COPBH Expert Dominique VANDEKERCHOVE

Dominique VANDEKERCHOVE


First Name

  • Dominique

Last Name

  • VANDEKERCHOVE

Affiliation

  • Sciensano

Email

  • dominique.vandekerchove@sciensano.be

ResearchGate

  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dominique_Vandekerchove

OrchidID

  • 0009-0008-2174-3766

Language?

  • English
  • French
  • Dutch

What is your geographical area of expertise?

  • Belgium

What is your educational background?

  • Animal health
  • Epidemiology
  • Food science
  • One Health/Global Health
  • Public health management
  • Veterinary medicine

What is your main professional background (your current work)?

  • Senior scientist

Which of the following fields are you actively working on?

  • Science-Policy Interfacing

What is the topical focus of your work, related to Ecosystem services?

  • Food provision
  • Biological control of invasive species

What is the topical focus of your work, related to Food and agriculture?

  • Sustainable fish farming
  • Agro-ecology
  • Sustainable animal production, animal welfare, ethics

What is the topical focus of your work, related to Health risks?

  • Infectious diseases

How do you approach Policy/Decision support?

  • Risk Assessment, Risk communication
  • Science Policy Interface (SPI)

Do you work on any of the following Integrated approaches?

  • OneHealth
  • Transdisciplinarity
  • Planetary Health
  • Veterinary Public health

Do you mainly focus on ecosystem health benefits or health risks in relation to nature in this field?

  • Health risks