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Anne Debeer serves as an Assistant Professor at KU Leuven's Faculty of Medicine within the Department of Development and Regeneration. Her clinical work is anchored at UZ Leuven's Woman and Child unit (Herestraat 49, Leuven), where she contributes to multidisciplinary care for high-risk neonatal and pediatric populations.
Her research spans congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) management, neonatal transfusion medicine, and preterm infant care. Key projects include physiological cord clamping for CDH infants (2022-2026 Promoter role) and European multicenter studies on platelet/RBC transfusions in NICUs. Her work emphasizes translational perinatal interventions, with recent publications analyzing tracheomalacia in CDH, lactation barriers for preterm dyads, and hydrocortisone effects on preterm neurodevelopment. She employs robust methodologies including international cohort studies, RCT substudies, and pulmonary function testing in school-aged CDH survivors.
Her publication trends reveal a strong focus on CDH interventions (50% of recent work), neonatal transfusion optimization (30%), and preterm developmental outcomes (20%). Articles consistently utilize multicenter European collaborations, with methodologies spanning clinical trials, observational cohorts, and physiological measurements. The research directly informs NICU protocols across 22 European countries.
As an educator, she teaches pediatric clinical skills courses including Kindergeneeskunde (Pediatrics), problem-solving modules, and integrated clinical reasoning for master's students. She serves on the Faculty of Medicine Council and Department of Development and Regeneration Council as senior academic staff.
Her laboratory and team affiliations include the Woman and Child research unit at UZ Leuven, with active collaborations in the European Neonatal Transfusion Network and international CDH research consortia. Current work focuses on refining physiological cord clamping protocols and longitudinal CDH outcome studies.
