Mr Davy Vanden Broeck
Visiting Professor
Davy Vanden Broeck holds a M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Antwerp. In 2007, he also obtained a PhD from the University of Antwerp in the field of molecular biology at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences. Currently, Dr. Vanden Broeck is senior researcher at the ICRH Belgium, lecturer at the University of Nairobi and associated post-doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp. Furthermore, he has been involved in reproductive health research for over 5 years, both in Belgium and in Kenya. Dr. Vanden Broeck was member of the Senior Management of ICRH Kenya and was laboratory manager in ICRH Mombasa (Kenya).
His research focuses on human papilloma virus (HPV) and related cervical cancer. In this capacity, he has been involved in various projects and he has been the supervisor of PhD/MSc dissertations and responsible for a number of projects in the same field.
Publications of Davy
2021 Cervical cancer screening using HPV tests on self-samples : attitudes and preferences of women participating in the VALHUDES study2021 Clinical and analytical evaluation of the RealTime High Risk HPV assay in Colli-Pee collected first-void urine using the VALHUDES protocol
2021 Development and validation of a wart-associated human papilloma virus genotyping assay for detection of HPV in cutaneous warts
2020 Efficacy of AV2-Salicylic acid combination therapy for cutaneous warts : study protocol for a single-center randomized controlled trial
2019 Type-specific human papillomavirus prevalence, incident cases, persistence, and associated pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected women in Kenya
Stanley Luchters
2019 Performance of OncoE6 (TM) Cervical Test in detecting cervical precancer lesions in HIV-positive women attending an HIV clinic in Bujumbura, Burundi : a cross-sectional study2019 Prevalence and genotype-specific distribution of human papillomavirus in Burundi according to HIV status and urban or rural residence and its implications for control
2019 Using the VALGENT-3 framework to assess the clinical and analytical performance of the RIATOL qPCR HPV genotyping assay
2018 Knowledge and practices of general practitioners at district hospitals towards cervical cancer prevention in Burundi, 2015 : a cross-sectional study
Heleen Vermandere
2018 Uptake of three doses of HPV vaccine by primary school girls in Eldoret, Kenya : a prospective cohort study in a malaria endemic settingHeleen Vermandere
2018 Human papilloma virus infection in HIV-infected women in Belgium : implications for prophylactic vaccines within this subpopulation2018 Time has come to include Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing in sperm donor banks
2018 VALHUDES : a protocol for validation of human papillomavirus assays and collection devices for HPV testing on self-samples and urine samples
2018 Validation of intra- and inter-laboratory reproducibility of the Xpert HPV assay according to the international guidelines for cervical cancer screening
2017 Multiple HPV infections in female sex workers in Western Kenya : implications for prophylactic vaccines within this sub population
Emilomo Ogbe
2017 Factors associated with HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Western Kenya : a cross-sectional studyHeleen Vermandere
2017 A high resolution melting (HRM) technology-based assay for cost-efficient clinical detection and genotyping of herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and HSV-22017 Associations between highly active antiretroviral therapy and the presence of HPV, premalignant and malignant cervical lesions in sub-Saharan Africa, a systematic review : current evidence and directions for future research
2016 Associations between vaginal infections and potential high-risk and high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes in female sex workers in Western Kenya
Emilomo Ogbe
2016 Epidemiology of HPV genotypes among HIV positive women in Kenya : a systematic review and meta-analysisStanley Luchters