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Better and more efficient care for head and neck cancer patients using a digital care pathway
This PhD thesis demonstrates that by aligning the computer system with the healthcare provider’s workflow and consistently recording data in the same way, the administrative burden decreases.
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On how gestures facilitate prediction and fast responding during conversation
This PhD thesis investigated whether the fact that during face-to-face conversations we do not only communicate with speech, but also with visual bodily signals such as hand gestures, facilitates this fast language processing during conversations.
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Automatic Recognition and Assessment of Dysarthric Speech
The PhD defence of C.G. Bhat is on 24 March 2025 at 10:30 am.
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Malaria elimination in The Gambia: Challenges and potential solutions
The PhD defence of H.D.M. Soumare is on 24 March 2025 at 12:30 pm.
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APOBEC3B: Regulation of an Oncogene in Sickness and in Health
The PhD defence of P.A. Roelofs is on 24 March 2025 at 02:30 pm.
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Social networks and sports participation: The interplay of selection and influence processes
The PhD defence of R.J.F. Franken is on 24 March 2025 at 04:30 pm.
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Environmental footprints of bio-based products for the chemical industry
This PhD thesis focuses on the environmental impact of new biomaterials for the chemical industry, compared to their fossil-based counterparts.
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Discovering what happens to the heart after lung cancer radiotherapy
In this PhD thesis, the researcher showed that large doses of radiation from radiotherapy to even small regions of the heart can reduce patient survival, while the major blood vessels near the heart are more resistant.
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Why Some People Are More Prone to Gout: The Role of Genes and Epigenetics
This PhD thesis examined the causes of gout, which is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting three to four times more people than rheumatoid arthritis.
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High uric acid levels can lead to lasting inflammation
This PhD thesis investigates whether soluble urate can prime innate immune cells, inducing epigenetic and transcriptional changes that promote inflammation.
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Trained immunity: Immunological footprints and side-tracks
This PhD research examined the non-specific effects of vaccines (NSEs) as well as trained immunity, particularly in older individuals, through studies on the BCG vaccine and COVID-19 vaccines.
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How is knowledge structured in the brain
This PhD thesis explores the neural mechanisms underlying the formation of semantic memory networks, focusing on the differences between simple and complex learning and the distinct roles sleep plays in consolidating these memory types.
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Uncertainty Quantification of Machine Learning Models
This PhD thesis contributes to new ideas for tackling uncertainty quantification in machine learning models.
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The Voice of The People: Popular Expectations of Democracy in the British Tabloid Press, 1945-1980s
This PhD thesis investigates how the British tabloid press constructed and articulated popular expectations of democracy from 1945 to the latter end of the 1980s.
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Advances in clinical malaria vaccine development: Improving evaluation of novel whole sporozoite and transmission-blocking vaccine strategies
This PhD thesis focuses on new approaches to combat malaria, such as vaccines that prevent the disease or stop its transmission.
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Gut-Brain Axis: An Exploration of Microbiome Effects on Human Brain and Behavior
This PhD thesis focuses on understanding the role of gut microbiota in the gut-brain axis and evaluating how differences in methodology may impact a study’s results and conclusions.
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Complex, intelligent and uncertain systems: How can we guarantee that they are safe and reliable?
This PhD thesis focuses on how systems that operate in complex and uncertain conditions can be formally analysed.
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Understanding change processes in young people with a mild intellectual disability: Time to take it personal!
This PhD thesis investigates the processes of change in young people with a mild intellectual disability (MID).
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Quantifying facial asymmetry
This thesis explores new methods to measure facial asymmetry using advanced 3D technologies such as stereophotogrammetry and CT scans.
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Structure-based AI for Personalized Cancer Vaccine design
This PhD thesis uses protein structures and AI to develop software that accelerates and improves the accuracy of peptide-MHC binding predictions, a key component of PCV (personalized cancer vaccines) design.
Radboud University