UZA Lunch & Learn
This is our dynamic platform for knowledge sharing and networking within UZA & UAntwerpen.
When?
MonthlyWhere?
Auditorium Kinsbergen, UZA (route 12)For who?
Price
FreeEvery month, we delve into a topical theme with inspiring presentations and interactive Q&As on cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies and multidisciplinary collaborations. The Lunch & Learn sessions are aimed at researchers, clinicians, nurses and academic professionals who want to enrich their expertise and expand their network.
Our ambition is to build the sessions with you into a permanent fixture within our academic and clinical ecosystem to stimulate curiosity, inspire and thus foster collaborations.
Session 20 October 2026
Iris Verhaegen
Annual planning: 2026
- 6 January
Plastic: friend or foe for the critically ill? - Prof. dr. Philippe Jorens (INZO)
- 24 February
Unique but not alone - Together for rare diseases - Prof. dr. Anna Jansen & Dr. Marjan De Rademaeker (Pediatrics)
- 24 March
Getting started with AI applications - Responsible innovation - Koenraad De Vos (DPO)
- 21 April
Developments and updates in psychosomatic medicine: focus on biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology - Prof. dr. Filip Van Den Eede & Dr. Laura Cassiers (Psychiatry)
- 19 May
Flanders InterUniversity Ultra-High Field 7T MRI Research Center (FIn2U) - Prof. dr. Pieter Van Dyck (Radiology)
- 16 June
Update on infectious diseases: recent Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks - Prof. dr. Erika Vlieghe (General Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine)
- 22 September
The UZA/UAntwerp tumor organoid biobank: past, present and future - Christophe Deben, Andreia Lopes, Dr. Sofie Seghers & Natascha Perales Selva
- 20 October
Clinical Trial Management System - Iris Verhaegen (Clinical Trials)
- 17 November
Organ donation after euthanasia - Prof. dr. Geert Roeyen & Dr. Ellen Liekens (Transplant Centre)
- 15 December
Patient-centered pathology - Prof. dr. Senada Koljenovic & Prof. dr. Karen Zwaenepoel (Pathology)