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Charlotte Beaudart is Associate Professor at the University of Namur, Belgium and responsible for the Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences specializing in “Clinical Research”. She is affiliated with the Public Health Aging Research & Epidemiology (PHARE) Group, the Research Unit in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (URPC) and the NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS) Institute

Pr. Charlotte Beaudart has a PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Economics from the University of Liège. She has dedicated her scientific carreer around the intricate aspects of aging, delving into areas such as sarcopenia, frailty, and intrinsic capacities. Her mastery extends to Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), with a focus on the development, validation, and statistical analysis of psychometric properties. She is also an expert in meta-synthesis research, including systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses and network meta-analyses. Pr. Beaudart’s academic journey also includes a 3-year postdoctoral stay at the Department of Health Services Research at Maastricht University. This experience has equipped her with expertise in patient preference studies and cost-effectiveness analyses. 

Pr. Beaudart is also a member of the WHO Collaborating Center for Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, housed within the Division of Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Economics at the University of Liège, Belgium. Furthermore, she serves as a board member of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Disease (ESCEO), and as a member of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors.

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Domains of expertise

  • geriatrics
  • sarcopenia
  • osteoporosis
  • epidemiology
  • systematic reviews
  • meta-analyses
  • patient reported outcome measure (PROM) development
  • patient reported outcome measure (PROM) validation
  • quality of life

Degrees

  • PhD in public health, epidemiology and health economics, University of Liège, December 2016.
  • Post-doct in Health Technology Assessment, 2020-2023, Université de Maastricht, Pays-Bas. 

Prizes

  • “Visage de la Recherche scientifique », FNRS :  Video and article in "Le Soir" ;  
  • “2023 AstraZeneca FRS-FNRS Award” ;
  • Prix “Edouard et Lucie Chaffoteaux » 2023, Société Française de Gériatrie et Gérontologie
  • « Prix Fondation Arthrose 2021 » for the publication “Symptomatic efficacy of pharmacological treatments against knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and a network meta-analysis with a 6-month time horizon”, Fondation Léon Frédéricq, University of Liège (video available
  • ESCEO-IOF-Herbert Fleisch Medal 2018, ESCEO, Krakow
  • « Best poster communication », 11ème Congrès International Francophone de Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Montreux 2018
  • « Best Publication of the year 2015 », Belgian Bone Club
  • Best oral communication, Journées d’Automne de la SBGG 2015, « Développement et validation d’un questionnaire de qualité de vie auto-administré spécifique à la sarcopénie : le SarQoL® ». C. Beaudart, E. Biver, J.-Y. Reginster, R. Rizzoli, Y. Rolland, I. Bautmans, J. Petermans, S. Gillain,  F. Buckinx, N. Dardenne, O. Bruyère.
  • Best poster communication, JASFGG 2014, « Prévalence de la sarcopénie : impact de l’utilisation de différentes valeurs seuils de diagnostic ». C. Beaudart*(Liège), J.-Y. Reginster, J. Slomian, F. Buckinx, A. Quabron, N. Dardenne, O. Bruyère
  • « IOF-SERVIER Young Investigator Research Grant 2014 »
  • « Standard de Liège 2013 », Fondation Léon Fredericq, University of Liège
  • « Jean Marie Petit 2013 », Fondation Léon Fredericq, University of Liège
  • Gilberte Reginster-Haneuse 2012 (University of Liège, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health) 

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2024-2025

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