int(18)

UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology

The HEALTH institute is a multidisciplinary institute of biologists, clinicians, pharmacists, chemists, physicists, engineers, psychologists and sociologists from the academic departments of UMONS whose research activities concern the health sector and, more specifically, focus on improving individual and public health. This objective is reinforced by the establishment of collaborations with various operators in this sector.

Taking care of people’s physical and mental health is crucial in today’s society. Longer life expectancy, access to care, human development and well-being are challenges that we have to confront and manage.

In this context, scientific and technological development in the field of health requires greater coordination between all those concerned, (i.e. physicians, pharmacists, psychologists, biologists, managers, etc.).

The aim of the Health Institute is to provide an scientists working in the field of health with an interface, in order for them to understand its complexity in a transdisciplinary way.

Some numbers

210
Researchers
70
PhD Students
300
Publications per year
45
Current projects

News from the institute

A CHU HELORA-UMONS co-funded thesis explore

28 May 2026

While male contraceptive options remain very limited today, a thesis co-funded by CHU HELORA and UMONS is opening up a novel avenue of research. Led by Sammy Ellatiff, within the Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Cell Biology departments at UMONS, in collaboration with the Fertility Clinic of CHU HELORA, this project explores the potential of compounds derived from a medicinal plant to develop a non-hormonal method. Continue reading

Axes de Recherche