Job Description
We are looking for a PhD student to work on the PRISCILA project. You need to speak fluently Dutch.
The department of endocrinology has a large multidisciplinary team of study nurses, clinical research assistants, diabetes educators, dieticians, and psychologists. Several members of the clinical service also conduct basic research in the Department of Clinical & Experimental Endocrinology at KU Leuven. Prof. K. Benhalima is an international expert in the field of diabetes & pregnancy. Prof. K. Benhalima has completed a large multicenter Belgian study in which 2,000 pregnant women were recruited early in pregnancy with the aim of comparing different screening strategies for gestational diabetes (the BEDIP-N study). This is the largest study ever conducted on gestational diabetes in Belgium. Based on this research, new guidelines for screening for gestational diabetes were developed in Belgium. Other research topics of Prof. K. Benhalima include pre-existing diabetes & pregnancy, ...