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Maria Reinhilde Casteels serves as a full professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences at KU Leuven's Faculty of Medicine. Her institutional base is the Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy unit (ON2 Herestraat 49, box 521, Leuven), with office room 05.115. Key administrative roles include:
- Chair of the Ethics Committee Research UZ/KU Leuven
- Member of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine
- Member of the Council of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences
- External member of the Education-Support Committee Group Biomedical Sciences
- Member of the University Day Care Centres Executive Committee
Her research program centers on clinical pharmacology with dedicated focus areas:
- Development and validation of clinical decision support systems for medication safety
- Bedside medication appropriateness checks in specialized wards (hematology, trauma surgery)
- High-risk medication management in home care nursing environments
- Prediction modeling for medication discrepancies in emergency departments
- Optimization of pharmacotherapy through intravenous-to-oral switch protocols
Analysis of her 2020-2025 publications reveals a consistent trajectory toward technology-driven medication safety solutions. Her work demonstrates increasing sophistication in integrating real-world clinical data with decision support tools, with recent studies emphasizing customized alert systems to reduce alert fatigue and mixed-methods approaches to evaluate implementation effectiveness across diverse healthcare settings from hospital wards to home care.
As co-promotor of the major research project "Optimalisation of pharmacotherapy and patient safety by development of advanced clinical decision support systems" (2020-2025), she actively secures competitive funding. Her teaching responsibilities span multiple pharmacology courses including "Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics" (E07U0A), "Legislation and Quality Management" (E02Z2A), and case-based learning modules for master's thesis preparation (E0H90A/E0H91A), demonstrating commitment to both foundational and advanced pharmacological education.
