Projects
BAPTON - Biology Adaptive for Proton Therapy in Oesophageal caNcer KU Leuven
More than half of the patients treated for cancer receive external Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) during the course of their disease. EBRT is typically characterized by highly standardized protocols and relies on the precise daily delivery of high energy X-rays combined with volumetric imaging tools. In order to further improve cancer care in Belgium, the UZ Leuven and the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc have recently built in partnership ...
Operating Resources Reseach Fund Assistents - Translation, interpretation and communication Ghent University
This project comprises the operating resources of the Research Fund Assistants- Translation, interpretation and communication
One size does not fit all: from a common approach towards performance-specific speech intervention and long-term learning in children with a cleft palate Ghent University
Speech therapy in children with a palate deals with two scientific challenges that will be addressed in this project. The first challenge is selecting the best speech approach for a child with a specific cleft speech characteristic (CSC). Many speech therapists use a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to treat compensatory CSCs resulting in poor short- and long-term speech outcomes. To increase the effectiveness and quality of cleft speech care, it ...
Language development after pediatric brainstem implantation. University of Antwerp
Bilingualism and aging: the case of primary progressive aphasia Vrije Universiteit Brussel
When the voice doesn't speak to the mind: an articulographic investigation of feedback deficits in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Validation of language related EEG algorithm for aphasia rehabilitation (Neurolap) Ghent University
After a stroke, the affected brain functions can be neurally reorganized (neuroplasticity) during rehabilitation. Focusing on language functions (i.e. phonology, semantics and grammar), the diagnosis and follow-up of aphasia currently occurs with ‘pencil-and-paper tasks’ which lack a direct mapping of neuroplasticity. The implementation of a linguistic electro-encephalographic (EEG) registration during the diagnostic (re-)evaluation of ...
ERC Professorship: CYRE Ghent University
The cytokine network is an essential component of the intercellular communication that controls many key physiological processes in the human body. Cytokine dysfunction underlies multiple pathologies including autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer, and runaway overproduction of cytokines can be lethal as is the case for sepsis or flu pandemics. Although the first therapeutic successes with cytokines were obtained with the ...
Take Signing to the Child. On the Parental Use of Visual Communication Strategies, and Deaf ChildrenU+2019s Visual Communication and Early Flemish Sign Language. Ghent University
This dissertation wants to deliver an original contribution to the existing national and international Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment research, mainly in four domains:
First, the exploratory case study is the first detailed description of a moderately deaf childU+2019s Flemish Sign Language development, with native exposure to Flemish Sign Language (VGT) from birth up to the age of 24 months. Remarkable linguistic and ...