prof. Kim Beernaert (PhD)
Assistant professor (End-of-Life Care Research Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UGent&VUB)
Research focus
I am chair of the “Palliative care for people with cancer” Research Programme at the End-of-Life Care Research Group and I am also responsible for the research in pediatric palliative care.
I have a master’s degree in experimental and theoretical psychology and a PhD degree in Social Health Sciences (2015). My PhD on identifying and addressing palliative care needs throughout the illness trajectory has been awarded with the Prijs Hoge Gezondheidsraad 2016.
My particular interest is in supportive care, palliative care and care for people with cancer and their families, including a focus on minors.
I have experience with conducting various methodologies: qualitative interviews/focus groups, cross-sectional surveys, population-based studies, using administrative datasets and (cluster) randomized trials.
Research team
- Prof Kenneth Chambaere (PhD)
- Prof Karen Geboes (MD, PhD)
- Prof Lore Lapeire (MD, PhD)
- dr. Aglaja De Pauw (MD)
- dr. Anne-Lore Scherrens - senior researcher
- dr. Anne Van Driessche - senior researcher
- Femke Van Landschoot - PhD fellow
- Sophie Hochrath - PhD fellow
- Marthe Tulpin - PhD fellow
Contact & links
- Lab address: End-of-Life Care Research Group, UZGent, entrance 42, 6th floor, office 006, C. Heymanslaan 10, B-9000 Ghent
- Kim Beernaert @ End-of-Life Care Research Group
- EPZ, expertise center palliatieve zorg
- Kim Beernaert is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks