Sciensano
Bart Peeters is a seasoned researcher with extensive experience in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences and social research. Currently employed at Sciensano since February 2021, Peeters previously served as a coordinator at Brussels Platform Armoede from September 2014 to November 2019. Prior positions include researcher in the Pharmaceutical Care Unit at Universiteit Gent, where a PhD thesis on adherence to oral hypoglycaemic agents among type-2 diabetes patients of Turkish descent was defended in January 2014. Earlier roles also involved research at Arteveldehogeschool and Universiteit Antwerpen, with a focus on healthcare relationships and poverty. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Ghent University and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp respectively.
Sciensano
SCIENSANO can count on more than 900 staff members who commit themselves, day after day, to contributing to public health. As our name suggests, science and health are central to our mission. Sciensano’s strength and uniqueness lie within the holistic and multidisciplinary approach to health. More particularly we focus on the close and indissoluble interconnection between human and animal health and their environment (the “One health” concept). By combining different research perspectives within this framework, Sciensano connects health, science and society. For this, Sciensano builds on the more than 100 years of scientific expertise of the former Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA) and the ex-Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP).