Instrument development and validation regarding amongst others work (dis)ability, functioning in work and sustainable employability.
Identifying prognostic factors for work outcomes.
Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses.

Refugee Mental Health; Maternal health; sub-Sharan Africa; Spatial analysis

Qualtitative research methods; patient experiences; participatory action research; dementia and informal care; rare diseases; participation; autism; psychosis

Contributing to better working lives is what I strive for. I have over 10 years of research experience within the field of Work & Mental Health and done policy analyses in this area for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). My focus is on developing holistic interventions and policies for mental health at work. This includes examining the roles of multiple stakeholders at work (e.g. the worker him/herself, supervisors, HR, colleagues) at home (e.g. partner, children) and in the broader context (e.g. GPs, psychologists, health care and social security systems). Furthermore, I adopt a life course perspective that takes into account how early life experiences affect later life work and mental health.

Global public health specialist/ epidemiologist  with more  than 15 years experience in global health research and teaching, specifically epidemiology, health systems & policy and implementation research. My research is focused on estimating and reducing the disparity gap in reproductive, maternal and child health and nutrition. A particular research interest is the double burden of malnutrition and implementing interdisciplinary interventions for improving adolescent, maternal and child nutrition in poor resource settings, such as refugee settlements and urban slums.

Statistics; Causal Inference; Machine Learning; (Pharmaco)Epidemiology; g-formula.

My research focuses on vanishing boundaries between work- and non-work life as one aspect of today´s rapidly changing working conditions. I investigate the impact of these changes on employee well-being and performance as well as the role of modern information and communication technology. My aim is to generate knowledge to understand topical societal phenomena and to bridge the scientist-practitioner gap by communicating scientific knowledge to a wide audience of scientists from various disciplines, professionals working in the field, students, and wider society.

Keywords: stress, occupational health, work-related well-being, recovery, leisure, work, non-work, leisure crafting, job crafting, creativity, work engagement, diary studies, longitudinal research, ecological momentary assessments 

Youth Health Care
Public Health Care Asylum Seekers

Enhancing labour market participation of disabled and long-term ill people, i.e. sustainable employability and re-integration.
Research topics:
- Development and validation of assessment methods of work (dis-)ability,
- Identification of prognostic factors for sustainable work participation
- Development and evaluation of effectiveness of interventions on sustainable labour market participation. 

Occupational Health Epidemiology, Work and Mental Health from a Lifecourse perspective; Young adults at the labour market; Work Functioning; Work Disability Prevention

Health Psychology, Psychosocial determinants of health and health-related behaviours

Valentina Gallo is a Rosalind Franklin Fellow and Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Sustainable Health at Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen where she leads the Sustainable Health flagship. She trained in Medicine and Surgery first and Clinical Neurology after, at University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy). Immediately after graduating she gained some fieldwork experience working with Medicines Sans Frontiers in Sicily with a team managing the health needs of migrants landing by boat on Sicilian coasts after crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Valentina gained an MSc in Demography and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2004, and a PhD in Clinical and Experimental Neurology at the University of Rome La Sapienza in 2010. Valentina moved in 2006 to London (United Kingdom) to start her academic career. She has firstly worked as Research Assistant of Prof Paolo Vineis at the department of Epidemiology and Public Health of Imperial College London (ICL). The she was then appointed Clinical Lecturer in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine working on the C8 Health project with Dr Tony Fletcher. Finally she was appointed Lecturer first and Senior Lecturer then at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). During her academic career Valentina gained considerable experience in both teaching and research. She was awarded by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine the Introductory Certificate in Learning and Teaching (PGCILT – Module 1) in 2012. At QMUL, she participated in setting up the innovative BSc programme in Global Health where she designed and taught Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics, Advanced Epidemiology and Statistics, Non-Communicable diseases, Contemporary Issues in Global Health. Valentina was awarded the Teacher of the Year of QMUL in March 2019. During this time, she started interdisciplinary teaching and research approach with her colleague Dr Doreen Montag. At the same time, Valentina was awarded several research grants, including the HEalth and Ageing Data IN the Game of football (HEADING) Study and the BRain health and health AgeINg in retired rugby players (BRAIN) study by the Drake Foundation as a co-Principal Investigator. In total, she obtained the equivalent of £1.3M research funds. Valentina’s research is focused on the epidemiology of neurological disease, molecular and environmental epidemiology. She has worked with large cohort consortia such as the European Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, and she has set up new studies such the BRAIN and HEADING studies. In 2015 and 2018, Valentina was appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Naples (Italy) by Prof Paolo Chiodini. In April 2020 Valentina moved to Groningen and started as Associate Professor and leader of the Sustainable Health Flagship at Campus Fryslân.

Public health, psychology, education

Public health as in clinical epidemiology

Community physician. Expertise in public health and youth health care organization, policy and management.
Expertise in medical education: assessment of professional competence; curriculum analysis and design; post graduate education of community physicians and youth health care physicians

Global Health
Essential Medicines
Human rights (Right to Health)
Universal access to basic health care (Access to Essential Medicines)
Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health
National Pharmaceutical Policies in developing countries
WHO, UN agencies

Medical Doctor International Health and Tropical Medicine; Management of Health Services (MBA). Public Health, in particular prevention. Current research concerns prevention of non-commmunicable diseases, cardiovacular diseases, diabetes and cervical cancer. Active in consultancy and International Technical Assistance Health and Development, especially capacity development.

Health Psychology, Social determinants of health

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

My research interests are Health Economics, Public Health, Public Economics, Economics of Ageing, Saving and Consumption Behavior, Microeconometrics.

Health behaviour, occupational health, epidemiology, cohort studies

Health Economics, Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics.

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.

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.

Sickness absence and work functioning

Clinical and field epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, temporo-spatial analysis of disease spread, qualitative studies and public health of infectious diseases in the tropics and sub-tropics.

Mental Health
Children & Adolescents
Mental Health Literacy
Developmental Psychology

Obesity; Type 2 Diabetes; Genetic epidemiology; Human Genetics; Epigenetics; Gene x Environment interactions, Endocrine Disruptors 

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.

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