Projects
Characterization of brain-brain and brain-body interactions in the context of stress regulation and meditation: New perspectives for the development of biofeedback protocols assisting meditative practice KU Leuven
Interactions among brain oscillations have been extensively studied and are thought to underlie cross-talk between distinct neural processes. Recent accounts suggest that not only the rhythms of the brain interact through cross-frequency coupling and decoupling, but that also the frequencies of bodily oscillations (e.g., cardiac and respiratory rhythms) are impacted by and aligned with oscillations at the level of the brain. The current ...
Towards a goal-oriented approach for medication review in older adults: optimization and evaluation of the RESPECT-tool as a means to elicit and integrate personal goals into medication decision-making KU Leuven
Two years ago, we developed the RESPECT-tool. The RESPECT-tool is an instrument that helps healthcare professionals and patients to explore what really matters to patients. It also supports patients in formulating personal life and health goals and helps healthcare professionals to take these personal goals into account when making decisions about the patient’s medication.
With this project, we want to figure out how the RESPECT-tool can ...
Using ‘real-world’ data to gain knowledge on medication safety during pregnancy: towards a ‘fit-for-purpose’ registration system on maternal medication use and mother-infant outcomes (BELpREG). KU Leuven
SelfMADIP: The effectiveness of an in-hospital medication Self-Management intervention on medication Adherence after DIscharge in patients with Polypharmacy. University of Antwerp
Using ‘real world’ data to enhance medication safety during pregnancy: towards a ‘fit-for-purpose’ registration system on maternal medication use and mother-infant outcomes (BELpREG) KU Leuven
Evidence on medication safety in pregnancy is lacking for most products, despite their frequent use. As randomized controlled trials cannot be performed in this population, opportunities of ‘real-world’ data collection for pharmacoepidemiologic research should be fully exploited. In 2021, a prototype of a comprehensive registration system on maternal medication use and mother-infant outcomes (BELpREG) was developed at KU Leuven, allowing data ...
Mediation in shareholder conflicts? The embedding of mediation in an existing legal framework for remedying shareholder conflicts KU Leuven
Mediation in shareholder conflicts: the embedding of mediation in na existing legal framework for remedying shareholder conflicts.
Victim-offender mediation as social work practice. Analysis of the influence of intitutional, pedagogical and life world oriented rationales on victim-offender mediation practice Ghent University
Previous research on victim-offender mediation revealed differences between juvenile and adult mediation in both conceptualisation and reach of mediation processes. This research analyses which institutional, pedagogical and life world oriented social interaction influence the construction process of het mediation practice and which interactions influence the construction of a distinction between participants and non-participants in mediation ...
Maximising benefit, minimising harm: how individual differences impact the effects of mindfulness meditation KU Leuven
Despite large interindividual differences in efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), it is unknown for whom mindfulness is beneficial, for whom it may be harmful, and why this is the case. Therefore, and given the increasing popularity of mindfulness, personalised effects of mindfulness meditation are not only a timely subject for future research but also a general concern for public health. This project aims to investigate how ...
Cross-frequency relationships between neural and cardiac rhythms in the context of self-regulation through meditation and its application to novel neuro-biofeedback protocols KU Leuven
Cross frequency coupling between brain oscillations has been extensively studied and is thought to underlie cross-talk between distinct neural processes. Recent accounts suggest that not only the rhythms of the brain interact through cross-frequency coupling, but that also the frequencies of body oscillations (e.g. heart and respiratory rhythms) are impacted by and aligned with oscillations at the level of the brain (Binary hierarchy brain ...