Research Projects

Selected projects in infectious disease modelling, biostatistics, epidemiology and public health.

ESCAPE

Combining epidemic data and models to support scalable, evidence-driven pandemic response plans across Europe.

My role: Principal investigator

Project period: 2023–2026

Horizon Europe · Grant 101095619

ACCELERATE

Connecting individual-based epidemic models with health economics, statistical inference and reinforcement learning to support public health decisions.

My role: Co-investigator

Project period: 2023–2026

FWO Junior Fundamental Research Project · G059423N

ECDC forecasting and scenario modelling

European forecasting and scenario-modelling hubs for infectious diseases.

My role: Principal investigator and co-investigator on framework contracts

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Solar Cookers for All

Developing and evaluating sustainable solar cooking solutions with the University of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

My role: Principal investigator on the VLIR-UOS Short Initiative

Project period: 2023–2025 (Short Initiative)

VLIR-UOS · Hasselt University and University of Lubumbashi

Malaria transmission and elimination

Estimating age- and time-dependent malaria parameters and studying social networks to help inform elimination strategies.

My role: Principal investigator

Project period: 2020–2024

DOCPRO4 Research Project

Time-varying association in censored event-time data

Nonparametric estimation of changing association between two time-to-event outcomes.

My role: Co-investigator

Project period: 2020–2024

BOF Small Research Project

Pertussis resurgence in Belgium

Combining serial seroprevalence and incidence data to estimate age- and time-dependent epidemiological parameters.

My role: Co-investigator

FWO Project · R-7543

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