Tom Decroo

Tom Decroo is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp's HIV & Tuberculosis Unit. His work focuses on community-based HIV care models and treatment optimization for drug-resistant tuberculosis in resource-limited settings. He co-directs the MSc in Tropical Medicine and leads operational research in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research emphasizes:

• Community ART delivery systems
• Bedaquiline-based regimens for MDR-TB
• Geospatial analysis of treatment access
• Ethical frameworks for outbreak response

Recent studies examine therapeutic thresholds in TB diagnosis, pretreatment attrition in rifampicin-resistant TB, and socioeconomic determinants of cardiac arrest survival. Publications demonstrate strong focus on pragmatic clinical trials and health system evaluations across 120+ PubMed-indexed articles.

Current projects include FWO-funded studies on rifampicin-resistant TB treatment safety in Niger and HIV/HCV prevention in Myanmar. Field experience includes clinical coordination for MSF in Mozambique and Burkina Faso.