Health, innovation and research institute (HIRUZ)
The Health, innovation and research institute is a leading knowledge and expertise centre that supports translational biomedical research and innovation with a multidisciplinary management and a broad local, national and international network of Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) in collaboration with Ghent University (UGent).
Mission
Scientific: Development of a progressive and leading institute and knowledge center for translational biomedical / health research and innovation with an active cooperative network and a broad locoregional, national and international image.
Society: To help develop high-quality clinical research and innovative projects with a focus on patient-oriented, personalized medicine, socio-economic valorisation and sustainable health care.
Connecting: The goal is that UGent (the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and UZ Gent, as entities and employees as individuals, benefit directly or indirectly from our support.
HIRUZ consists of seven expertise areas and provides the following services:
Team
- Dr. Philippe Van Rompaey, Head of Department - hiruz@uzgent.be
- Dr. Chloë De Witte, Contract Unit Manager - hiruz.contracten@uzgent.be
- Tom Verschoore, Clinical Trial Unit Manager - hiruz.ctu@uzgent.be
- Joachim Geeraert & Lieselot Vanlanduyt, Data Management Unit Managers - hiruz.dmu@uzgent.be
- Dr. Chloë De Witte & dr. Lieve Nuytinck, Innovation & Valorisation Unit Managers - hiruz.ivu@uzgent.be
- Hans De Pla & Loes Coucke: Coordinators Research Portal - onderzoeksportaal@uzgent.be
- Ruben Haeck: Coordinator Quality - hiruz.quality@uzgent.be
- Wendy Van de Velde, Coordinator Patient Advisory Board for Scientific Research - meedenkenoveronderzoek@uzgent.be
Links
- HIRUZ website
Contact
Ghent University Hospital - 1K5 (entrance 81, route 812), Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, +32 (0)9 332 05 30