PhD defences
2019
- Anke Maes
PhD thesis: Exploring the therapeutic potential of targeting mitotic exit in combination with standard of care agents in high grade B cell malignancies.
Date: Monday 18 November 2019
Promotor: Prof. Elke De Bruyne and Prof. Karin Vanderkerken
- Katrijn Broos
PhD thesis: Evaluating single domain antibodies specific for PD-L1 as cancer nuclear imaging and therapy agents.
Date: Friday 11 October 2019
Promotor: Prof. Karine Breckpot, Prof. Nick Devoogdt and Prof. Marleen Keyaerts
- Sylvia Faict
PhD thesis: Exosomal communication in Multiple Myeloma -Friend or Foe-
Date: Monday 23 September 2019
Promotor: Prof. Eline Menu, Prof. Karin Vanderkerken, Prof. Rik Schots
- Lore Decoster
PhD thesis: Geriatric oncology: targeting older patients with cancer.
Date: Thursday 5 September 2019
Promotor: Prof. Jacques De Grève (VUB), Prof. Hans Wildiers (KUL)
- Steven Vanderstichelen
PhD thesis: Volunteering in Palliative care – A study of volunteer tasks, support, roles, involvement and collaboration with professionals in the Flemish health care system.
Date: Friday 12 July 2019
Promotor: Prof. Kenneth Chambaere (VUB), Prof. Luc Deliens (UGent), Prof. Joachim Cohen (VUB)
- Arno Maetens
PhD thesis: The availability, uptake and impact of palliative home care: a population-level study using administrative data.
Date: Thursday 6 June 2019
Promotor: Prof. Joachim Cohen (VUB), Prof. Luc Deliens (UGent) and Prof. Kim Beernaert (UGent)
2018
- Inès Dufait
PhD thesis: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as a novel therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.
Date: Wednesday 19 December 2018
Promotor: Prof. Karine Breckpot, Prof. Mark De Ridder
- Gaëlle Vanbutsele
PhD thesis: Early integration of palliative care in oncology.
Date: Tuesday 16 October 2018
Promotors: Prof. Koen Pardon, Prof. Karen Geboes, Prof. Luc Deliens, Prof. Simon Van Belle
- Nathan De Beule
PhD thesis: Bone marrow-induced survival: identifying novel targets in multiple myeloma.
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2018
Promotors: Prof.dr. Karin Vanderkerken, Prof. dr. Rik Schots, Prof. dr. Eline Menu, Prof. dr. Els Van Valckenborgh
- Lukasz Bialkowski
PhD thesis: Combination therapy for a durable tumor rejection.
Date: Tuesday 6 January 2018
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Kris Thielemans, Prof. Dr. Joeri Aerts
2017
- Max Schreuer
PhD thesis: Sequential treatment strategies and cell-free tumour DNA monitoring in BRAFV600mutant metastatic melanoma.
Date: Monday 6 November 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Bart Neyns, Prof. Dr. Véronique Cocquyt (UGent), Dr. Vibeke Kruse (UGent)
- Nicoleta Manuela Burghelea
PhD thesis: Dynamic Wave Arc: implementing a theoretical concept to clinical routine.
Date: Thursday 12 October 2017
Promotors: Prof. dr. Dirk Verellen, Prof. dr. Mark de Ridder, Prof. dr. Viorica Simon (UBB)
- Mérédis Favreau
PhD thesis: Immune therapy in multiple myeloma: Can iNKT cells be targeted?
Date: Wednesday 4 October 2017
Promotors: Prof. K. Vanderkerken, Prof. E. Menu, Prof. Dr. Dirk Elewaut (UGent), Dr. Koen Venken (UGent)
- Amir Noeparast
PhD thesis: Novel therapeutic molecular targets in lung cancer: non V600 mutant BRAF and mutant HER3.
Date: Monday 2 October 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Jacques De Grève, Dr. Erik Teugels
- Johnny Duerinck
PhD thesis: Targeting VEGF(R) in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma.
Date: Wednesday 6 September 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Bart Neyns
- Melissa Horlait
PhD thesis: Palliative care communication in oncology departments in Flanders, Belgium.
Date: Wednesday 23 August 2017
Promotors: Prof. dr. Mark Leys, Prof. dr. Simon Van Belle
- Frederik Vandenbroucke
PhD thesis: CT guided thermal ablation of maligant lesions: technique and evaluation of success.
Date: Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Johan de Mey, Prof. Dr. Nico Buls
Co-promotor: Prof. Dr. J. Vandemeulebroucke
- Sofie Wilgenhof
PhD thesis: Autologous mRNA electroprated dendritic cell-based immunotherapy for melanoma patients.
Date: Thursday, 29 June 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Bart Neyns, Prof. Dr. Kris Thielemans
- Mathijs GOOSSENS
PhD thesis: Breast cancer risk and population-based cancer screening programmes.
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Jacques De Grève
2016
- Zhuo Ren
PhD thesis: The interrelationship between Nucleophosmin and STAT3/5 in cancer.
Date: Monday, 12 December 2016
Promotors: Prof. J. De Grève
Co-promotor: Prof. K. Breckpot, Prof. J. Aerts
- Rebecca Verhofstede
PhD thesis: Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatirc hospital wards in Flanders: a phase 0-2 study of the Care Programme for the Las Days of Life.
Date: Monday, 25 November 2016
Promotors: Prof. Luc Deliens
- Kevin Van der Jeught
PhD thesis: ASPIRE: Adjuvant-driven induction of cancer Specific Immune Responses.
Date: Thursday, 20 October 2016
Promotors: Prof. K. Breckpot
Co-promotor: Prof. K. Thielemans
- Yolanda W.H. Penders
PhD thesis: Old age, dementia and end-of-Life-care.
Date: Friday, 28 October 2016
Promotors: Prof. dr. Lieven Van den Block
Co-promotor: Prof. dr. Luc Deliens
- Susanne Lub
PhD thesis: The role of E3 ubiquitin ligases with a focus on the inhibitor of apoptosis poreins (IAPs) and the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APS/C) in multiple myeloma.
Date: Thursday, 1 September 2016
Promotors: Prof. K. Vanderkerken, Prof. E. Van Valckenborgh
- Sylvia De Brakeleer
PhD thesis: Towards a better understanding of genetic predisposition in breast cancer.
Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Promotors: Prof. J. De Grève, Prof. E. Teugels
- Kim De Veirman
PhD thesis: The role of bone marrow derived bystander cells in the development of multiple myeloma?
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2016
Promotors: Prof. K. Vanderkerken, Prof. E. Van Valckenborgh
- Jinheng Wang
PhD thesis: Exosomal communication in the bone marrow microenvironment: a significant player in multiple myeloma progression.
Date: Friday, 15 April 2016
Promotors: Prof. K. Vanderkerken, Prof. E. Menu
- Stephanie Du Four
PhD thesis: The bidirectional link between tumor angiogenesis and immunity.
Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Promotors: Prof. J. Aerts, Prof. K. Thielemans, Prof. B. Neyns
