Zoonoses Anticipation and Preparedness Initiative |
ZAPI |
March 1, 2015 |
February 29, 2020 |
Quality of vaccines and blood products |
zoonosis, vaccine |
Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimise individualised drug resistant TB treatments: a pragmatic multicenter theragnostic trial |
MysTicTB |
January 1, 2019 |
December 31, 2022 |
Bacterial diseases |
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb), diagnosis, whole genome sequencing, clinical trials |
Whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis of micro-organisms intentionally added to food and feed |
EFSA-FEED 2021 |
April 11, 2022 |
June 11, 2023 |
Transversal activities in applied genomics |
food safety, microbial fermentation products, genetically modified microorganisms, whole genome sequencing, bioinformatics |
Virus-host interplay at the early stages of infection |
BELVIR |
October 1, 2012 |
September 30, 2017 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials |
myxoviruses, glycoproteins, TEM, attachment-fusion, mucus, GFP |
VALidation of SARS-CORona Virus-2 assays (VALCOR) |
VALCOR |
April 8, 2020 |
August 1, 2022 |
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SARS-CoV-2, diagnostic test accuracy, COVID-19, test validation, quality control |
VALidation of SARS-CORona Virus-2 assays |
VALCOR |
April 1, 2020 |
September 30, 2021 |
Cancer centre |
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VALidation of HUman papillomavirus assays and collection DEvices for HPV testing on Self-samples and urine samples (VALHUDES) |
VALHUDES |
December 1, 2017 |
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Cancer centre |
cervical cancer, diagnostic test accuracy, screening, self-sampling, test validation, valhudes |
Use of proteomics for the quality control of intravenous immunoglobulins |
PLPROT |
October 1, 2013 |
September 30, 2017 |
Quality of vaccines and blood products |
proteomics, quality control, immunoglobulins, plasma derivatives |
Use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for the hazard assessment of nanofibres |
Nanocellup |
March 2, 2021 |
March 1, 2023 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials |
Nanocellulose, transmission electron microscopy, alternative methods to evaluate toxicity |
Unravelling the long-term and indirect health impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium |
HELICON |
January 1, 2021 |
June 30, 2025 |
Health information, Epidemiology of infectious diseases |
health inequalities, health economics, delayed healthcare use, socio-demographic resilience, cohort study, excess mortality |
Unravelling data for rapid evidence-based response to COVID-19 |
unCoVer |
January 1, 2020 |
December 31, 2022 |
Health information, Epidemiology of infectious diseases |
health information system, health surveys, administrative data, data linkage, national health database |
Union and National Capacity Building for IntegraTED Surveillance (U4S) |
UNITED4Surveillance |
January 1, 2023 |
December 31, 2025 |
Bacterial diseases, Viral diseases, Epidemiology of infectious diseases |
integrated surveillance, one health, disease outbreaks, hospital surveillance, digital data |
Understanding the dynamics and consequences of new psychoactive substances use in a rapidly changing (online) drug market |
SCANNER |
October 1, 2020 |
November 30, 2022 |
Health information |
NPS, new psychoactive substances, illicit drugs, drug use, influence legislation, ringtesting, proficiency testing, helplines and drug checking services, civil society organisations, fentanyl hotspots |
Understanding and preventing the impact of endocrine disruptors on the hypothalamus-pituitary axis in sensitive populations |
HYPIEND |
January 1, 2024 |
December 31, 2028 |
Risk and health impact assessment |
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Transversal platform of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology |
BIOTECH Platform |
January 1, 2016 |
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Transversal activities in applied genomics |
molecular biology, applied genomics, transversal platform, NGS, Sanger, sequencing, expertise, training, collaborative research project, service, centralisation, genetics, epigenetics |
Transitioning to healthy diets from sustainable food systems in Belgium: Priority policy actions and their multiple sustainability impacts |
SUSFOODBEL |
September 1, 2022 |
December 31, 2026 |
Health information |
healthy diets, sustainable food systems, policy priorities, impact assessment |
Transcriptional Response for Antimicrobial Resistance detection in TB |
TRACeR-TB |
October 1, 2019 |
December 31, 2021 |
Bacterial diseases |
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb), diagnostics, drug resistance, drug resistance testing, transcriptional response |
Toxigenic Bacillus cereus in food: Towards a better risk assessment by means of genomic, transcriptomic and toxin production analyses |
TOXCereus |
August 1, 2021 |
July 31, 2025 |
Foodborne pathogens, Organic contaminants and additives |
Food microbiology and parasitology, food safety, risk assessment, Bacillus cereus, bacterial toxins |
Towards the development of a National Health Data Platform |
AHEAD |
January 1, 2021 |
June 30, 2023 |
Health information, Cancer centre |
health information system, health surveys, administrative data, data linkage, national health database |
Towards characterization and (quantitative) genotoxicity assessment of mycotoxin mixtures present in food |
MYCX-IT |
September 15, 2021 |
September 14, 2025 |
Mycology and aerobiology , Risk and health impact assessment, Organic contaminants and additives |
risk assessment, chemicals, food safety, contaminants, cancer, mycotoxins, mixtures, DNA damage |
Towards a toxicologically relevant definition of nanomaterials |
To²DeNano |
December 15, 2015 |
March 15, 2019 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials |
nanomaterials, exposure, toxicology, aggregation, metrology |
Tick-borne encephalitis virus eco-epidemiology: study of the prevalence and pathogenesis in rodents and wild animals |
TBEV Epi |
October 1, 2013 |
December 31, 2019 |
Viral diseases, Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Quality of vaccines and blood products |
tick-borne encephalitis virus, ticks, sentinel, seroprevalence, rodents |
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: identifying and communicating disease burden |
HUMTICK |
November 1, 2015 |
October 31, 2019 |
Epidemiology of infectious diseases |
tick-borne diseases, Lyme borreliosis, PTLDS, cohort study, burden of disease, cost price |
The societal and economic effects of public health interventions from an exposome approach: Titanium dioxide as a case study |
EXPTiO2 |
November 1, 2022 |
October 31, 2026 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials, Strategy external positioning |
titanium dioxide, exposome, food consumption, exposure assessment |
The presence of Chlamydia trachomatis among the population in Belgium |
CTstudy |
May 1, 2019 |
May 1, 2020 |
Epidemiologie van infectieziekten |
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The Orphanet Encyclopedia, Terminology and Website in Dutch |
OrphaDutch |
January 1, 2013 |
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Health services research |
rare diseases and disorders, orphan drugs, world wide web, accessibility of Health Services, terminology, Snomed-CT, nomenclature, disease coding |
The incidence of citrinin in the Belgian food and feed chain and the risk for human and animal health |
CITRIRISK |
October 1, 2016 |
September 30, 2020 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
Mycotoxin, Citrinin, occurrence, food safety, feed, Belgium, toxicokinetics, broiler chickens, pig, biotransformation |
The development and a plan for implementation of Belgian Psychosocial Recommendations and guidelines Oncology |
BePRO |
January 1, 2022 |
March 31, 2023 |
Cancer centre |
practice guidelines, health planning guidelines, psycho-oncology, integrative oncology, social support, health plan implementation, oncology |
The cost of current versus healthy sustainable diets in Belgium |
DIETCOST |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
cost of diets, food environments, affordability, sustainability, dietary guidelines, ultra-processed food products |
The Belgian Survey on Drugs |
DrugVibes |
April 1, 2019 |
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Health information |
illegal drugs, illegal medicine, lifestyle risk factors, cannabis, weed, marijuana, hashish, powder cocaine, coke, crack cocaine, base, ecstasy, XTC, MDMA, amphetamines, speed, heroin, methamphetamines, crystal meth, GHB, GBL, liquid ecstasy, ketamine, LSD, hallucinogens, magic mushrooms, DMT, ayahuasca, alcohol, laughing gas, new psychoactive substances, opioid medication, tranquilizers, stimulant medication |