prof. Lieve Brochez (MD, PhD)
CRIG group leader

Head of clinic - Dermatology (UZ Gent)
Full professor (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UGent)
President of BADO (Belgian Association of Dermato-Oncology)
Former member & vice-chair of the CRIG steering committee (2019-2022)
Research focus
- SKIN CANCER – TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY – MICROBIOME – expertise in immune monitoring
- SKIN CANCER PREVENTION – IMAGING – EX VIVO DERMOSCOPY –TELEDERMATOLOGY – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- SKIN CANCER HEALTH ECONOMICS – AGING
- SKIN TOXICITY IN ANTICANCER AGENTS
- IN VIVO (confocal microscopy) IMAGING
- RARE SKIN CANCERS
Research team
- prof. Evelien Verhaeghe
- dr. Isabelle Hoorens (MD, PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- dr. Annelies Demeyer (PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- dr. Marc Haspeslagh (MD, PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- dr. Sandrine Herbelet (DVM, PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- prof. Katia Ongenae – prof. Barbara Boone – prof. Sofie De Schepper
- Veronique Clauwaert - doctoral fellow
- dr. Laura Van Coile (MD) - doctoral fellow
- dr. Jorien Papeleu (MD) - doctoral fellow
- Annick Meertens - doctoral fellow
- Julie Kips - doctoral fellow
- Els Van Maelsaecke - lab technician