Current projects

OneChick: One Health Poultry Hub (2019-2024)
Funded by GCRF

Past projects

AFRIPOP: Mapping human population in Africa (2009-2011). Funded by Wiener-Anspach fundation .

The agro-ecology of avian influenza (2008). Funded by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) .

Comparing method for estimating spread rates of biological invasions (2006). Funded by USDA Forest Service .

Ecology-based risk assessment of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in Asia (2006-2010). Funded by NIH EID Programme (US) .

Edenext: Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe (2010-2014). Funded by FP7 EU .

Epidémiologie de l'Influenza Aviaire en Afrique (2008). Funded by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) .

Epidemiology of Bovine Tuberculosis in Great Britain (2004-2007). Funded by DEFRA (UK) .

Fungifor: Phytosanitary status of 8 fungi (+ 1 insect vector) infecting trees in Belgium: survey and evaluation of the risk of establishment (2015-2018). Funded by Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment .

GeoAccessHealth: The availability and accessibility of health services in space and time: analytical assessment, data integration and real-time visualization (2019-2020). Funded by Innoviris .

Mapping people and livestock (2013-2017). Funded by F.R.S-FNRS, Brussels, Belgium .

MAUPP: Modelling and forecasting African Urban Population Patterns for vulnerability and health assessments (2014-2018). Funded by Belgian Science Policy STEREO-III programme .

MONODIS: Influence of the distribution, extent and fragmentation of pine stands in Europe on the distribution and abundance of Monochamus spp., the vectors of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. (2019). Funded by SPF Santé Publique .

PALE-Blu: Understanding pathogen, livestock, environment interactions involving bluetongue virus (2017-2020). Funded by EU H2020 .

EPI STIS: Remote sensing tools to study the Epidemiology and Space/Time Dynamics of diseases (2006-2010). Funded by Belgian Science Policy STEREO-II programme .

Transmission dynamics and spillover of avian influenza under changing agricultural intensification and landscapes (2013-2018). Funded by U.S. NIH NIAID Programme (1R01AI101028-01A1) .

WILDTUB: Targetted surveillance of the emergence of bovine tuberculosis in Belgian wildlife (2015-2017). Funded by Belgian SPF .

Mapping the transition toward more sustainable livestock production systems (2017-2021). Funded by FNRS PDR-WISD .

Xyleris: Study on Xylella fastidiosa plant hosts and vectors in Belgium and the influence of specific plant growth conditions on disease development (2016-2018). Funded by Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment .