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About the Centre for Vaccinology - CEVAC The Centre for VaccineOlogy (CEVAC) was created in 1986 from a research project on hepatitis B vaccination. Since then, the research unit has grown steadily and the number of areas of interest has also increased. The CEVAC is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Ghent University and of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology of the UZ Gent.
Cevac research contributes to the development of effective vaccines against the many infectious diseases that can affect humans.
In recent decades, CEVAC has been involved in the development and evaluation of vaccines against hepatitis B virus, the first combined hepatitis A/B vaccine, a therapeutic vaccine against hepatitis C, cervical cancer vaccines, herpes simplex viruses, human immune deficiency virus (HIV, the pathogen of AIDS), tuberculosis, whooping cough, flu, group B streptococcus, whooping cough, rsv and so on.
The CEVAC consists of two departments: the clinical unit and the laboratory unit.
Clinical unit In the Clinical Unit, the participants of a vaccine study come along for the different study procedures. Most studies in the CEVAC are commissioned by pharmaceutical companies: the clients or sponsors. They run in accordance with international standards of good clinical practice (GCP). A team of about ten employees – doctors, nurses, study coordinators and administrative staff – takes care of the study procedures.
Laboratory unit In the Laboratory Unit (CEVAC Core Lab), the blood samples obtained during the clinical vaccine studies are processed, analyzed and carefully stored according to the highest quality standards. A team of about fifteen experienced laboratory technicians monitors the entire process.
Team Clinical research unit Prof. Isabel Leroux-Roels - lead researcher Dr. Cathy Maes - study doctor Dr Jasper Joye - study doctor Prof. Geert Leroux-Roels - study doctor, consultant Fien De Boever - clinical unit manager Zoë Vanhoenacker - clinical research assistant Anne Depluverez - study coordinator Anniek Desimpel - study coordinator, study nurse Hermien Sergeant - study nurse Sylvie Lammens - study nurse Marleen Aps - study nurse Martine Cornette - study nurse Rebecca Lawaisse - administrative assistant Immunological laboratory Prof. Isabel Leroux-Roels - lead researcher Gwenn Waerlop - lab coordinator Frédéric Clement - analytical expert Anja Coen - project manager Yorick Janssens - project manager Sharon Porrez - project manager Mieke De Laere - quality manager Joanne Delaney - quality assistant, laboratory technician Annelies Goussaert - lab technician Nico Denecker - lab technician Peter Vander Linden - lab technician Sabrina Verlee - lab technician Sanne Foubert - lab technician Sibyl Couvent - lab technician Sofie Librecht - labourer
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