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Interdisciplinary Medical & Health Seminars

As a researcher, it is important to look beyond the boundaries of your own discipline and to collaborate with experts from other fields. Interdisciplinary collaboration can lead to new insights for addressing shared research questions or objectives.

To encourage interdisciplinary research, the Scientific Research Committee and the departments of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences organise the 'Interdisciplinary Medical & Health Seminars' together.

Annually, multiple departments jointly invite one or more international top speakers to participate in three thematic seminars. Each seminar comprises a series of thematic lectures addressing interdisciplinary topics that emphasize the complementarity betweendifferent research areas and their applications. The discussions encompass state-of-the-art fundamental (bio)medical research, as well as translational and clinical research.

For whom?

The event is open for master thesis and Honours Programme students, (post)doctoral researchers, professors, clinicians and everyone with an interest for fundamental (bio) medical research as well as translational and clinical research. For physicians accreditation will be requested.

Access is free.

If you are interested, sign up by means of the link underneath the lecture.

Programme 2024

02/05/2024 – IMHSeminar about "Sleep"

  • Lecture I – ‘Role of circadian rhythm in inflammation and inflammatory disease’
    • Guest speaker: Prof. dr. Luciana Besedovsky (Institute of Medical Psychology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • Lecture II – ‘Optogenetic manipulation of sleep waves to promote brain plasticity and repair’
    • Guest speaker: Prof. dr. Antoine Adamantidis (Department of BioMedical Research at University of Bern)
  • Organisers: Department of Head and Skin and Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
  • Hosts: Prof. Robrecht Raedt and Prof. Debby Laukens
  • When: Thursday 2 May 2024 from 16:00 until 18:00
  • Where: Zebrastraat or livestream via MS Teams
  • Find out more about the lecture and sign up

Overview of past seminars

2023

  • 26/01/2023 – "Nothing about me, without me": achieving patient and public involvement in research in medical and health sciences - Guest speaker: Claire Collins - Recording of the lecture
  • 16/02/2023 – 'Digital twins’ of hemodynamics modelling for clinical applications: are we there yet? - Guest speaker: Irene Vignon-Clementel - Recording of the lecture
  • 16/03/2023 – Bone mechanoadaptation in infancy - Guest speaker: Alex Ireland - Recording of the lecture
  • 27/04/2023 – The benefit of surgery, the drawback of scars - How interdisciplinary research advances the field of cleft lip and palate - Guest speaker: Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman - No recording available due to confidentiality
  • 25/05/2023 – Drug development and improving research in medicines for babies, children and adolescents - Guest speaker: Mark Turner - Recording of the lecture
  • 22/06/2023 – Value-based healthcare: benefits and barriers - Guest speaker: Paul van der Nat - Recording of the lecture
  • 28/09/2023 – Organ crosstalk in gastrointestinal disease: from molecular mechanisms to new therapeutic targets - Guest speaker: Kai Markus Schneider - No recording available
  • 26/10/2023 - Sports drug testing and the athlete's exposome - Guest speaker: Mario Thevis - No recording available
  • 23/11/2023 – ‘Finding causes of missing heritability in neurogenetic disorders: exploring the dark matter of the genome’ - Guest speaker: Stefan Barakat - Recording of the lecture

2022

  • 27/01/2022 – The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is an important pattern recognition receptor (PRR) for inflammaging - Guest speaker: Eric Boulanger - Recording of the lecture
  • 24/02/2022 – Our oral health system is stuck – now what? - Guest speaker: Stefan Listl - Recording of the lecture
  • 24/03/2022 – Unraveling the health effects of polyphenols: Is the gut microbiota playing a lead role? - Guest speaker: Nina Hermans - Recording of the lecture
  • 28/04/2022 – Multiscale imaging of tumor targeted drug delivery - Guest speaker: Margarida Barroso - Recording of the lecture
  • 19/05/2022 – Providing financial incentives to facilitate integration of care - Guest speaker: Apostolos Tsiachristas - Recording of the lecture
  • 23/06/2022 – Cellular crosstalk in the muscle microenvironment: implications for exercise and rehabilitation - Guest speaker: Katrien De Bock - Recording of the lecture
  • 16/09/2022 – Clinical neuroscience and the heart-brain axis - Guest speaker: Sarah Garfinkel - Recording of the lecture
  • 27/10/2022 – The Human Cell Atlas Initiative: A new era for medical research - Guest speaker: Muzlifah Haniffa - Recording of the lecture
  • 24/11/2022 – Finding the sweet spot of prostate-specific antigen - Guest speaker: Guinevere S.M. Lageveen-Kammeijer - Recording of the lecture
  • 08/12/2022 – The epigenetics of inflammation & innate immune memory - Guest speaker: Dr. Musa Mhlanga - Recording of the lecture

2021

  • 28/01/2021 - Brain-state dependent and closed-loop stimulation of the brain: background and applications - Guest speaker: Ulf Ziemann
  • 25/02/2021 - Modeling and simulation in pharmacotherapy: the promise of systems therapeutic interventions - Guest speaker: Meindert Danhof
  • 29/04/2021 - Rheumatology – at the forefront of the medical molecular revolution? - Guest speaker: Iain McInnes
  • 27/05/2021 - The maxillary sinus: a black box in dentistry and medicine - Guest speaker: Michael Bornstein
  • 17/06/2021 - The professional athlete with type 1 diabetes: applying knowledge from clinical research to improve performance and health in this unique group of athletes - Guest speaker: Sam Scott
  • 30/09/2021 – Algorithm based medicine: old statistics wine in new machine learning bottles? - Guest speaker: Maarten van Smeden
  • 28/10/2021 – Evidence-based co-creation methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion -  Guest speaker: Sebastien Chastin
  • 22/11/2021 – Non-running physical activity as a predictor for running injury - Guest speaker: Allison Gruber
  • 16/12/2021 – The microbiome and next generation sequencing: first diagnostic one-stop shop in personalised microbiology? - Guest speaker: John Rossen

2020

  • 23/01/2020 - Gene Discovery Efforts in Frontotemporal lobar degeneration - Guest speaker: Rosa Rademakers

  • 30/04/2020 - Computational Methods in Audiology: From Precision Diagnostics to Innovative Hearing-aid Algorithms - Guest speaker: Sarah Verhulst

  • 24/09/2020 - The elusive intensity ingredient of the “exercise pill”: what’s new?' - Guest speaker: Silvia Pogliaghi

  • 19/10/2020 - Rare diseases: epidemiological research challenges and opportunities - Guest speaker: Franz Schaefer
  • 29/10/2020 - Organoids in (pediatric) cancer research - Guest speaker: Jarno Drost
  • 26/11/2020 - Tackling social determinants of health. - Guest speaker: Andrew Pinto
  • 17/12/2020 - Hyperacusis: psycho-audiological assessment and management - Guest speaker: Hashir Aazh

2019

  • 10/01/2019 - Facilitating Motivation for Adherence and Health Behavior Change: The Self-Determination Theory Approach - Guest speaker: Richard Ryan
  • 28/02/2019 -Are telomeres the key to aging and cancer - lessons learned from zebrafish - Guest speaker: Miguel Godinho Ferreira

  • 21/03/2019 - Pharmacogenetics: do YOU have your DNA passport? - Guest speaker: Ron Van Schaik

  • 24/04/2019 - Sodium channel regulation of sensory modalities - Guest speaker: Frank Bosmans
  • 23/05/2019 - Understanding the Neural Basis of 'Cognitive Reserve' - Guest speaker: Bruce McNaughton
  • 20/06/2019 - Role of telomere dynamics in atherosclerosis and arterial aging - Guest speaker: Athanase Benetos
  • 19/09/2019 - 3D Technology in Healthcare: The surgeon of the future - Guest speaker: Thomas Maal
  • 24/10/2019 - Understanding movement from cells to systems: The path from new discoveries to improved health outcomes - Guest speaker: Paul Hodges
  • 28/11/2019 - Biofabrication in translational regenerative medicine - Guest speaker: Jos Malda
  • 19/12/2019 - Evidence based Public Health Policy and the Myth of Research Neutrality - Guest speaker: Daniela C. Rodriguez

Contact

Kim De Keyser