Aletta's Talent Network

Aletta's Talent Network (ATN) verbindt jonge onderzoekers in de volksgezondheid en faciliteert hen in hun loopbaan. Als onderdeel van de Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health richt de ATN zich op het slaan van bruggen tussen de verschillende faculteiten, afdelingen en organisaties binnen en buiten Aletta. Via deze verbanden kunnen jonge onderzoekers inzicht ontwikkelen in nieuwe onderzoeksmethoden. Ze leren daarnaast hun eigen project te situeren binnen het bredere denken over volksgezondheid. We bieden jonge onderzoekers de mogelijkheid om te leren van ervaren deskundigen en andere jonge onderzoekers, kennis en ervaringen uit te wisselen, en hun vaardigheden als onderzoeker op het gebied op volksgezondheid te verbreden.

Socializen en netwerken

Leden van het Aletta’s Talent Network hebben de mogelijkheid om te socializen tijdens informele activiteiten, potentiële werkgevers te ontmoeten, en banen in de volksgezondheid en/of beleid te ontdekken. Ten slotte biedt de Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health jonge onderzoekers de mogelijkheid om deel te nemen aan onderzoeksopdrachten en vraagstukken van externe partijen.

Samengevat, dit is wat Aletta's Talent Network te bieden heeft:

• Uitwisseling van kennis en ervaring.
• Op de hoogte blijven van elkaars onderzoeks- en databronnen.
• Mogelijkheden om te netwerken buiten je peergroup.
• Werken aan je carrière.
• Mogelijkheden voor gezamenlijk onderzoek.
• Betrokken worden bij de Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health en zo toegang krijgen tot professionele ondersteuning.
• De mogelijkheid om bij te dragen aan onderzoeksopdrachten voor en vraagstukken van externe partijen.

Evenementen

Aletta Talent Network Committee

Monique van Cauwenberghe
Co-chair at the Aletta Talent Network, legal researcher and teacher at the RUG, coordinator of the Groningen Centre for Health Law (GCHL) and Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco (GSNLT)

Monique has a social sciences, health and legal background. She is researching the right to mental health for internally displaced persons within the context of climate disasters.

Windson Lin
Co-chair of the Aletta Talent Network, PhD candidate, Faculty of Arts

Windson is a PhD candidate in the History of Global Health and Psychiatry. His research traces how psychiatric knowledge has circulated across different regions and cultures, showing how medical ideas are reshaped as they move through global networks. He works at the intersection of History of Psychiatry and Science and Technology Studies. 

Aniek Kolen
ATN Blog editor, PhD candidate at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UMCG

Aniek has a background in dietetics and human movement sciences. Currently, she is finishing up her PhD on the role of nutrition during (p)rehabilitation in people with a major dysvascular lower limb amputation.

Taichi Ochi
ATN Blog editor, Research Fellow. Pillar Lead

Taichi is investigating the utilisation of genetic biomarkers and social determinants of health to optimise treatment outcomes in patients with major depressive disorders and type II diabetes. He is also part of the Open Science Program, focusing on addressing challenges faced in establishing and growing communities in the discipline.

Marit Slootweg
Treasurer at the Aletta Talent Network, PhD candidate, Department of Health Sciences UMCG

Marit has a background in Health Sciences, particularly in health systems, policy and prevention. Her current PhD work focuses on regional inequalities in population mental health, for which she closely collaborates with GGD Drenthe to translate scientific findings to stakeholders in the public domain.

Kevin Saldarriaga Bedoya
General Committee Member, MD-PhD Candidate at the Department of Epidemiology, UMCG and at the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Kevin is passionate about public health and the use of technology in healthcare. He is investigating the impact of digital interventions on patients with chronic diseases in Colombia. His research, carried out jointly at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and the Universidad de Antioquia, is based at the first fully digital hospital in Latin America and examines clinical, social, and demographic characteristics to evaluate how telehealth compares with traditional care in improving health outcomes.

Emilio Motte
General Committee Member, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology UMCG

Emilio is a  medical doctor from Mexico and a PhD candidate in Epidemiology. My research centers on community-based participatory approaches with Indigenous communities in Mexico and the evaluation of interventions for chronic diseases. I use mixed methods to gather both qualitative and quantitative data, with particular interests in data modeling and economic evaluation to inform evidence-based public health strategies.

Josephine Bokermann
General Member of the Aletta Talent Network, PhD candidate at the Health Sciences Department, UMCG

Josephine's background in Health Sciences and Epidemiology has guided her career in promoting health for both students and employees. Currently, in her PhD research, she is focused on improving the reintegration of long-term sick-listed employees in the Netherlands, particularly in the construction and elderly care sectors, by providing targeted support across key areas of the process.