Ilse Weets

Ilse Weets is a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the Radiology department. Her work spans diabetes research, chronic illness, and biomedical imaging technologies.

• PhD in Experimental Pharmacology
• ORCID: 0000-0002-9007-5203

Research Interests

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Autoantibodies
• Biopsychosocial analysis of chronic illness
• Raman spectroscopy for diagnostic screening (e.g., hemoglobinopathy, diabetes)
• Biomarker analysis in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's
• Cardiovascular imaging in amyloidosis

Recent Publications highlight interdisciplinary applications of spectroscopy, diabetes management, and amyloidosis prognosis. Collaborations span Belgium and international networks.

Projects include EU-funded initiatives like VORTEXLC (diabetes monitoring) and SRP55 (type 1 diabetes clinical trials). She also led studies on chronic illness integration and beta-cell function.

Activities include presentations at conferences like MOVUB Lentesymposium 2024 and workshops on obesity-related inflammation. She supervised master's and doctoral theses in diabetes autoantibodies and neurofilament light quantification.