About prof. Griet Verhenneman

Prof. Dr. Griet Verhenneman is Assistant Professor of Privacy Law at Ghent University with particular expertise on the legal aspects of eHealth, privacy and data protection.

Professor Verhenneman combines expert theoretical knowledge with a Data Protection Officer’s hands-on experience in the field of eHealth, privacy and data protection. Today, Professor Verhenneman is one of the collaborating professors at the Metamedica Research Unit at the University of Ghent, affiliated with the Faculty of Law and Criminology. Core topics include (health) data governance, confidentiality, and the use of (medical) information technologies, including AI.

Prior to joining Ghent University, Griet worked as a legal researcher and a DPO. From 2007 to 2018, she was part of the team that developed the health research track at KU Leuven - CiTiP. Having been involved in several Belgian and European research projects, Griet worked on topics such as EHRs, mHealth, telemedicine, clinical trials, genetics, genomics, and more. In 2018, Griet accepted a position as a Data Protection Officer at the University Hospital KU Leuven. She then continued her collaboration with the Centre for IT and IP Law as an affiliated researcher.