Professor Brouwers is cardiology staff member at the OLVZ Aalst where she mainly focuses on arterial hypertension, dyslipidaemia and cardiac prevention and rehabilitation and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Since 2020, she sits as Nucleus board member in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Hypertension.
Dr. Youri Bekhuis is a cardiologist in training at the University Hospital of Leuven. He graduated as a Medical Doctor from KU Leuven in 2018. Currently, he is working as a PhD researcher at KU Leuven and Hasselt University. The focus of his Ph.D. thesis is ‘Exercise cardiac imaging as a cornerstone of personal treatment...
Former President of the Swiss Society of Cardiology, Professor Mach is the author of more than 500 high impact factor publications and responsible of several Swiss cohorts of atherothrombotic patients, strongly implicated in clinical research in the field of prevention, especially lipidology. He was co-chairing of the ESC 2019 Lipid Guidelines and of the ESC...
Dr Tiezzi graduated cum laude in Medicine at the University of Bologna (Italy). She then moved to Belgium where she graduated as a Cardiologist in September 2023 and obtained the Chapman Prize for best thesis. Throughout her medical training, she developed a specific interest in cardiopulmonary interactions as well as in vascular physiology and pathological...
Dr. Hanne Boen is a cardiologist in training at the University of Antwerp since 2018. She graduated as M.D. in 2018 at University of Antwerp and started a PhD in 2019 titled ‘Cardio-Oncology: Bridging the gap with Genetics’ under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Emeline Van craenenbroeck, Prof. Dr. Bart Loeys and Dr. Maaike Alaerts....
I’m a PhD student in cardiology, conducting my research at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. My journey in cardiology began during an internship at Jolimont’s Hospital, where I delved into its intricacies. Currently, my research is centered on heart failure, with a particular focus on exploring novel echocardiographic prognosis markers. I’m enthusiastic about contributing to the field...
I graduated from Mie University School of Medicine in Japan in 2004 and worked as a cardiologist at Sakakibara Heart Institute, a cardiology hospital. Currently I am learning mainly about coronary CT as a trainee at the department of radiology, Unuversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel.
Lotte Colson is a third master’s medical student at the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Belgium) with an interest in cardiology
Umair Sheikh Mohammad earned a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from ULB in 2023. Following his post-master’s period, he initiated his thesis within the Physiology and Pharmacology laboratory, led by Prof. L. Dewachter. The focus of his research was on studying the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a rat model.
Elayne Kelen de Oliveira graduated in Physiotherapy at the University Center of BrasÃlia (UniCEUB) in Brasilia, Brazil, in 2009. Later, in 2017, she obtained her medical degree from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Following this, she completed her specialization in Internal Medicine at the same university. Currently, she is a Ph.D....
