My researches aim to support patients with ‘limited literacy’, who have problems to understand and act on health information and communication, in their disease and treatment understanding and management. My main research focuses on chronic kidney disease (CKD) and limited health literacy (LHL). This project, Bridging the gap, is financed by the Social Sciences Call of the Dutch Kidney Foundation and aims to develop both a training for health care professionals to support patients with limited health literacy as well as the multimedial intervention ‘Keep a Grip on Your Kidneys’ for patients with all kind of visual information and advices to protect the kidneys. I am also part of a research team on social insurance literacy. With quantitative and qualitative methods our project on social insurance literacy aims to learn how literacy problems affect social insurance processes and what is needed to improve the support of people with these problems.

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Management of professional service chains and triads within and across public and non-public service organisations, service operations (E-commerce, service triads, contract management), healthcare management

Dupuytren's disaese, hand surgery, methodology

Epidemiology (methodology).

Clinical epidemiologist (MSc) with a broad background in nutrition. Specialised in nutrition and IBD. As an assistant professor, I am working for the department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology First, I designed and coordinate two clinical research projects with a focus on the nutritional status of high risk oncological patients undergoing 1. oesophagectomy or 2. cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and Hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC).Next, I am focussing on nutritional research for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Based on literature, I developed an anti-inflammatory diet for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (the Groningen Anti-Inflammatory Diet: GrAID). This diet can also be used in other immune mediated inflammatory diseases. Currently, we are testing this diet in the Vita_GrAID trial. In this large RCT we investigate 1. the effect of this anti-inflammatory diet, 2. a special coated vitamin capsule a large RCT and 3. a placebo capsule in patients with Crohn's disease and their healthy household members. As a clinical epidemiologist, I support other co-workers in their research questions. Besides, I teach "Malnutrition in Hospitals" in the master module "Nutrition in Medicine" and the curriculum of medical students, and "Nutrition and IBD"in the master of Pharmaceutical and Drug Innovation. Furthermore, I am involved in writing several international guidelines on nutrition and IBD.

Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Stem Cell Transplantation, Translational Research in Hematology

Research in intellectual disability care, among others: caregiving, dysphagia, interventions, sleep apnea. Specialization: Dementia in people with intellectual disabilities, in particular Alzheimer's disease in people with Down syndrome

Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Utilization Research, diabetes & cardiovascular risk factor treatment.

Epidemiology
Head and Neck Oncology

Valorisation, healthcare research, dementia (and quality of life), qualitative research

Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention
Quality and Safety in Health Care

Nursing 
Critical care Nursing 
Epidemiology
Education

Esther Feijen-de Jong is an expert in maternity care. In this discipline, she has conducted several studies focusing on the organization of maternity care. In this research she has two priorities:
1. Improving care for women in a vulnerable position. This research focuses on how to better connect maternity care to the needs of this group of women. Relationship-based care is an important theme in this. All this to improve access to care.
2. Monitoring and improving the well-being of (student) midwives. From the start in midwifery education to the retirement of midwives.

project management and other educational and research activities related to pharmacists education, pharmacoeconomics, regulatory affairs, health policy and practice

Frailty, person-centred care and professional development in the nursing domain

Toegepast onderzoek, kwalitatief onderzoek, gezondheid, chronische aandoeningen

Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, body image, experimental psychopathology, disgust, treatment

Pharmacoepidemiology

NWO-VENI laureate Prof. Hak and his multidisciplinary team have supervised >30 PhD theses on the validity of scientific statistical and epidemiological causal design methods to assess (side-) effects of drugs and vaccines using Real-World Big Health Care and Biobank Data. Scientific methods consider a variety of designs such as case-control, cohort, case-only, sibling designs, instrumental variable analysis, propensity score analysis often in combination with RCTs, meta-analyses and Individual Patient Data designs. His scientific work led to >400 peer-reviewed publications till 2021 (Web of Science H-index 44, >8,000 citations). As leader of the PharmLines Initiative,  a public-private collaboration between Lifelines BV-UMCG-RUG, he initiates and co-supervises research in the area of Precision Medicine with linked biobank, genetic, clinical, pharmacological and health care data of >80,000 persons from the Northern region. Topics mainly concern the pharmaco-epidemiology of preventive medications as well as vaccinations. In addition, his team supports the societal impact by studying the optimal methods to implement innovations in the area of sustainable drug applications and  vaccination strategies (e.g. drug repurposing, data science technologies to support optimal drug use, development of infection risk profiles and vaccination passport).

Prof. Hak is program director of the two-year Groningen Research Master Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences. As a director he implemented innovations regarding the extension of research tracks including Pharmaceutical Design & Engineering, Drug Toxicology &Translational Technologies and Pharmacoepidemiology & -Economics. With these tracks the complete drug development cycle can be studied within MPS. He further introduced a strong mentorate for students, monitoring of research projects, clear selection criteria for examiners and committee evaluations of research projects, which resulted in a Top-label in 2017 and 2019 by the influential Dutch Keuzegids (MPS belongs to the top-10% best master educations in the Netherlands). As educational director Pharmacy (>100 faculty) he applies his broad expertise to lead the cluster Pharmacy, also in close collaboration with sister Faculties.

Sports and exercise, fatigue, activity pacing, adapted sports, health-related quality of life, longitudinal study

Medical education research
Qualitative methodology
Sociocultural theory
Elderly care medicine / primary care

Anxiety disorders, depression, epidemiology, longitudinal data analysis
Intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, dementia

Pediatric Pulmonology, Genetics and Environmental factors in asthma and atopy, functional genetics

Gerard Koppelman is a clinician-scientist whose goal is to improve early diagnosis and prevention of asthma, and to optimize treatment of asthma in childhood. As a pediatric pulmonologist, he focuses on children with severe chronic lung disease. In his research, Koppelman investigates diagnostic DNA tests for asthma and early biomarkers of disease. Major accomplishments include the identification of novel genes for asthma, eczema and hay fever, as well as epigenetic signatures in childhood asthma. Koppelman studies the function of asthma genes in cells and animal models, and develops patient-based models to better understand asthma inception in childhood. He collaborates closely with patients in his research, and initiated a mini medical school to inform the public on progress in research and patient care. He is the co-founder and chair of the ExquAIro foundation, aimed at improving health trough artificial intelligence.

Senior in the field of Higher Education and Health Care

Health Technology Assessment, simulation modeling in acute care pathways.
Clinical neurology, organizational models in acute stroke treatment.
E-health and decision support systems for chronic diseases.

Researcher in the field of health care, participation, wellness. Area of special interest: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Specific expertise in participatory action research.

Kwaliteit van leven
Maatschappelijke participatie
Arbeidsparticipatie / arbeidsongeschiktheid
Zorgonderzoek
Kwalitatief onderzoek
Patiëntenparticipatie

I am psychologist and epidemiologist, currently working as assistant professor at the University of Groningen. My dissertation was titled “Development of patient centered management of asthma and COPD in primary care” with a strong emphasis on the use of technology and patient involvement. I have also worked as project leader eHealth in a large health care organization and I am active as board member or advisor in several patient organisations. These hands-on experiences with patients, health care professionals and health care organisations are valuable in my daily work. Above that, my unique experience in clinical, behavioural and implementation science have led to a solid and multidisciplinary basis for health research. In the past years I have coached and lectured numerous bachelor, master and PhD students with different backgrounds and from different faculties. In my role as project leader and chair I have learned to manage longitudinal (international) projects with researchers, health care professionals and students. My goal is to use my talent, experience and my passion for science to improve scientific knowledge in the field of eHealth.

Broadly educated intensivist with specific expertise  on complex multiple organ failure and translational research

Main research topic: How do people share their existential issues in a constructive way? And what kind of support might be helpful in different work and care contexts? Concrete research contexts/projects:
1) The earthquake region Groningen: disaster chaplaincy; 2) UMCG: addressing the spiritual dimension in hospital; 3) Student internship project: connecting different organizational levels by meaningful exchanges; 4) low literacy and meaning making in east Groningen; 5) Grief, trauma and religion/spirituality in Mental Health Care

The implementation and integration of innovations in health care. My research centers on the dynamic fitting of the innovation content and context on the one hand and the implementation and integration strategy on the other hand. One line of research concentrates on digital healthcare innovations. The second line concerns innovations in health occupations, task redistribution and professional projects.

Nephrology

Research Methods in Nursing Sciences, Diagnostic Research Methods

Consultant Epidemiologist for quantitative methods (e.g. Big Data, pscyhometric evaluations)
Use of Big Data to optimize care
Stakeholders involvement in research projects especially vulnerable women

Pharmacoeconomics, health economics, modeling

Health economic evaluation

Dr. Iveta Nagyova (PhD, FABMR) is the Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Medicine and a Senior Research Leader at Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia (UPJS; sbm.upjs.sk). She is also the President of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA; eupha.org), and a member of several advisory groups at WHO and WHO/Europe; including the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health, WHO/Europe’s Regional Director’s Advisory Council on Innovation for Noncommunicable Diseases, and the European Advisory Committee on Health Research (EACHR). She graduated in Clinical Psychology at UPJS, obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and received postgraduate training at the UniversitQy of Oxford within the Oxford International Primary Care Research Leadership Programme. Her research interests are in biobehavioural and psychosocial innovations in chronic condition prevention and management, non-pharmacological interventions, behaviour change, improvements in functional status and quality of life in patients with a chronic disease and their implications for integrated care. She is a (co)author of more than 300 research papers, of which over 90 are peer-reviewed international scientific articles; her Scopus h-index is 27. As a project partner and national coordinator, she has been involved in over 30 European projects, including the 3rd HP and H2020 projects. Since 2004 she has served as a supervisor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where she has been leading a group of 20 PhD students, 17 of whom have already defended their PhD theses. Apart from her international activities, she also serves as an advisor to the WHO Country Office in the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Ministry of Health in the field of chronic diseases, integrated care, behavioural insights, and public health.

Health Psychology (see link below)

- Adjustment to chronic illness and its treatment, specifically the role of personality and social cognitions herein  
- Psychological aspects of (clinical) genetics (member ELSI group UMCG; see link below)
- Quality of life; benefit finding / post-traumatic growth
- Psychometrics

Focus on: genetics; organ transplantation; nephrology, cancer, cardiovascular disease 

Community medicine; Management. Expertise concerns public health and epidemiology, in particular prevention, early treatment and promotion of health-related social participation. Current research concerns youth and deprived groups.

Arrhythmias, in particular Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Implantable cardiac devices

Continuous improvement in Healthcare (e.g. Lean, SixSigma), Value Based Healthcare, Healthcare Management, Change Management

Health Psychology
Clinical Psychology
E-Health
Quality of Life/ Well-Being
Chronic diseases

allied health care, chronic disease, healthy ageing

Van der Schans has a background in medical pharmaceutical sciences with a focus on global health, epidemiology, (health) economics, and pharmacotherapy. He worked as a visiting researcher at the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, and as a lecturer at the Department of Health Technology and Services Research, University of Twente.

Pulmonary diseases in General
Interventional Pulmonology
COPD

Safe and effective medication use focusing on vulnerable patient groups (older people with multimorbidity; people with diabetes/cardiovascular diseases) and infectious diseases; development and evaluation of (pharmacy-led) interventions to improve medication use; safety of hospital drug distribution systems; medication safety in low- and middle income countries.

Data Science, Epidemiology

Mental Health
Children & Adolescents
Mental Health Literacy
Developmental Psychology

implementation science

Supply Chain Management, Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Supplier Sustainability, Health Care Operations & Supply Chains

Cardiologist; Expertise Heart Failure

Architectural and Urban History
Healthy Cities
Hospital Architecture
Cultural Heritage

My research focuses on health literacy and communication to promote health, equity and participation of individuals and populations. Especially, those who are at risk for adverse outcomes are an important target group within my research. Examples of populations at risk are children born prematurely, individuals with low health literacy, individuals with multiple unhealthy behaviours and children or adolescents with mental health problems.

Health care logistics engineering
Production planning & control
Simulation applications in (service) industry
Simulation & serious gaming
Simulation modelling methodology

Universal Health Coverage, Global Health Education, Research Capacity Building, Mixed-Methods Research