Find expertise

1 - 10 of 26 results

Search term:

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University

Responsible
The faculty is characterized by a wide range of courses in medicine and health sciences and related research activities. The research at the faculty is very diverse, from fundamental (bio) medical research to translational and clinical scientific research. The faculty profiles itself strongly in the field of research and aims at a high scientific and / or social impact. Valorisation through high-quality translational and clinical research is ...

Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Ghent University

We are integrated in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and support the contributions of the faculty to The Training in Health Equity Network (THENet).The Department participates at different levels in key advisory boards on public health, primary health care and health policy. The Department hosts the International Centre for Primary Health Care and Family Medicine - Ghent University, a WHO Collaborating Centre on PHC, and cooperate ...

Department of Public Health and Primary Care KU Leuven

Responsible

The Department of Public Health and Primary Care is a multidisciplinary department with a focus on community health, best practice and health policy. The department aims at supplying health care professionals and institutions with the insights, concepts and techniques that will enable them to respond optimally to the health needs and expectations of patient and society. The department endorses the international research and policy priority of ...

Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences Hasselt University

The Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences wants to train academics who build on the future healthcare. In education, the emphasis is therefore on knowledge and ability, on knowledge and skills. The Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences chooses high-quality fundamental and applied research in a limited number of selected core domains, and believes in the added value of multidisciplinarity. Through active cooperation with the local health ...

Family Medicine and Chronic Care Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Integrated health care delivery: Integrated care has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as: "The management and delivery of health services such as that people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease management, rehabilitation and palliative care services, through the different levels and sites of care within the health system, and according to their bio-psycho and social ...

Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC) University of Antwerp

The work of ESOC encompasses research, academic teaching and clinical practice in the following topics: - Social Medecine - Epidemiology and medical statistics - Medical sociology and Health policy - Public health - University scientific institute for drug problems

Health Systems and Health Policy Research Group Institute of Tropical Medicine

Objectives

The Health Systems & Health Policy Group aims at making health systems more people-centered, integrated, accountable, equitable and resilient. Through our research, educational and service delivery activities, we aim at improving health policies and systems so that the right to health and Universal Health Coverage is guaranteed to all people.

We contribute to policies, programmes and local health systems that ...

Environment and Health KU Leuven

Responsible

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH (E&H)

The Centre for Environment and Health (E&H) includes the following closely linked areas of research: (a) Occupational and Environmental Exposure and Toxicological Assessment; (b) Occupational and Environmental medicine; (c) Insurance medicine; (d) Youth Health Care; (e) Infection Prevention and Control; (f) Nutrition. The interaction between environment and health in different age groups and settings ...

Equity and Health Institute of Tropical Medicine

Health and health care inequities place people who may already be socially disadvantaged or disenfranchised at further disadvantage with respect to their health, well-being, and livelihoods. In our unit, we aim to contribute to better understanding of the root causes of health inequities and development of strategies to improve access, acceptability, quality, and accountability of health systems and services to communities, particularly for ...

Department of Pathobiology, Pharmacology and Zoological Medicine Ghent University

Responsible
Within our department, research is being done on the following subjects:Staphylococcus infections in rabbitsSalmonella infections in chickens, pigeons, turtlesAspergillosis in birds - Infection diseases in reptiles and amphibiansThe expertise lies mainly in the field of antibiotic resistance, with the aim of estimating the possible transfer of this resistance from animal to human and defining measures. A second hatch is a study of germ-host ...