Kristiaan Proesmans
Doctoral fellow - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University
Principal investigators: prof. Lies Lahousse (PhD)
Research focus
My research approaches cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment on a personalized way to obtain its full potential. In a European collaboration, we unravel the heritability and genetic risk variation of cancer by genome-wide association studies and polygenetic risk scores. These developments facilitate expanding cancer prevention strategies and the implementation of personalized medicine.
Additionally, our research group has a leading role in the GLORIA project. A project in which the health of Ghent citizens is monitored and followed up. Both environmental and genomic exposures are monitored. This makes it possible to obtain a thorough overview of the risk factors related to cancer and the possible interventions available to reduce the cancer risk.
Key publications
- The role of community pharmacists in primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer: an evaluation of a Flemish skin cancer prevention campaign, BMC Public Health, 2023, PMID: PMC10717840
Contact & links
- Lab address: Faculteit Farmaceutische Wetenschappen, Campus Heymans, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000 Gent
- Lab
- Researchgate
- Kristiaan Proesmans is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks