We are excited to share some highlights from the recent poster session held during the INEQKILL advisory board meeting! Our PhD students showcased their progress and communication skills at a poster session at the advisory board meeting. Lise Bevernaegie , Audrey Plavsic , Philippe Paeps , Valentin Charlier , Marina…
On September 30th, 2024, Emmanuel Idohou successfully defended his PhD on "Under-5 mortality in a migratory context: the case of France and Belgium". Congratulations Emmanuel!! Abstract In immigration countries, the integration of immigrants is an ongoing debate. The health of immigrants and their children born in the host country emerges…
The second advisory board meeting of the INEQKILL research project was held recently, and it proved to be a very productive session! The meeting showcased the collaborative spirit and dedication of all involved. We appreciate the advisory board members for their valuable insights and feedback, which will undoubtedly help us…
INEQKILL members Sylvie, Janna, and Audrey succesfully presented their research findings at the European Population Conference. The conference, organized by the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) in collaboration with the University of St Andrews (United Kingdom), took place in the historic city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from June 12th to…
On May, 2nd INEQKILL members Caterina, Isabelle, Lise, Marina, Janna, and Philippe were happy to partake in the kick-off meeting of "The Great Leap" at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. Find out more about the Great Leap and watch the poster we presented about INEQKILL!
INEQKILL researcher Audrey Plavsic won the award for best presentation with her presentation on suicide in Belgium from the 19th to 20th century on the 15th Conference of Young Demographers in Prague . Many congratulations, Audrey!
The S.O.S. Antwerp team, with INEQKILL members Isabelle Devos, Sven Vrielinck and Sarah Heynssens, was awarded the Annual Prize for Science Communication by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium on November 14th for its creative and accessible way of communicating about science to the public. The S.O.S. Antwerp citizen science…
The first INEQKILL advisory board meeting was held on 22 September 2023. The advisory board consists of nine international experts who will provide guidance and strategic advice to the INEQKILL team. We were honored to welcome them to Brussels and present them with our research objectives and preliminary results. Coördinator Sylvie…
INEQKILL’s PI Isabelle Devos is the co-supervisor of the COST Action 'The great leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022 (GREATLEAP)'. A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice for 4 years. COST Actions are typically comprised of…
In June 2023, Janna Dinneweth successfully defended her Master's thesis "Forgotten inequality: socioeconomic disparities in mortality associated with neurodegeneration, a population-based study in Belgium 2011-2016”. She joined the IneqKill team on the 1st of September 2023 as a PhD student focussing on neurodegenerative diseases.