Annick Vogels
Centre for Human Genetics
UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven
Belgium
Curriculum vitae
Annick Vogels obtained her Medical Degree at the Catholic University of Leuven and later trained in child psychiatry at the University Hospital of Leuven and at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Bristol. She currently is a child psychiatrist at the Centre for Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Leuven where she is specialised in children and adults with a genetic disorder and psychiatric problems.
Her main interest is the behaviour and psychiatric problems in Prader-Willi Syndrome. In 2001, she completed her PhD on “Psychosis in Prader-Willi Syndrome” at the Catholic University of Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Dr. J.P. Frijns. She is an international researcher on the topic of psychiatric problems in genetic syndromes specifically on PWS.
She is a board member of the Flemish PWS association and the scientific representative for the Flemish PWS association on the Board of the International PWS organisation (IPSWO).
The Department of Human Genetics of Leuven
The Department of Human Genetics of Leuven at the University Hospital of Leuven consists of three major sections: the Center of Human Genetics, University Hospital section, the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) section and the Human Mutation and Polymorphisms section. Associated laboratories are the Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and the Laboratory of Experimental Genetics and Transgenesis.
The Department of Clinical Genetics is an international authority in the identification of new malformation syndromes (dysmorphology) including their behavioral phenotype, and the identification of genes involved in the pathogenesis of congenital malformations, mental retardation (mainly X-linked forms) and developmental disabilities in general (mainly autism). This expertise is obtained by first of all by referral of patients and families for genetic diagnosis and counseling, secondly by genetic technology of the department with access to all modern technologies and thirdly by training of doctoral and post-doctoral students in clinical genetics, dysmorphology, molecular cytogenetics and molecular genetics. The expertise is used by patient organisations, clinical geneticists, cytogeneticists, molecular geneticists, pediatricians and other medical disciplines interested in specific genetic diseases. Senior members include clinical geneticists, pediatricians, orthopedic doctors , gynecologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, educational psychologists and social nurses. The VIB consists of the laboratories for glycobiology and developmental genetics, the human gene laboratory, the laboratory of neuronal cell biology and gene transfer, the experimental mouse genetics, the laboratory of neurogenetics, the laboratory of membrane trafficking, the laboratory of biochemical neuroendocrinology, and laboratory of neuronal differentiation. The section of Human Mutation and Polymorphisms examines DNA polymorphisms for identification of biological samples for paternity studies and has expertise in human population genetics and forensic DNA-analysis.
Links to the Centre for Human Genetics
http://www.uzleuven.be/diensten/cme/onderzoek/
http://med.kuleuven.be/cme/
http://organigram.kuleuven.be/ond/5/50000622e.htm
