Florence Baert

Experience

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  ZNA

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Internship

  During my internship at the ZNA, I wrote a literature study regarding the correlation between malnutrition and the postoperative recovery. I made a flowchart as an easy tool for the different departments to analyse the degree of malnutrition and the possible treatments.

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  VITO

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Internship

  During this internship I had the opportunity to assist in the analysis of the 3 x G study, a birth cohort. I analyzed the correlation between the intake of folic acid and various parameters of the child.

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  KU Leuven (Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology)

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Internship

  I participated in a research study on the effects of a high fat diet and bariatric surgery in a mouse model.

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  Pauwels Sauces

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer job

  During my summer job, I worked in the microbiology lab of Pauwels Sauces to gain experience in lab work.

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  TARGID (Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders)

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Master thesis

  The aim of our study was to compare the amino acid sensing mechanisms of the ghrelin cell in patients with nutrient luminal overexposure and patients with nutrient luminal deficiency.

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  ILVO

  Oct 2016 - May 2021

  PhD

  Project in which we assessed the potential use of diet as an adjuvant therapy in Parkinson's disease

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  Emtex Life Science

  Oct 2020 - Sept 2023

  Medical Writer
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  Vitaflo

  Sept 2023 - now

  Regulatory Affairs Officer