Copromotor), Florence, E. (Copromotor), Soentjens, P. (Copromotor), Basil, S. S. (Copromotor) & Kenyon, C. (PI)
Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Project
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Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection diagnostics and control among Men who have sex with Men in low-and high-resource settings
De Baetselier, I. (PhD Student), Kenyon, C. (Promotor), Vanham, G. (Promotor), Vuylsteke, B. (Copromotor) & Crucitti, T. (Copromotor)
11/04/19 → 13/09/21
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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Characterizing ceftriaxone tolerance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae across in vitro and in vivo models
Kanesaka, I., Kumar Bari, A., Abdellati, S., Vanbaelen, T., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., Naesens, R., Britto Xavier, B., Rossen, J., Kenyon, C. & Manoharan-Basil, S. S., 8-Jan-2026, In: mSystems. 11, 2, 17 p., e01298-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Nitrofurantoin activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae : an in vitro and in vivo study in Galleria mellonella
Kanesaka, I., De Baetselier, I., Abdellati, S., De Block, T., Vanbaelen, T., Manoharan-Basil, S. S. & Kenyon, C., Jul-2026, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 373, 7 p., fnag079.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Reinfection and ceftriaxone tolerance in a clinical case of recurrent gonorrhoea: a case report supported by in vitro and in vivo models
Kanesaka, I., Abdellati, S., Vanbaelen, T., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., Britto Xavier, B., Kenyon, C. & Manoharan-Basil, S. S., 23-Apr-2026, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 16, 10 p., 1720396.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Reversing resistance?: Declines in macrolideresistant STIs following antimicrobial stewardship interventions in Belgium
Vanbaelen, T., De Baetselier, I., Tsoumanis, A., Hensen, B., Van den Bossche, D. & Kenyon, C., Apr-2026, In: Lancet Microbe. 7, 4, 1 p., 101297.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Test2Know: An online home-based self-sampling platform to test for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections: Results of the pilot effectiveness phase (phase C)
De Baetselier, I., Vanroye, F., Baudry, B., Lebacq, T., Ledegen, H., Smekens, B., Cuylaerts, V., Kenyon, C., van Frankenhuijsen, M., Vanbaelen, T., Wouters, K., Van den Bossche, D. & Platteau, T., 30-Jun-2026, 22 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
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