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Activities of the Euroliver FondationRESEARCH GRANTS
EUROLIVER FOUNDATION AWARDS
PSYCHOLOGICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROLIVER FOUNDATIONSince it was set up in 1992, the Euroliver Foundation has managed a budget for the allocation of four grants of 500,000 BEF.
The first grant was awarded in 1993 to a Polish surgeon at Warsaw University Hospital to allow him to continue his research work in the Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL).
Other grants were awarded in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 to Japanese researchers from the Universities of CHIBA and KYOTO
To discover the research subjects for which a grant will be awarded
In 1996, the Euroliver Foundation launched for 5 years the Euroliver Foundation Scientific Award, using a donation from Herman Tob of 250,000 BEF.
This distinction is awarded on a competitive basis for research projects relating to the scientific aims of the Euroliver Foundation.
The first Euroliver Foundation Scientific Award was presented in 1997 to Professor K. Wood, of Oxford University (Great Britain).
The Euroliver Foundation has already provided the means to hire psychologists to accompany adult patients who have received transplants or who are awaiting transplants in three Belgian university centers.
Saint-Luc University Clinics - UCL Professors J.Lerut et J.B Otte
Hopital Erasme - ULB Professor M.Adler and Doctor Nadine Bourgeois
Gasthuisberg - KUL, the department of Professor Fevery
An organ transplant is a very traumatic experience, hence the need for constant support (see the article: Psychological consequences of organ transplants).The task of the psychologists and their working methods are described by Annick Rosier of the UCL in her article "The psychologist in liver transplantation".
The Euroliver Foundation has also funded the hiring of a psychologist for the Antwerp-based Medico-Psychological Center - Antwerp Jewish Center (the department of Doctor B. Apfelbaum).
The Euroliver Foundation plans to place psychologists for the accompaniment of patients in other Belgian or European transplant centers according to the funds pledged in the countries concerned (France, Italy, Germany, etc.).
Any appeal or recommendation in this regard would be most appreciated. The financial support initially envisaged to cover an annual mandate is 45,000 FF. If interested, please do not hesitate to contact us.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROLIVER FOUNDATION
The Euroliver Foundation seeks the intervention of public authorities and private sponsors and very much welcomes the help and support of individuals, companies and institutions wishing to participate in the activities of the Foundation.
The Euroliver Foundation organizes events and fundraising initiatives to help achieve its aims.
In particular, the Euroliver Foundation supports research into xénotransplants to keep alive the hopes of those who have relapses of hepatitis C after transplants carried out at the Saint-Luc University Clinics (UCL - Catholic University of Louvain) and at the Hôpital Erasme (ULB).