Research projects

ongoing in 2021 or approved for funding in 2022
(this report was prepared on 9 May 2022)

Scientific Research Network Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria 

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/26



Diagnostica TRYPELIM

Hasker, E. – Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/11/20 → 1/01/26



Drivers of individual and temporal variation in host infectiousness: a bird-specific Borrelia as a model system

Heylen, D. – Eco-modelling

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25



Innate immune response in the mammalian host skin after the bite of a trypanosome-infected tsetse fly

Van Den Abbeele J. & Bartok, E. - Trypanosoma

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25



Multi Omics Data Integration to predict the M. tuberculosis Bedaquiline Resistance Phenotype from the Genotype

de Jong, B. & Tzfadia, O. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25



Determining the drivers behind Monkeypox virus transmission: a multidisciplinary ‘one health’ study of an emerging zoonotic pathogen

Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25



Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis- associated epilepsy

Polman, K. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25



Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center - East and Central Africa

Vanlerberghe, V., Arien K., van Griensven J. – Emerging Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health

1/06/20 → 31/05/25



Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hasker, E. – Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

15/11/21 → 14/05/25



Optimizing community antibiotic use and infection control with behavioral interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo

van der Sande, M. –  Public Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/05/22 → 30/04/25



Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa

Benova, L. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

European Commission

1/01/20 → 31/12/24



Cellular, molecular and functional characterization of quiescence in Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settings

Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. - Tropical Bacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/07/21 → 31/12/24



Clinical research platform for untargeted RNA virus detection in tropical fever patient populations: construction and application

Vercauteren, K. – Clinical Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI) 

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan 

Peeters, K. – Socio-ecological Health Research

The Wellcome Trust

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

de Jong, B., Peeters, K., Hasker E. - Mycobacteriology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI) 

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Innovate to reduce rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond 

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Mechanisms of P. vivax chloroquine resistance: a transcriptomic/transgenic approach

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Next generation diagnostics and oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa: transforming patient care through innovation

Adriaensen, W. – Clinical Immunology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/10/21 → 31/12/24



Preventing the emergence of untreatable STIs via radical prevention

Kenyon, C. – Sexually Transmitted Infections

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv & soa: terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub-Saharaans- Afrikaanse migranten in Vlaanderen

Laga, M. - Sexual Health incl HIV

MVG, Prevent. & Soc. Gezond. Zorg

1/01/22 → 31/12/24



Viral evolutionary analyses as a magnifying glass on parasite population dynamics

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/24



Novel High-Dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

Lynen, L. - HIV & Tuberculosis

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 30/09/24



Preventing resistance in gonorrhoea Study

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/18 → 30/09/24



Preventing stillbirths in high burden settings: Examining gaps and opportunities to strengthen routine perinatal data collection and to improve quality of care 

Christou, A. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandate)

1/10/21 → 30/09/24



How do malaria mosquitoes swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms.

Müller, R. - Entomology

International Human Frontier Science Program

1/07/21 → 30/06/24



Aneuploidy and mosaicism: a strategy for early adaptation to drug pressure in Leishmania

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 31/12/23



Community-based tuberculosis triage testing after symptom screening in hard-to-reach African populations: CAD4TB versus C-reactive protein

Lynen, L. - HIV & Tuberculosis

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/01/20 → 31/12/23



Development and validation of a novel life course microsimulation model linking diet to noncommunicable diseases

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23



Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRC

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/01/19 → 31/12/23



Emergence of fascioliasis in a global setting: development and validation of a transmission model to identify cost-effective control strategies

Polman, K. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/23



Heteroresistance: an occult threat to the treatment success of resistant tuberculosis

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23



Identifying sylvatic reservoir species of outbreak-prone arthropodborne viruses through large-scale serostatus mapping in African wildlife

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23



Mixed Method Approach to study the behavioral aspects of injectable PrEP use among West-African MSM

Laga, M. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

31/01/22 → 31/12/23



Monitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context

Müller, R. - Entomology

European Commission

1/01/20 → 31/12/23



Analysis of host-parasite interactions in the skin across the clinical spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

Adriaensen, W. – Clinical Immunology

Stichting Dioraphte

1/01/21 → 31/12/23



Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustained elimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Büscher, P. – Diagnostic Parasitology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/12/18 → 30/11/23



Rectifying the effects of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Populations in West-Africa: a Research Action

Marchal, B. – Complexity and Health

DHRC, Ghana

9/06/21 → 30/11/23



Generating and modeling SARS-COV-2 specific T-cell responses on a population level for more accurate interventions in public health

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/23



Gaming for health - A mixed methods approach using the pork tapeworm as a model

Trevisan, C. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandate)

1/11/20 → 31/10/23



Msichana/Chakti! Understanding accountability in sexual and reproductive health of adolescents girls living in slums: a realist evaluation 

Van Belle, S. -  Health Policy

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandate)

1/11/20 → 31/10/23



Mucin isoform-microbiome crosstalk shaping the course of COVID-19: a help in patient stratification?

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/23



A multi-disciplinary international effort to identify clinical, molecular and social factors impacting cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

European Commission

1/04/18 → 30/09/23



Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

European Commission

1/10/19 → 30/09/23



Viability & Value of the Lung Flute ECO for Sputum Sample Collection and Tuberculosis Testing in Vulnerable Groups 

Hasker, E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Global Health Innovative Technology Fund

27/08/21 → 30/09/23



Efficacy of screening STIs in MSM: Is screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia cost-effective in reducing the cumulative incidence of these infections in men who have sex with men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a randomized, multicenter controlled trial

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

1/07/20 → 30/06/23



Are SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies a correlate for protection?

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

22/05/20 → 31/05/23



The clinically silent Plasmodium vivax reservoir in the Amazon: a systematic review and pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-based surveys

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/04/20 → 31/03/23



Diversity Components in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change

Müller, R. - Entomology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/03/20 → 28/02/23



PEOPLE: Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar

de Jong, B., Hasker, E. - Mycobacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/09/18 → 28/02/23



Consortium program with the purpose of organizing several non-commercial clinical trials and follow-up research projects in respect of Covid19 vaccines in order to generate information and data that might be useful to patients, the clinical practice and/or policy decision makers.

Ariën, K. - Virology

Sciensano

18/01/21 → 17/01/23



Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hasker E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/11/16 → 31/12/22



Hepatitis C virus direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment success and its impact on transmission dynamics in HIV/HCV co-infected MSM 

Florence, E. – HIV/STI Clinic

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/17 → 31/12/22



Innovating at-home testing directly applicable for a new-to-develop at-home blood tests.

Van den Bossche, D. – Clinical Reference Laboratory

Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen

1/07/21 → 31/12/22



Is the dominant RR clone in Rwanda (R3 clone) also found in Burundi?

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Damien Foundation Belgium

1/01/21 → 31/12/22



Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settings

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/22



Optimise PrEP to Maximise Impact 

Laga, M. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/19 → 31/12/22



Performance and stability testing of multiple blood culture and technologies

Hardy, L. – Tropical Bacteriology

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

8/12/21 → 31/12/22



Scaling-up of evidence-based health interventions at population level for the prevention and management of hypertension and/or diabetes

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

European Commission

1/01/19 → 31/12/22



Safe Food Trial: A pilot double blind, placebo controlled, single center randomized controlled trial to assess if low dose ciprofloxacin can induce antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria lactamica

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



Addressing Health governance in challenging urban environments: exploring the conditions for the application of a participatory accountability tool in Kinshasa

Marchal, B., Van Belle S. – Complexity and Health

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



ALERRT - African CoaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training

van Griensven, J. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/12/17 → 30/11/22



Culture free diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/06/16 → 30/11/22



Do Leishmania parasites cross the blood-testis barrier and can we ignore sexual transmission?

van Griensven, J., Pareyn, M. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



Investigating the role of chromatin accessibility in the global transcription regulation in Leishmania quiescent cell using multiomic single cell approaches 

Domagalska, M., Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



Preparing for the second generation of HIV PrEP exploring the acceptability of long-acting injectable PrEP among Belgian and West-African MSM

Laga, M., Reyniers, T. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



Understanding the burden of overweight and diabetes in young migrant women living in Belgium

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22



unCoVer - Unravelling Data for Rapid Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

European Commission

15/11/20 → 14/11/22



A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

Hasker, E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/11/18 → 31/10/22



Examining barriers to providing good quality postnatal care: A mixed-methods study of global configurations of care and local clinical practice adaptations in Tanzania and Guinea. 

Benova, L. - Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral Mandate)

1/11/19 → 31/10/22



Master Clinical Study An open-label, multicentre, randomisedadaptive platform trial of the safety and efficacy of several therapies, including antiviral therapies, versus control in mild / moderate cases of COVID-19

van Griensven, J. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

1/09/20 → 31/10/22



The evaluation of a standardized treatment regimen of anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with MDR-TB

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Vital Strategies (formerly "The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)

1/10/15 → 31/10/22



A common strategy for counteracting antiviral mechanisms in human and mosquito by CHIKV nsP1

Ariën, K., Bartholomeeusen, K. - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/22 → 30/09/22



A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children

Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 30/09/22



Develop a framework to capture the main determinants of quality chronic care management

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

World Health Organisation

18/11/21 → 30/09/22



Unravelling phenotypic and molecular traits of quiescent populations of Leishmania under drug pressure

Jara Portocarrero, M. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral Mandate)

1/10/19 → 30/09/22



Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline TB diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimize individualized TB treatment a pragmatic trial

Rigouts, L. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/18 → 30/09/22



A single-cell approach to study epigenetic regulation of Plasmodium knowlesi phenotypes: red blood cell invasion and gametocyte differentiation processes 

Rosanas-Urgell, A. – Malariology 

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 31/08/22



Preventie van Diabetes type 2 en zwangerschapsdiabetes bij vrouwen van reproductieve leeftijd in Kisantu, DR Congo

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Stad Antwerpen

1/09/20 → 31/08/22



HIV Diagnosis in a Vaccinated World

Van den Bossche, D. – Clinical Reference Laboratory

Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

17/08/20 → 10/08/22



Exploring and learning from evidence, policy and systems responses to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

International Development Research Centre

1/08/20 → 31/07/22



Renforcement du système de santé pour assurer la continuité des services et l'accès aux soins des populations vulnérables dans le contexte COVID 19 en République de Guinée

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

Memisa VZW

20/01/21 → 31/07/22



Immunogenicity after COVID-19 vaccines in Adapted Schedules

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

21/05/21 → 30/06/22



Sero-prevalence and sero-conversion study of health care workers and their households, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vanlerberghe, V. – Emerging Infectious Diseases

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit

1/07/20 → 31/05/22



Characterising transmission parameters of SARS-CoV-2 in a peri-urban setting in Mozambique using population-based surveillance and a high-throughput sero-assay

Widdowson, M-A

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership

1/06/20 → 30/04/22



Effectiveness and tolerability of a short regimen for drug resistant tuberculosis treatment in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Uncontrolled Clinical Study

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

MSF The Netherlands

1/09/19 → 30/04/22



Severe Typhoid in Africa PLUS Program

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

International Vaccine Institute

1/05/20 → 30/04/22



Standardised monitoring tool of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA)

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl HIV

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

30/04/21 → 29/04/22



Cultivating Online Safe Spaces: Addressing unspoken hesitancy to build vaccine confidence in healthcare workers in Belgium

Peeters, K. – Socio-ecological Health Research

Global Impact

23/09/21 → 28/02/22



Young Women and HIV in Africa 

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl. HIV

Fondation de Luxembourg

1/01/17 → 1/02/22



Prospective investigation of oxidative stress in West Nile virus infection

Huits, R., Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 31/01/22



Single cell transcriptomics of Leishmania donovani throughout its development in its natural sand fly vector Phlebotomus argentipes 

Domagalska, M., Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 31/01/22



Assess the sensitivity and added value of tongue swabs for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Guinee and the Comoros

de Jong, B. - Myocabacteriology

Damien Foundation Belgium

1/01/21 → 31/12/21



Building capacity for research on febrile illness in children and adults in DRC

Lynen, L. – HIV & Tuberculosis

King Baudouin Foundation

1/03/21 → 31/12/21



Diagnostic Performance of a novel lipoarabinomannan test (FujiLAM) to detect Tuberculosis in HIV positive patients

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

MSF France

1/10/20 → 31/12/21



False rifampicin resistance of Xpert MTB/RIF with paucibacillary samples in Damien Foundation Bangladesh projects

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Damien Foundation Belgium

1/01/21 → 31/12/21



Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

1/01/17 → 31/12/21



Development and evaluation of a computerized intervention for chemsex support

Florence, E. – HIV/STD clinic

Flemish expertise center for alcohol and other drugs (VAD vzw)

19/11/20 → 31/12/21



The impact of immunometabolomic dynamics in Plasmodium sexual conversion rates

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 31/12/21



People-centered digitized healthcare system: Using technology as a platform to strengthen the continuum of care in Kibaha, Tanzania

Peeters, K. – Socio-ecological Health Research

D-tree international, Inc

1/04/19 → 15/12/21



The pandemic treaty proposal: a new dress-up of the same globalization. The notion and vision of the treaty stem clearly as a European initiative aimed to recover geopolitical clout, after the plight of the pandemic throughout 2020.

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

G2H2-Geneva Global Health Hub

1/08/21 → 5/11/21



Diagnostic performance evaluation of the Genoscholar TM-PZA-TB II

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Foundation for New Innovative Diagnostics

25/10/19 → 31/10/21



Pro-actively addressing the challenges for an effective uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Belgium: a transdisciplinary approach

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research 

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/21



Pilot testing of a mobile application for chemsexcare and support

Florence, E. – HIV/STI Clinic

20/10/20 → 20/10/21



Data integration to close the gap on Prediction of MTB Drug Resistance Mutations

de Jong, B.

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects) 

20/10/20 → 20/10/21



Diagnosis through Sorted Immune Repertoires

Vercauteren, K. – Clinical Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects) 

20/10/20 → 20/10/21



Documenting stillbirths and early neonatal deaths to improve maternal and newborn health in Cambodia 

Delvaux, T., Benova, L. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects) 

20/10/20 → 20/10/21



Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acceptability and Feasibility in Community-based Clinics in West Africa

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl HIV

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

1/12/17 → 30/09/21



Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness project

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research

Koning Boudewijnstichting

15/01/21 → 30/09/21



Novel high-dose tuberculosis retreatment regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

Decroo, T. – HIV & Tuberculosis

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral Mandate)

1/10/18 → 30/09/21



Development of a high-throughput inhibition ELISA to replace immune trypanolysis for post-elimination monitoring of gambiense-HAT II

Büscher, P. – Diagnostic Parasitology

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/10/18 → 31/08/21



Prise en charge améliorée de Maladie à Virus Ebola en situation d'urgence en RDC

Ariën, K. - Virology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/09/19 → 31/08/21



la PrEP comme nouvel outil pour la prévention du VIH combinéune étude qualitative complémentaire d'un projet de démonstration de la PrEP en cours chez les HSH en Afriquede l'Ouest

Laga, M. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Agence National de Recherche sur le sida & les hépatites virales

1/08/18 → 31/07/21



Treatment of Rifampin-resistsant Tuberculosis with an All-Oral Regimen containing new drugs in Zhytomyr Ukraine

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

MSF Belgium

1/03/19 → 31/07/21



Assessing replicative fitness difference of SARS-CoV-2 circulating lineages

Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K. - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 20/07/21



Identification of predictive models of COVID-19 severity in a multi-state setting for its use in risk stratification

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 20/07/21



Health Systems Transformation India

Criel, B. – Equity and Health

Access Health

1/04/20 → 30/06/21



Influence of prior infection with COVID-19 on occurence of influenza-like illness or acute respiratory infection

Ariën, K. - Virology

Sciensano

24/09/20 → 31/05/21



SARS-CoV-2 prevalence, seroprevalence and seroconversion among healthcare workers in Belgium during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak

Ariën, K. - Virology

Sciensano

22/04/20 → 30/04/21



Beter begrijpen van Covid-19 uitbraken in Woonzorg centra (WZC) in Vlaanderen, een epidemiologisch onderzoek

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl HIV

MVG, Prevent.& Soc. Gezond. Zorg

1/10/20 → 31/03/21



Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses

Ariën, K. - Virology

Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

1/08/17 → 31/03/21



Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health

Benova, L. - Sexual and Reproductive Health

British Embassy

1/10/20 → 31/03/21



Ondersteunen van inzage verkrijgen in de transmissie- dynamiek van SARS-CoV-2 in de Brusselse regio en het vroeg detecteren van clusters

Laga, M. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Gezondheid & Welzijn Brussels Gewest

1/10/20 → 31/03/21



Vaccine Hesitancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding the Spread of Misinformation

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research

British Embassy

1/10/20 → 31/03/21



Zika Preparedness Latin American Network addressing the urgent research gaps against the Zika virus and other emerging threats in Latin America

Ariën, K. - Virology

European Commission

1/10/16 → 31/03/21



Selectie en identificatie van fagen tegen Burkholderia-soorten in de natuurlijke omgeving van Cambodia

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

Buy4Life bvba

3/03/20 → 2/03/21



Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: understanding costs, mechanisms of effect and impacts

Marchal, B. – Complexity and Health

MRC/ESRC/DfID/Wellcome Trust , Medical Research Council

1/03/17 → 1/03/21



Enhancing entomological capacity for combating vector born diseases in Nepal

Müller, R. - Entomology

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

26/03/19 → 1/03/21



Diagnostic tools for human African trypanosomiasis elimination and clinical trials

Büscher, P. – Diagnostic Parasitology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

1/02/16 → 28/02/21



European Cooperation for anti-Viral Drug discovery and preparedness for current and emerging coronavirus outbreaks

Ariën, K. - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/04/20 → 28/02/21



COVID19 Immune Repertoire Sequencing

Vercauteren, K. – Clinical Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

27/04/20 → 26/01/21