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Yvonne Denier serves as a Senior Lecturer at KU Leuven's Faculty of Medicine, where she holds multiple leadership positions including Co-director of Ethics @ KU Leuven and Program Director of the POC Bioethics. She is affiliated with the Interfaculty Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law and belongs to the Department of Public Health and Primary Care.
Her research focuses on bioethics with particular emphasis on dementia care ethics, health technology assessment, and pharmaceutical policy. Dr. Denier has led numerous research projects on ethical screening of health technological innovations, electronic tracking devices in dementia care, and ethical considerations in orphan drug reimbursement. Her work bridges theoretical ethical frameworks with practical healthcare applications.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on ethical challenges in dementia care, particularly regarding location tracking devices and patient autonomy. She also contributes significantly to debates on pharmaceutical policy, especially concerning orphan drugs and market access. Her research methodology combines qualitative approaches with policy analysis to address complex ethical dilemmas in contemporary healthcare.
Dr. Denier actively participates in academic governance as a member of several committees including the Education Committee for Postgraduate Applied Ethics, POC Bioethics, Faculty POC Medicine, and POC Management and Policy of Healthcare.
Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Public Health Ethics, Ethics of Care, Foundations of Bioethics, and various master's level research components. She supervises master's theses and teaches clinical evidence-based practice modules.