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Research expertise
Lut Lynen graduated as a medical doctor in 1985 from the Catholic University of Leuven. Between 1986 and 1992, she worked for MSF Belgium in Chad, Sudan and Guinea. In 1997 she became a specialist in Internal Medicine at the University of Antwerp.
She worked for the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Cambodia from 1999 to 2002, and in 2003 she joined the HIV team at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Her field of interest is HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on resource-limited settings. She has been a WHO guideline development group member on Opportunistic Infections and authored the MSF AIDS care guidelines.
In July 2011, she became the head of the Department of Clinical Sciences and, in November 2011, the head of the Unit HIV & TB. The Unit currently has 10 PhD students and two postdoctoral scientists.
In 2020 she became the scientific director of ITM's DRC office in Kinshasa, combined with her position as head of the Unit in Antwerp.
In 2023 she returned to Antwerp and took the position of director of ITM.
Research
- HIV co-infections (tuberculosis, Hepatitis C and visceral leishmaniasis)
- Point of Care testing for HIV diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response
- Diagnosis and management of MDR-TB
- Diagnostic accuracy
- Active case finding tuberculosis
- Clinical decision making
Teaching
- Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2003-2010)
- Electronic Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2008-2018)
- Short Course on Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine (2008-)
- AIDS care modules in all courses at ITM (2003-)
- Clinical decision making in DR-TB (2017-)
- Academic writing: from protocol to publication (2021-)
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Education/Academic qualification
Medical sciences, PhD, University of Antwerp
Award Date: 29-May-2009
Medical Doctor, KU Leuven
Award Date: 5-Jul-1985
Keywords
- B510-infections
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Drug resistant tuberculosis: optimize the composition of new treatment regimens in Vietnam
Nguyen, T. M. P., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Callens, S., Viet Nhung Nguyen, V. N., Binh Hoa Nguyen, B. H. & Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang, T. T. T.
1/01/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Impact of diagnostic delays and short treatment regimens on outcomes of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Cameroon
Jouego Tagne, C. G., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Netongo, P. M. & André, E.
1/01/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease and tuberculosis-nontuberculous mycobacteria co-infection: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and management at a tertiary health facility in Ghana
Abbew, E. T., Lynen, L., Mesic, A., Decroo, T., Rigouts, L., Obiri-Yeboah, D. & Lorent, N.
1/01/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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TB/NTM Research Cluster
de Jong, B., Sengstake, S., Rigouts, L., Tzfadia, O., Ardizzoni, E., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Hasker, E., Van Rie, A. & Janssens, N.
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Project
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Alternative methodological approaches to assess longterm HIV virological and clinical outcomes in resource limited settings
Mesic, A., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., van Olmen, J. & Ritmeijer, K.
27/04/21 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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A four-drug standardized short regimen for highly resistant TB in South-West Nigeria
Fadeyi, M. O., Decroo, T., Ortuño-Gutiérrez, N., Ahmed, B., Jinadu, A., El-Tayeb, O., Adebola, W., Kehinde, A., Lynen, L. & Gils, T., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic test accuracy using Bayesian latent class analysis in the presence of conditional dependence between the diagnostic tests used in a community-based tuberculosis screening study
Keter, A. K., Lynen, L., Van Heerden, A., Wong, E., Reither, K., Goetghebeur, E. & Jacobs, B. K. M., 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 3, p. e0282417Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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High rate of adverse drug reactions with a novel tuberculosis retreatment regimen combining triple-doses of both isoniazid and rifampicin
Souleymane, M. B., Kadri, S., Piubello, A., Tsoumanis, A., Soumana, A., Issa, H., Amoussa, A. K., Van Deun, A., Lynen, L., de Jong, B. C. & Decroo, T., 2023, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 133, p. 78-81 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Initial programme theory for community-based ART delivery for key populations in Benue State, Nigeria: a realist evaluation study
Ibiloye, O., Decroo, T., van Olmen, J., Masquillier, C., Okonkwo, P., Lynen, L., Jwanle, P. & Van Belle, S., 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 1, p. 870 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Near point-of-care HIV viral load testing: Cascade after high viral load in suburban Yangon, Myanmar
Tun, N. N., Smithuis, F., Tun, N. L., Min, M., Hlaing, M. M. M., van Olmen, J., Lynen, L. & Gils, T., 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 4, p. e0272673Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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