Robby De Pauw

Researcher | Visiting professor

Sciensano

Ghent University

Biography

Robby De Pauw is a senior researcher at Sciensano and Ghent University.

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Interests

Epidemiology
Rehabilitation
Health statistics
Non communicable diseases
R and Shiny

Education

PhD in Health Sciences, 2019
Ghent University
MSc in Statistical Data Analysis, 2019
Ghent University
MSc in rehabilitation Sciences, 2013
Ghent University

Experience

Visiting professor

Ghent University

Jan 2022 – Present Ghent, Belgium

Visiting professor giving courses on statistics and evidence-based medicine.

Senior Researcher

Sciensano

Aug 2020 – Present Ghent, Belgium

Senior researcher working in the health indicators unit at the Health information service.

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ghent University

Oct 2019 – Oct 2023 Ghent, Belgium

Post-doctoral researcher focusing on musculoskeletal complaints.

PhD student

Ghent University

Oct 2013 – Oct 2019 Ghent, Belgium

PhD student in Health Sciences focusing on brain alterations in patients with chronic neck pain.

Projects

JA PreventNCD is a EU-funded Joint Action, where our team aims to develop a risk-based projection model to forecast trends in the occurence of chronic diseases.

NEED is a Belspo INTRA-FED project that aims to unravel unmet health-related needs in Belgium.

TELEHEALTH is a Weave (FWO - F.N.R.S) funded project that aims to evaluate the impact of engaging in telework on health outcomes.

BeBOD - Belgian National Burden of Disease Study

The main goal of public health policy is to protect and promote population health. Therefore, understanding which diseases pose the greatest threat to health and wellbeing is crucial. The relative importance of diseases in a population is often referred to as the “burden of disease”.

The purpose of the COVIMPACT project is to set up a cohort of people who have been tested positive with COVID-19 in order to study the evolution of their physical, mental and social health over the long term, and assess the factors associated with a favourable or unfavourable evolution. Depending on when participants join the cohort, they are followed-up from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 2 years. In a nutshell, COVIMPACT aims to increase knowledge about the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection and on the syndrome called “long COVID”.

HELICON is a Belspo BRAIN-be project that aims to unravel the social inequalities and the long-term and indirect health effects of the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium.

R and Shiny projects

BeBOD - Belgian National Burden of Disease Study

The main goal of public health policy is to protect and promote population health. Therefore, understanding which diseases pose the greatest threat to health and wellbeing is crucial. The relative importance of diseases in a population is often referred to as the “burden of disease”.

BeBOD - Belgian National Burden of Disease Study

The main goal of public health policy is to protect and promote population health. Therefore, understanding which diseases pose the greatest threat to health and wellbeing is crucial. The relative importance of diseases in a population is often referred to as the “burden of disease”.

Recent Publications

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Aline Scohy, A Scohy, R De Pauw, V Gorasso, L Van den Borre, B Devleesschauwer (2024). Abstract citation ID: ckac129. 622 Years of life lost for 137 causes of death in Belgium by age, sex, and region, 2004-2018.

NAZIRU MUKHTAR, Mira Meeus, Robby De Pauw, J\̇BR\.L̇ MOHAMMED, CEREN ORHAN, ̇ BARBARA CAGN\.I (2024). The effectiveness of hands-off therapy in the management of patients with headache: a systematic review.

Simon Gabriël Beerten, Robby De Pauw, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Lidia Casas, Bert Vaes (2024). Assessing mental health from registry data: What is the best proxy?. International Journal of Medical Informatics.

Robby De Pauw, Javier Muñoz Laguna, Vanessa Gorasso (2024). Embracing the complexity: a critical appraisal of global neck pain trends and research gaps. The Lancet Rheumatology.

Lisa Cavillot, Joris AF van Loenhout, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Herman Van Oyen, Jinane Ghattas, Koen Blot, Laura Van den Borre, Matthieu Billuart, Niko Speybroeck, others (2024). Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study. J Epidemiol Community Health.

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