Lies Lahousse
Tags: Pharmaco-epidemiology, Biomarker research, Pharmaceutical Care, Rational Drug Use, Pharmacogenetics, Steering Committee
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department Bioanalysis – Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Ghent University
Erasmus Medical Center, Department Epidemiology – Pharmacoepidemiology
Research Focus
Lies Lahousse is Associate Professor at the Department of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium) and at the Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center (the Netherlands). She is trained as pharmacist (Master of Pharmaceutical Care at Ghent University) and epidemiologist (Master of Science in Health Sciences: Clinical Epidemiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and performed her PhD in Respiratory Medicine (joint Rotterdam-Ghent). She provides research-driven academic education to pharmacists and MD’s in training. Her research is focused on therapy adherence and precision medicine including optimizing the benefit risk ratio of approved drugs by studying heterogeneity among phenotypes, endotypes and underlying genetics with the ultimate goal of improving care of patients with chronic complex diseases, e.g. asthma and COPD.
To move towards more predictive, preventative, personalized, and participative care for patients with chronic complex diseases, we unite our expertise in observational and interventional research. — Lies Lahousse, pharmacist-epidemiologist