Units
Clinical Trials Unit
Provides help with submission and registration, monitoring and project management of clinical trials
Data Management Unit
Provides support and advice in Biomedical Research Data Management
Contract Unit
Reviews your contract proposal according to our legal standards
Innovation & Valorisation Unit
Provides advice on funding applications, valorisation and intellectual property
Bioresource Center Ghent
Is the central high quality biobank facility of UZ Gent and knowledge center for all aspects (practical, ethical, legal) related to sample collection, storage and distribution
Our mission
KEYWORDS
Multidisciplinary | competent | flexible | cooperative | internally connective | externally competitive
SCIENTIFIC
Developing a progressive, leading institute and knowledge center for translational research and innovation with an active cooperative network and a broad image.
SOCIAL
Helping to develop high-quality clinical research and innovative projects with a focus on patient-oriented, personalized medicine, socio-economic valorization and sustainable healthcare.
Team Members
Paulien Walraet
Prof. Dr. Catherine Van Der Straeten
Dr. Veronique T’Joen
Dr. Lieve Nuytinck
Dr. Philippe Van Rompaey
Lieven Vaneeckhaute
Frequently Asked Questions
For trials sponsored by the Ghent University Hospital or Ghent University, HIRUZ CTU creates a login and password for your department. With this login, you can register your trial, provide updates during the trial and enter the trial results on cl... Read more
Professions in the field of medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, nursing, midwife, ambulance, and paramedical professions are considered as “health professions”. Read more
For any comments, additional questions or approval from the Ethics Committee, the Ethics Committee will directly contact you. HIRUZ CTU is not involved in the formulation and submission of responses to comments. Read more
If your trial is conducted at various locations, approval by the EC for each participating center must be obtained. One of the centers will hereby be referred to as the coordinating center (i.e. ‘central EC approval’). All participating center... Read more
Single-center trial: a trial conducted according to a single protocol and at a single site. Multicenter trial: a trial conducted according to a single protocol but at different locations, and conducted by various researchers. Read more
HIRUZ CTU provides, on request, an insurance certificate for trials of which Ghent University Hospital or Ghent University is sponsor. Attention: if the number of study participants increases compared to the initially submitted protocol, this shou... Read more
Affiliates
Contact Us
hiruz@uzgent.be
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
C. Heymanslaan 10 | 9000 Gent
Ingang 81 | Route 812