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Katja Polman is an epidemiologist and heads the Unit of Medical Helminthology within the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. She also has a position as associate professor within the Section of Infectious Diseases at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has a university training in Medical Biology and Parasitology and a Master in Epidemiology, and did her PhD at the Leiden University on the diagnosis and epidemiology of schistosomiasis. Since then she has been working in the field of neglected tropical diseases. Her research interests and expertise lie in the field of parasite epidemiology, with focus on helminth (co)infections and associated diseases.
Research lines
(Eco-)epidemiology, transmission dynamics, diagnosis and control of schistosomiasis and other human helminth infections
Helminth co-infections: interactions with other infections (eg. polyparasitism) and diseases (eg. allergy, malnutrition), and how these shape disease patterns and control.
Teaching expertise
Katja Polman teaches in various institutional postgraduate and master courses, as well as in university master courses, and is involved in coaching of MSc/PhD students. Main teaching topics are on parasites/helminths, neglected diseases, epidemiology and statistics.
@ITM: Master in Public Health Master of Public Health MPH: Modules Advanced statistics, NTD control, MSc thesis coaching; Postgraduate in Tropical Medicine and International Health TMIH: Module Vector-borne diseases; Postgraduate in Tropical Medicine for Bachelors in Nursing & Midwifery TMED: Module Helminthiases; Short course Molecular Epidemiology/Molecular Data for Infectious Diseases MID: Module Epidemiology.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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Fascioliasis transmission, and it’s burden in Northern Vietnam
Hoang, Q. V., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dermauw, V. & Trung Dung, D.
6/07/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Project
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L’épidémiologie et la lutte contre la schistosomiase au Burundi dans un contexte d’élimination
Bizimana, P., Polman, K. & Van Geertruyden, J.
3/11/20 → …
Project: PhD-project
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SchistoSAM: A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children
Bottieau, E., Polman, K., Van Herrewege, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mbow, M., Cisse, B. & Baert, E.
Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation
1/10/18 → 30/09/22
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Association between intestinal parasite infections and proxies for body composition: a scoping review
Cossa-Moiane, I., Roucher, C., Mac Quene, T., Campos-Ponce, M., de Deus, N., Polman, K. & Doak, C., 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Characterizing undernourished children under-five years old with diarrhoea in Mozambique: a hospital based cross-sectional study, 2015-2019
Sambo, J., Cassocera, M., Chissaque, A., Bauhofer, A. F. L., Roucher, C., Chilaúle, J., Cossa-Moiane, I., Guimarães, E. L., Manhique-Coutinho, L., Anapakala, E., Bero, D. M., Langa, J. S., Polman, K., Gonçalves, L. & de Deus, N., 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 6, 15 p., 1164.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Fasciola spp. in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Hoang Quang, V., Levecke, B., Do Trung, D., Devleesschauwer, B., Lam, B. V. T., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dorny, P. & Dermauw, V., 2022, In: Systematic Reviews. 11, 1, 5 p., 138.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Adherence to child feeding practices and child growth: a retrospective cohort analysis in Cambodia
Som, S. V., Van Der Hoeven, M., Laillou, A., Poirot, E., Chan, T., Polman, K., Ponce, M. C. & Wieringa, F. T., 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 1, 16 p., 137.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Evaluation of artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children (SchistoSAM): protocol of a proof-of-concept, open-label, two-arm, individually-randomised controlled trial
Roucher, C., Brosius, I., Mbow, M., Faye, B. T., De Hondt, A., Smekens, B., Arango, D., Burm, C., Tsoumanis, A., Paredis, L., van Herrewege, Y., Potters, I., Cisse, B., Mboup, S., Polman, K. & Bottieau, E., 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 6, e047147.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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