Belgian Pain Society
Young Researchers Day 2025
The next generation in pain research
When : Saturday 22/03/2025
Where : University of Antwerp,
Campus Drie Eiken - Building 0
Awards for the best oral/poster presentation
Attending the conference is free, but a registration is required.
You can receive ProQKine accreditation or accreditation for RIZIV/INAMI.
Thank you to Grünenthal for the sponsoring
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Iris Meuwissen
Physiotherapist, PhD researcher and teaching assistant at the University of Antwerp and Hasselt University Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Chronic non-specific low back pain, high intensity training, and pain neuroscience education.
Kristof Deseure
Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Algology lab, Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and scientific collaborator at the Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Antwerp University Hospital.
Behavioral characterization of spontaneous and evoked trigeminal neuropathic pain and comorbidities in rat and mice models of trigeminal neuralgia, pharmacological and chemogenetic treatment of trigeminal neuropathic pain, the role of endothelin-1 in cancer pain syndromes.
Laurens Peene
Dr. Peene is specialized in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine. In addition he has a special interest in neuromodulation for chronic pain. He obtained the ‘Fellow in Interventional Pain (FIPP)’ certificate in 2022. He followed a postgraduate ‘Neuromodulation and Pain’ at the Queen Mary University in London and additional training at the Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust hospital, London, UK. He published articles in multiple peer-reviewed journals and contributed to multiple handbooks"
Amber Billens
PhD researcher at Ghent University – Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Influence of psychological factors and physical activity on central pain modulation in healthy people and chronic pain populations
Davina Wildemeersch
Anesthesiologist and pain physician at UZ Antwerpen, visiting professor at the University of Antwerp.
Chronic postsurgical pain, telemonitoring in acute and chronic pain conditions.
Lisa Bernaerts
Clinical psychologist and Systemic psychotherapist at the Multidisciplinary Pain Center in the Antwerp University Hospital.
Psychosocial factors in chronification of pain, neuromodulation for chronic pain.
Aïcha Boutachkourt
Phd student at Institute of neuroscience, system and cognition axis (COSY, UCLouvain) and at Leuven brain Institute, translational neuropsychiatry (KU Leuven).
Neural foundations of thermonociception and social cognition and their interconnections in the context of frontotemporal dementia.
Michel Mertens
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Antwerp - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research School CAPHRI Maastricht University – Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Chronic shoulder disorders (focus on frozen shoulder and rotator cuff related shoulder pain), underlying mechanisms in patients with shoulder disorders (central pain processing, autonomic function, metabolic factors and inflammatory levels), rehabilitation in patients with chronic shoulder pain and their underlying mechanisms, quantitative sensory testing in healthy individuals prediction modeling in patients with chronic pain and exercise therapy in patients with chronic pain.
Amy Belba
Dr. Belba is specialized in Anesthesiology and Loco-regional anesthesia. She is currently performing a fellowship in Pain Medicine. She is PhD candidate in the Maastricht University Medical Center+ and University of Hasselt researching minimally invasive techniques on chronic knee pain. She investigates the effect of radiofrequency treatment of the genicular nerves in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and those who have persistent pain after knee replacement surgery.
Michiel Brandt
PhD student at Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit, Ghent University
Low back pain, sensorimotor control, clinical assessment, validity.
Jonas Verbrugghe
Guest professor at the University of Antwerp and a postdoctoral researcher at Hasselt University. He is an expert in the application and evaluation of (high intensity) exercise therapy in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
Yanis Mouheb
Neurobiologist and PhD researcher in cognitive neurosciences at the Conscious Care Lab - GIGA Consciousness - Liège University
Altered states of consciousness-induced analgesia, contemplative neurosciences.
University of Antwerp – Campus Drie Eiken - Building O
Universiteitsplein 1; 2610 Wilrijk
Download the campusplan:
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uantwerp/campuses/campus-drie-eiken/
There is free parking a couple of minutes walking from Building O: P2
There is a bus stop 1 minute of walking from building O: Stop “Wilrijk UA Campus” (105576)
Coming by train, go to Centraal Station and then take bus 17 (Edegem UZA). The bus ride takes about 35 minutes.
