Current Position(s)
Postdoctoral scientific staff
Assistant professor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Gynaecology and obstetrics not elsewhere classified
- Oncology not elsewhere classified
- Paediatrics and neonatology not elsewhere classified
- Health management
- Health promotion and policy
- Public health care not elsewhere classified
- Social medical sciences not elsewhere classified
- Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Bio
Kim Beernaert is an assistant professor and senior researcher at the End-of-Life Care Research Group (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Ghent University). She chairs the “Palliative Care for People with Cancer” programme. Her main focus of interest is improving the palliative care and end of life care for for people with cancer and their families, including a focus on minors.
She has experience with conducting and analysing various methodologies: qualitative interviews/focus groups, cross-sectional surveys, population-based studies, using administrative datasets, (cluster) randomized controlled trials and implementation.
She is supervising different projects related to palliative care with main focus on integration of palliative care, and on people with cancer, babies and children. Kim is eager to vulgarize her scientific output and to work together with relevant stakeholders. Don’t hesitate to get in contact with her if you are interested.