Leen Van Brussel

MSc, PhD – Communication Scientist 

Leen Van Brussel is manager of valorisation, science communication and stakeholder engagement at the End-of-Life Care Research Group, where she coordinates the valorisation initiatives of the research group. She holds a master’s degree and a PhD in Communication Sciences (VUB). Leen conducted her PhD research on the social construction of (the good) death and dying, applying a discourse-theoretical analysis of media representations of the end-of-life in Flanders, and their audience receptions. The PhD research was part of a lager research project: public views on the end-of-life (2010-2015). After her PhD research, Leen built up experience in primary health care in the city of Leuven, where she was one of the coordinators of the establishment of a community health centre. She continued her career at the Flanders Institute for Healthy Living, as an expert in health communication and social health inequities. She has years of experience in building and implementing knowledge, motivation and capabilities with regards to reducing health inequities in the preventive health care sector in Flanders.