Dr Marie Truyens

Marie Truyens graduated from Ghent University in 2017 and combined her specialist training in gastroenterology with a PhD at Ghent University, focusing on the pathogenesis and management of fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). After completing her specialist training in 2025, she took up a staff position within the IBD team at Ghent University Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include IBD and its extra-intestinal manifestations, intestinal ultrasound and IBD endoscopy. In 2026, she completed an international clinical fellowship at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals, with a focus on advanced IBD care. Marie is certified in intestinal ultrasound through the IBUS curriculum, including training in Bologna. Together with Dr Isabelle De Kock she is involved in the IBUS-accredited intestinal ultrasound training centre at Ghent University Hospital. She is an active member of the ECCO CONFER Case steering group and the Scientific Committee of the Belgian IBD Research and Development (BIRD) group, and is involved in collaborative educational initiatives including the BIRD-GIEQS partnership. Her work focuses on improving and standardizing monitoring, endoscopy and training in IBD.