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The Unit of Tropical Diseases has for long been part of the Department of Clinical Sciences, under the leading of Prof. Emeritus Jef Van Den Ende. It is led now since November 2012 by Prof. Emmanuel Bottieau (MD internal medicine/infectious diseases). It has strong collaborative links with the other units of the department, in particular the Unit of Travel Medicine, of Tropical Laboratory Medicine and of the recently created Unit of ...

The Research Group on Emergency and Disaster Medicine conducts a research program focused on different aspects of both emergency and disaster medicine : * Emergency Medicine: Training, Quality Assessment and Quality Improvement, Information Technology (IT)-applications, Data-management and Process-analysis, Outcome predictors in emergency medicine, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Developments in medical imaging techniques , Patient ...

Laboratory for Systems Medicine:

The Systems Medicine Lab at KU Leuven is part of BIO3, which has pillars in GIGA-R at the University of Liège (Belgium) and in the Center for Human Genetics at KU Leuven (Belgium). BIO3's activities take place at the intersection of Biostatistics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics. The group leader is Professor Dr. Dr. Kristel Van Steen who is an expert in these areas.

BIO3 has built up a recognized ...

The Emergency Department at UZ Brussel is a multidisciplinary service which has grown to become one of the country’s largest emergency units since the hospital’s launch in 1977.  Each year, some 60,000 patients (including ¼ children) suffering from various conditions are examined and treated.  The department collaborates closely with all the hospital’s medical departments and centres of excellence, referring physicians and ...

Endocrinology: The ovaries and other reproductive organs are in continuous interaction with the pituitary and the thyroid. The interplay may account for infertility occurring at different levels and may render the diagnosis difficult. Thyroid disorders, both hyperthyroidism and hypthyroidism, can interact with the ovaries, through a direct effect on the and indirect through alterations of the SHBG levels, the PRL levels and the coagulation ...

Our research vision is to improve health care with attention to quality of life and respect for the autonomy of each individual. The research groups of the Faculty have been divided over 10 clusters.  An overview of the research performed in the different clusters:

• Medical imaging
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Central nervous system disorders
• Development and ageing
• Diabetes