New professor
HESTER LINGSMA | Professor of Medical Decision Making
I really enjoy working at the Department of Public Health and in Erasmus MC, and I am happy and proud that I can now represent our department as a professor of Medical Decision Making. In research, my ambition is to contribute to the optimization of healthcare decisions, both at population level and individual level.
I highly value collaboration. Rewards in science are often targeted to individuals, but science is a team performance. I am very much dependent on my research group and also on our support staff. I believe multidisciplinary approaches are key to tackle the challenges we face in healthcare. We work with clinicians in and outside Erasmus MC to address clinically relevant questions. I am increasingly collaborating with schools at the Erasmus University and the TU Delft. For one day a week I work at the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management. In my new role I hope to further stimulate internal and external collaborations in our department and in Erasmus MC.
Further, I am looking forward to contribute to more general issues in science. Topics that I find important are a healthy work environment, recognition and rewards in science, and the development of young (female) researchers.
Hester Lingsma
Professor of Medical Decision Making
