Julie Vandewalle

Julie Vandewalle is a Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Her work focuses on Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Autoimmunity, and Genetic Variation.

• Research Interests: Genetic risk factors for diabetes progression, autoantibody dynamics, and polymorphism impacts on autoimmune stages.
• Activities: Presented at a workshop on Markers for prevention strategy (2023).
• Collaborations: Active with the Belgian Diabetes Registry on islet autoimmunity studies.
• Citations: h-index of 13 with 2 Scopus citations (2021-2025).

Recent Publications (2021-2025):

• Machine learning for diabetes prediction
• Non-HLA polymorphism effects in preclinical stages
• Sex differences in epitope spreading mechanisms