Mme Viviane Van Casteren

Chef de service

Training

FOD P&O: 2011-2012; Vitruvius traject, people oriented leadership

Catholic University Leuven (KULeuven): 2010; Health Care for civil servants: an exercise in strategy development

Veyrier du Lac (France): 07/09/1992 to 26/09/1992; certificate of “Cours International d’Epidémiologie Appliquée”

Free University of Brussels (ULB): 01/02/1986 to 31/05/1986; certificate of WHO- International Course in Statistical, Epidemiological and Operational Methods applied in Medicine and Public Health

School of Public Health Leuven: 1980-1981; certificate in Public and Social hygiene + certificate in Hospital Hygiene

Catholic University Leuven (KULeuven): 1973-1980; medical doctor

Secondary school (Koninklijk Lyceum, Leuven): 1967-1973; Latin-Greek

Presidency of professional bodies

President of the EUPHA section on Infectious Disease Control (2003-2006)

President of EUPHA (European Public Health Association) (2002)

Working in Sciensano

Since 1981

Current activity

Researcher and head of service Health Services Research, Scientific Direction Epidemiology and Public Health

Key qualifications

sentinel surveillance with general practitioners, quality improvement projects with general practitioners, with reference centres for specific conditions (e.g. diabetes, cystic fibrosis, neuromuscular diseases, rare diseases), projects on data collection through the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in general practice, co-ordination of and participation in several European projects in the field of sentinel practices.