Projects
Current questions: the shifting status of the present in history education in Belgium, France, Great-Britain and the Netherlands since 1945. KU Leuven
Study on Invasive Alien Species – Development of risk assessments to tackle priority species and enhance prevention (EVINBO) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
‘My work feels like home’: Effects of dogs in the 2020 (home) workplace on employee wellbeing and performance KU Leuven
The role of companion dogs in the lives of employees and the potential benefits for organizations when facilitating employees’ care for their dog has been largely neglected in research to date. However, the new labour market generation of millennials surpasses baby boomers as the largest dog owning generation and will make up for up to 75% of the workforce by 2025. Organizations could respond to this reality in two main ways. First, companies ...
Towards a better understanding of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in college students: Predictive factors, triggering mechanisms and potential life-threatening repercussions. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is posing significant public health challenges among young people. While an increasing subpopulation of young people in today’s society consists of college students, there is limited knowledge of the prevalence and course, risk estimation, and significance of NSSI for college mental health. This doctoral project describes six empirical studies that were conducted to provide a better understanding of NSSI among ...
Atomic Force Microscopy Enhanced Spectroscopy to Study Strains and Seeding of Amyloids In Situ KU Leuven
The establishment of the Molecular Biophysics Leuven core facility at the Gasthuisberg campus has made biophysical approaches more accessible to the biomedical research community and has yielded many fruitful collaborations amongst the members of this interest group. In this grant, we are aiming to extend the instrument park of this facility with an atomic force microscope (AFM) coupled with a Raman spectroscope and an epifluorescent ...
Lymphoedema and nocturia/ nocturnal polyuria after pelvic lymph node dissection (LND) for urogenital cancer KU Leuven
Lymphoedema is caused by malfunction of the lymphatic system which can be accompanied by an increased load on this system. Some patients develop lymphoedema after treatment for cancer. In this case, we can speak of secundary lymphoedema or acquired lymphoedema. In 2018, 11 645 patients in Belgium were diagnosed with urogenital cancer, including prostate and bladder cancer. A possible treatment consists of prostatectomy or cystectomy in ...
Strengthening digital research at the UP system: digitization of rare periodicals and training in digital humanities. University of Antwerp
Optimizing maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression, with lithium as add-on therapy. KU Leuven
This research project is based on an ongoing multicentric study aimed to optimize the maintenance treatment with lithium and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression (PRASED – Preventing Relapse After Successful Electroconvulsive therapy for Depression). The project consists of a clinical study, a randomized controlled trial funded by FWO-TBM, and is a collaboration of 4 research sites (UPC KU Leuven campus Kortenberg, PZ Duffel, AZ ...