Walter Sermeus - Curriculum Vitae#

ResearcherID: J-4290-2017

Current positions:

• Programme Director Master in Health Management & Policy KU Leuven
  
• Full Professor KU Leuven, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy
  
• Head of the KU Leuven WHO CC on Human Resources in Health Research & Policy
  
• Senior Fellow of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
  
• Frances Bloomberg International Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
  
• Visiting Professor Angela Boskin Faculty of Healthcare, University of Jesenice, Slovenia
  
• Visiting Professor University Lleida, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
  
• Coordinator international RN4CAST Consortium
  
• Management committee RANCARE COST consortium (member / workgroup leader)
  

Invited speaker on numerous international health management and policy conferences, workshops, meetings (N>100) such as European Health Forum Gastein (2010), ISQUA conference HongKong (2011), ISMP Belo Horizonte Brazil (2012), OECD Paris (2012), EUPHA Malta (2012), EHMA Budapest (2012), ACENDIO Dublin (2013), Saudi International Riyadh (2013), ICN Melbourne (2013), WHO Vilnius (2013), EFMI Dubrovnik (2013), Health Informatics Porto (2014), IMIA Nursing Informatics Taipeh (2014), EDCNS Maastricht (2014), FINE Nancy (2014), ACENDIO Bern (2015), Bicocca university Milan (2015), ICN Seoul (2015), WHO Regional committee Vilnius (2015), EANS Exeter (2015), APEGEL Evora (2015), EPA Reggio Emilia (2015), University of Toronto (2016), RCN Conference Edinburgh (2016), RN4CAST&IT Genua (2016), Unversitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2017), Cost RANCARE Limassol Cyprus (2017), ICN Barcelona (2017), University Jesenice Bled (2017), University of Utrecht (2018), Charles University Prague (2018), INEXCA U. Kuopio Finland (2018), University of Semmelweiss Hungary (2018), IPONS University of Galway (2018), Medical Informatics Slovenia Zrece (2018).

Member of several evaluation boards and advisory committees: International Advisory Committee at the University College Dublin and Dublin City University (2002-2007), Programme Committee, Cyprus University of Technology, School of Health Sciences (2006-2007), Programme committee ZonMW Quality curative care programme (2007-2010), International Advisory Committee Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health (2011-2014), HCM Review committee, Master of Science program in Healthcare Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (iBMG) (2013), Accreditation review committee, Master Quality and Patient Safety, Radboud University Nijmegen (2015), International evaluation of four international master’s degree programmes, University Eastern Finland (2015), Advisory Board Flanders Synergy (2015-), Accreditation review committee QANU The Netherlands, Master Health Sciences (2017-18).

International research funding (last 10y):

Current Funding: H2020-MSCA: Excellent research and expertise of quality of cancer care by internationally trained staff €32500 (2015-2019); H2020-JPND: ALS-CARE, The care of patients with ALS in Europa €222.388 (2014-2019); H2020 COST Action: RANCARE Rationing “Missed Nursing care: An international and multidimensional problem €55000 (2016-2020); VLIR UOS, South Initiative: Capacity enhancement for teaching, research and extension for management of critical medical devices at public hospitals in Kenya €75000 (2016-2018);

Past Funding): EU-FP7: RN4CAST €564565 (2009-2011); EU-ESF: ESF Research Conferences, Reflection: Researching Complex interventions in Nursing €65998 (2011-2015); EU-DG Santé: European Health Workforce Planning and forecasting (EUHWforce) €111815 (2013-2016); Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Health Workers €103765 (2014-2015); The support or the definition of core competences of healthcare assistants €31500 (2015-2016); European Pathway Association: EQCP European Quality of Care Pathway Study €469000 (2008-2015).