Personal profile
Expertise
- molecular genetics with a special focus on cardiogenetics
Expertise
Cardiogenetics research: multi-omics, oligogenic to polygenic inheritance
Innovative technologies in clinical laboratory genetics
Education/Academic qualification
Medical Genetics, Interuniversity Certificate in Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Award Date: 23 Jun 2009
Virology, PhD, Molecular investigation of the evolutionary history and diversity of primate T-lymphotropic virus types 1 and 3, Utrecht University
Award Date: 27 Oct 2005
External positions
Steering Committee Member, Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels
Sept 2013 → …
Coordinator, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)-Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), UZ Brussel,Brussels Interuniversity Genomics High Throughput Core (BRIGHTcore)
Jan 2013 → …
Lab coordinator, Antwerp University Hospital
Apr 2011 → …
Genetic Lab supervisor, Antwerp University Hospital
1 Jan 2008 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FWOSBO64: ANTICIPATE : Artificial Intelligence and Epidemic Modeling to Prepare Hospitals for the next Respiratory Pathogen with Pandemic Potential 138
Libin, P. (Administrative Promotor), De Geyter, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Vriendt, P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Nowe, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Allard, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Cock, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Van Dooren, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/10/25 → 30/09/29
Project: Applied
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IRP27: TumorScope: Digital health research on data, AI and legal challenges at the VUB and UZB
Vranken, W. (Administrative Promotor), Vandemeulebroucke, J. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Cornu, P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Quinn, P. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Van Dooren, S. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Duerinck, J. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Olsen, C. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Forsyth, R. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/11/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4159: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - ULB, OSEI Randy
Van Dooren, S. (Administrative Promotor)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamental
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IRP8_b: Bridging the gap between explainable AI and evidence-based medicine, a patient's and expert’s perspective in inherited cardiac arrhythmias
Nowe, A. (Administrative Promotor), Bogaerts, B. (Co-Promotor), Van Dooren, S. (Co-Promotor), Hes, F. J. (Co-Promotor), De Asmundis, C. (Co-Promotor), Bilsen, J. (Co-Promotor) & Jansen, A. (Co-Promotor)
1/07/21 → 30/06/28
Project: Fundamental
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EUAR56: Horizon 2020: HosmartAI: Hospital Smart development based on AI.
Vranken, W. (Administrative Promotor), Schoors, D. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Canck, H. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Vandemeulebroucke, J. (Co-Promotor), Duerinck, J. (Co-Promotor), Olsen, C. (Collaborator), Van Dooren, S. (Collaborator) & Quinn, P. (Co-Promotor)
1/01/21 → 31/05/24
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Correlations of ventricular fibrillation and monomorphic ventricular tachycardia with SCN5A mutations and other clinical variables in Brugada syndrome
Pannone, L., Bisignani, A., Osei, R., Gauthey, A., Sorgente, A., Monaco, C., Della Rocca, D. G., Del Monte, A., Strazdas, A., Mojica, J., Al Housari, M., Miraglia, V., Mouram, S., Vetta, G., Paparella, G., Doundoulakis, I., Overeinder, I., Bala, G., Almorad, A. & Ströker, E. & 9 others, , May 2025, In: Heart Rhythm. 22, 5, p. 1355-1357 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diagnostic yield of clinical exome sequencing in 868 children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Neuens, S., Soblet, J., Penninckx, A., Detry, C., Badoer, C., Desmyter, L., Peyrassol, X., Wilkin, F., Busson, A., Bruneau, M., Grenet, M.-L., Le Morillon, A., Aeby, A., Deconinck, N., Prigogine, C., Monier, A., Juvené, E., Balfroid, T., Van Hecke, A. & Christiaens, F. & 17 others, , Aug 2025, In: European Journal of Medical Genetics. 76, 10 p., 105030.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genetic variants associated with ventricular arrhythmias during ajmaline test in Brugada syndrome
Audiat, C., Pannone, L., Sorgente, A., Vergara, P., Della Rocca, D., Eltsov, I., Pappaert, G., Overeinder, I., Bala, G., Almorad, A., Ströker, E., La Meir, M., Gharaviri, A., De Schutter, E., Vlaeminck, J., Helsen, C., Uyttebroeck, S., Van Dooren, S., Pölsler, L. & Giron, P. & 5 others, , 1 Oct 2025, In: EP Europace. 27, 10, 4 p., euaf162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unlocking Health Data for Research: Legal, Technical, and Organisational Lessons from a Belgian Interdisciplinary Case Study
Van Scharen, A., Cruyt, K., Colon, J. J. E., De Sutter, S., Duerinck, J., Cornu, P., Forsyth, R., Olsen, C., Quinn, P., Tzavella, K., Van Dooren, S., Waelput, W., Witdouck, A., Vandemeulebroucke, J. & Vranken, W., 23 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Healthcare InformaticsResearch. 10, 1, p. 179-208 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A milder form of NSRP1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by a missense variant in the nuclear localization signal
Neuens, S., Kausar, M., Kang, S.-K., Soblet, J., Van Dooren, S., Olsen, C., Janssen, T., Caljon, B., Jun, C.-D., Smits, G., Coppens, S. & Vilain, C., Oct 2024, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 194, 10, 5 p., e63727.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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Additional file 6: of Identification of candidate cancer predisposing variants by performing whole-exome sequencing on index patients from BRCA1 and BRCA2-negative breast cancer families
Van Dooren, S. (Creator), Teugels, E. (Creator), Bonduelle, M. (Creator), Shahi, R. B. (Creator), De Brakeleer, S. (Creator), Vanhoeij, M. (Creator), Joris, S. (Creator), Fontaine, C. (Creator), Pauwels, I. (Creator), Caljon, B. (Creator) & De Grève, J. (Creator), Springer, 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7956710, http://10.1186/s12885-019-5494-7
Dataset
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Additional file 11: of Identification of candidate cancer predisposing variants by performing whole-exome sequencing on index patients from BRCA1 and BRCA2-negative breast cancer families
Van Dooren, S. (Creator), Teugels, E. (Creator), Bonduelle, M. (Creator), Shahi, R. B. (Creator), De Brakeleer, S. (Creator), Vanhoeij, M. (Creator), De Grève, J. (Creator), Caljon, B. (Creator) & Pauwels, I. (Creator), figshare.ars, 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7956680, http://10.1186/s12885-019-5494-7
Dataset
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Additional file 5: of Identification of candidate cancer predisposing variants by performing whole-exome sequencing on index patients from BRCA1 and BRCA2-negative breast cancer families
Van Dooren, S. (Creator), Teugels, E. (Creator), Bonduelle, M. (Creator), Shahi, R. B. (Creator) & De Brakeleer, S. (Creator), figshare.ars, 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7956704, http://10.1186/s12885-019-5494-7
Dataset
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Additional file 3: of Identification of candidate cancer predisposing variants by performing whole-exome sequencing on index patients from BRCA1 and BRCA2-negative breast cancer families
Van Dooren, S. (Creator), Teugels, E. (Creator), Bonduelle, M. (Creator), Shahi, R. B. (Creator), De Brakeleer, S. (Creator), Caljon, B. (Creator) & De Grève, J. (Creator), figshare.ars, 5 Apr 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7956695
Dataset
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Additional file 1: of Identification of candidate cancer predisposing variants by performing whole-exome sequencing on index patients from BRCA1 and BRCA2-negative breast cancer families
Van Dooren, S. (Creator), Teugels, E. (Creator), Bonduelle, M. (Creator), Shahi, R. B. (Creator), De Brakeleer, S. (Creator), Caljon, B. (Creator) & De Grève, J. (Creator), figshare.ars, 5 Apr 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7956686, http://10.1186/s12885-019-5494-7
Dataset
Activities
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40 years of Medical Genetics at UZ Brussel
de Ravel, T. (Participant), Van Berkel, K. (Participant), Polsler, L. (Participant), Bonduelle, M.-L. (Participant), Van Dooren, S. (Participant), Janssen, T. (Participant), Fernandez Gallardo, E. (Participant) & Berckmoes, V. (Participant)
1 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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22nd annual joint meeting BeSHG & NVHG
Hes, F. J. (Participant), Liebaers, I. (Participant), Bonduelle, M.-L. (Participant), De Smedt, D. (Participant), Uyttebroeck, S. (Participant), Van de Voorde, S. R. (Participant), Slegers, I. (Participant), Van Der Kelen, A. (Participant), de Ravel, T. (Participant), Hutse, V. (Participant), Nekkebroeck, J. (Participant), Cortés Jáuregui, A. (Participant), De Becker, P. (Participant), Vaeyens, F. (Participant), Dequeker, B. (Participant), Seneca, S. (Participant), Van Den Bogaert, A. (Participant), Sammels, E. (Participant), Fieuw, A. (Participant), Gheldof, A. (Participant), Olsen, C. (Participant), Van Dooren, S. (Participant), Van Berkel, K. (Participant), Dimitrov, B. (Participant), Cooreman, R. (Participant), Van Pottelberghe, S. (Participant), Vlaeminck, J. (Participant), Osei, R. (Participant) & Winter, C. (Participant)
21 Apr 2022 → 22 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Intervisiecoaching
Keymolen, K. (Participant), Hes, F. J. (Participant), Van Den Bogaert, A. (Participant), Seneca, S. (Participant), De Rycke, M. (Participant), De Smedt, D. (Participant) & Van Dooren, S. (Participant)
20 Sept 2021 → 21 Sept 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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e-Seminar CRG 20/05/2021 - Spits Claudia
Buysse, A. (Participant), Caljon, B. (Participant), Carlé, M. (Participant), Daneels, D. (Participant), De Schutter, E. (Participant), Denil, S. (Participant), Fernandez Gallardo, E. (Participant), Giron, P. (Participant), Hinckel, B. (Participant), Imamura, H. (Participant), Dimitrov, B. (Participant), Maes, K. (Participant), Vaeyens, F. (Participant), Van Berkel, K. (Participant), Van Dooren, S. (Participant) & Vantroys, E. (Participant)
21 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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20th Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Human Genetics
De Ravel De L'Argentiere, T. (Participant), Hes, F. J. (Participant), Berckmoes, V. (Participant), Caljon, B. (Participant), De Hauwere, K. (Participant), De Rycke, M. (Participant), Fieuw, A. (Participant), Gheldof, A. (Participant), Kerkhove, L. (Participant), Keymolen, K. (Chair), Olsen, C. (Participant), Seneca, S. (Participant), Slegers, I. (Participant), Stouffs, K. (Participant), Sys, M. (Participant), Uyttebroeck, S. (Participant), Van Berkel, K. (Participant), Van Dooren, S. (Participant), Vantroys, E. (Participant), Verdyck, P. (Participant), Yildirim, H. (Participant), Dimitrov, B. (Participant), Van Den Bogaert, A. (Participant), De Smedt, D. (Participant), Daneels, D. (Participant), Hinckel, B. (Participant), Denil, S. (Participant), Keymolen, K. (Member of programme committee) & Cuevas Y Bretones, M. F. (Participant)
6 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Evolutie DNA-technieken levert nieuwe profielen op in zaak Bende van Nijvel
8/01/20 → 3/03/20
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Geen geheimen in de genen: van kankerbehandeling tot preventieve geneeskunde
6/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Willen we al onze afwijkingen wel kennen?
5/09/19 → 6/09/19
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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BRIGHTcore, nog doeltreffendere moleculaire diagnostiek voor genetische aandoeningen
11/12/15 → 15/01/16
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Een moleculair geneticus op bezoek in De Schuur!
15/04/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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Non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal aneuploidy by genome-wide massively parallel sequencing, a clinical outcome study
Adam, S. ((PhD) Student), Van Dooren, S. (Promotor), Bonduelle, M.-L. (Co-promotor) & Kim, V. B. (Co-promotor), 19 Jun 2017Student thesis: Master's Thesis