NAME: Amina Barka

POSITION: Head of Health Care and Neonatal

critical care

AWARD: 2018 National Research Grant

in Morocco

LOCATION: National Reference Center for

Neonatology and Nutrition, CHU IBN SINA

Children’s Hospital in Rabat, (Morocco)

Reason for the award...

Her study assesses the gut microbiota

of newborns and premature babies

hospitalized in the neonatology ward and

undergoing antibiotic treatment

Purpose of the grant

Describe microbiota development in

premature newborns and understand the

influencing factors

NAME: Lucas Wauters

POSITION: Clinical Researcher Specialized in

Immunology, Microbiology and Clinical Trials.

Gastroenterologist UZ Leuven, KU Leuven

AWARD: National Research Grant in Belgium

(2018) and France (2022)

LOCATION: Leuven University Hospital

(Belgium) and Department of Gastroenterology

and Nutrition Assistance - APHP Beaujon

Hospital in Clichy (France)

Reason for the award...

In 2018 :

His planned study of the duodenal

microbiota and the effects of proton pump

inhibitors in healthy volunteers and patients

suffering from functional dyspepsia.

Purpose of the grant:

Analyze the effects of proton pump

inhibitors treatment on microbiota and

identify biomarkers and/or specific

therapeutic targets for this chronic disease.

In 2022 :

The project entitled “Sarcopenia and short

bowel syndrome: the microbiota-gut-

muscle axis

Purpose of the grant

Study the link between colonic fermentation

and sarcopenia and in order to identify

metabolic or microbial biomarkers and

predictors of optimum nutrition for short

bowel syndrome

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