Katrien Beeckman

Katrien Beeckman is a part-time Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in the Primary Care (PRIM) Health Sciences department. With a PhD in Social Health Sciences and an MSc in Health Promotion, she is a Registered Midwife working on interdisciplinary research in maternal and child health.

• Education: PhD in Social Health Sciences, MSc Health Promotion
• Key Research: Group care models for maternal-child health, postnatal hospital stay optimization, health data ecosystems

Her research spans prenatal care, midwifery practices, and compassionate community approaches to healthcare. Current projects include:

• COCO_ENV: Environmental influences on end-of-life care
• GC-1000: Group care implementation for the first 1000 days of life
• SPECTRE-HD: Secure health data reuse in rare diseases

She has received significant awards including:

• Digital Society Awards 2022
• Federale Innovatie Award 2023
• UZ Foundation Grant (26.260 euro)

Her recent publications analyze postnatal hospital stay reduction impacts, group care frameworks, and health data policy innovations. She supervises master's theses in maternal health and clinical care optimization.