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Together with Kathleen Beckers and Annelien Van Remoortere, Karolin Soontjens (Faculty of Social Sciences) wrote '<a href="https://www.aspeditions.be/en/book/journalistiek-uit-balans/19400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalism Out of Balance</a><a href="https://www.aspeditions.be/en/book/journalistiek-uit-balans/19400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">?</a>'. The book sheds new light on the debate on press bias. The book provides answers to the many questions surrounding perceptions, image damage, bias ... between political parties and journalists.

Journalism out of balance?

Sara Op de Beeck (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) was selected for the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. For one week, the researcher gets to attend several lectures and has the opportunity to network with other young researchers. Moreover, Sara will have the chance to meet Nobel Prize winners.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Alumnus and visiting professor Peter Piot (PhD in microbiology, 1980 and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) won the Global Health Leaders Award. This award, presented by the World Health Organization (WHO), is given to him for his phenomenal achievements in public health.

Global Health Leaders Award

Student Jef Vandorpe (Law) won the VRT 1 television quiz &lsquo;1 year for free&rsquo; in early April. The prize was a whopping 85,000 euros. He will gift part of the prize money to his godson.

Winner '1 year for free'

Master of Law students Eva Devlieghere, Pieter Mertens and Charlotte Verstreken participated in the eighth edition of the Belgian Moot Court in Constitutional Law organised at the Council of State at the end of April. It was quite a success, because the trio went on to win all the prizes.

Belgian Moot Court in Constitutional Law

<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW201491465 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;7f6e2fc1-5842-4e86-9a15-b8a26bc58c88|9&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Three professors from our university recently released a new book. Dirk Avonts, Hans Keune and Roy Remmen (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) wrote &lsquo;Natuur op doktersvoorschrift&rsquo; (&lsquo;Doctor&rsquo;s prescription for nature&rsquo;). The book is about how nature can have an influence on human health.

‘Doctor’s prescription for nature’

<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW12916827 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;7f6e2fc1-5842-4e86-9a15-b8a26bc58c88|9&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Student Elaheh Ahmadi-Eli (Alumna of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy and PhD student) recently became the new physiotherapist of Antwerp basketball powerhouse: Telenet Giants Antwerp.

New physiotherapist Telenet Giants Antwerp

Antwerp Zoo and Planckendael caught a new veterinarian: alumnus Jonas Spruyt (Veterinary Medicine, 2011). The ambitious and adventurous doctor was active abroad for many years and is eager to take on this new challenge.

New veterinarian at Zoo Antwerpen and Planckendael

Alumna Jacotte Brokken (Chemistry, 2015) succeeded Frank Deboosere as weatherwoman. In April Jacotte joined VRT&rsquo;s weather team.

Alumna Jacotte Brokken joins weather team VRT

Officer of the Order of Leopold: this title was conferred on Dominiek Dendooven (Department of History). He received the medal and certificate from Didier Vanderhasselt, the Belgian ambassador to India. In his research, Dendooven emphasises the important role Indian soldiers played during World War I.

Officer of the Order of Leopold

Andreas Pfeffer (Communication Sciences, 2003) is the new chair of Voka &ndash; Chamber of Commerce and Industry Antwerp-Waasland. Pfeffer is the CEO of temporary employment and recruitment agency Recrewtment.

New chair Voka

The birthplace of poet Paul van Ostaijen on Antwerp&rsquo;s Lange Leemstraat is bustling again. Matthijs de Ridder, Dennis Van Mol and Ewald Peters are three former members of staff of the Louis Paul Boon Documentation Centre at UAntwerp. De Ridder wrote a biography on Van Ostaijen, Van Mol and Peters worked out an exhibition around the poet&rsquo;s artist friends.

The birthplace of Paul van Ostaijen

Imposter mother, that&rsquo;s the title of Hanan Challouki&rsquo;s latest book (Communication Sciences, 2015). In the book, the alumna &ndash; an expert in inclusive marketing and communication &ndash; talks about her first, uncertain year as a mother.

Imposter mother

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<h2>In short</h2>
<ul>
<li>People who menstruate use an average of 15 000 menstrual products over their lifetime. And yet, very little research has been done into the impact these products have on vaginal health. </li>
<li>The parent project Isala found striking differences between menstrual products: menstrual cups appear to be associated more often with &lsquo;good&rsquo; lactobacilli in the vagina, while some sanitary pads show greater bacterial diversity. The LUNA study is now examining this in detail.</li>
<li>The LUNA study is unique worldwide: 88 women tested five menstrual products, resulting in 3000 samples, but the most expensive analyses are currently on hold due to a lack of funding.</li>
</ul>

Women use an average of 15,000 menstrual products over their lifetime. And yet we knew almost nothing about their impact on the vaginal microbiome. That simply doesn&rsquo;t make sense.

<h2>Support research into menstrual products</h2>
Help make history and bring this groundbreaking research to its next phase.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>You can donate directly via our <a href="https://universiteitantwerpen.koalect.com/en-GB/project/samen-nemen-we-vrouwelijke-gezondheid-bloedserieus?tab=overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crowdfunding platform</a> or by bank transfer to IBAN BE42 7310 4624 7854, stating &lsquo;Gift LUNA&rsquo;.</li>
<li>Want to know more about the parent project Isala?&nbsp;<a href="https://stroom.uantwerpen.be/en/the-channel/thousands-of-women-help-isala-map-their-vaginal-microbiome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the interview with principal investigator Sarah Lebeer.</a></li>
</ul>

Can a tampon or sanitary pad  affect your vaginal health?

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