ABOUT MEND.lab

Working across disciplines to improve healthcare

MEND.lab is a medical engineering and design laboratory embedded within Ghent University. The lab operates at the intersection of product design, biomedical engineering, and clinical practice, bringing together researchers from the faculties of Engineering and Architecture, Biomedical Engineering, and Medicine within a collaborative translational research environment. Through structural collaborations with industry partners and a network of regional and university hospitals, MEND.lab focuses on transforming engineering innovation into clinically relevant healthcare solutions.

MEND.lab emerged from a shared conviction among researchers across multiple faculties: that meaningful healthcare innovation happens at the intersection of disciplines. While newly established, the lab brings together members with a collective track record of more than 15 years in medical device development: expertise now channelled into a common space designed to foster new connections within Ghent University. Rather than starting from scratch, MEND.lab builds deliberately on existing strengths, creating the conditions for interdisciplinary collaboration that is directly shaped by real‑world clinical and technological challenges.

Team

MEND.lab brings together an interdisciplinary collective of researchers, clinicians, and engineers who combine their perspectives to improve healthcare.

Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Detand

Associate Professor — head of design.nexus

Jan is head of the design.nexus research group, focus on medical device development, human factors engineering and design for the industry 5.0.

Ing. Ruben Verscheure

PhD researcher

Ruben is developing a novel total elbow arthroplasty implant, and focuses on how digital fabrication techniques can be used to deliver patient specific care.

Dr. Ing Lore Brosens

Post-doctoral researcher

Lore focuses on inclusive design for development of therapeutic devices and assistive products using co-creation.

Ing. Pieter Beerten

Senior Researcher

Pieter is a researcher focussing on the methodological integration of sustainability in medical device design processes.

Eva De Vries, MSc.

PhD Researcher

Eva focuses on real world device tracking and bioinformatics, and how improved data collection can elevate the standard of care.

Working across disciplines to improve healthcare

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