Societal impact
Three examples of direct impact
QVS database
In 2021, a long-awaited wish of patients was fulfilled: the creation of the QVS database. A national…
Sexual health and safety of sex workers during COVID-19
We did research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual health and safety of sex…
Team UP! Serious game for interprofessional collaboration
Nursing and medical students follow the module ‘interprofessional collaboration’ during their studies. In it, they learn what…
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Implementation study paves the way for lung cancer screening program
MEDIA | Other
It is now time to start screening people with a high risk of lung cancer…
The biological clock is ticking in everyone
MEDIA | Radio
The biological clock is ticking in everyone. That clock must be set every morning by…
Alzheimer on tour
MEDIA | Radio
In collaboration with Alzheimer Nederland Department of West Brabant, the TV program Alzheimer Café is…
Cedris-lezing 2021!
MEDIA | Youtube
The 9th Cedris lecture took place on Thursday 18 February 2021. Lex Burdorf, professor at…
What did we learn about the behavior of people?
MEDIA | newspaper
How people behave determines the course of a pandemic. Scientists Sake de Vlas and Denny…
With internship ‘in the neighbourhood’ you get to know other worlds.
MEDIA | Other
Every doctor should be a bit of a social physician, is a core belief of…
Healthy people, healthier living environment
MEDIA | Podcast
Corona policies have made us rethink our health and our living environment. Partly thanks to…
Do you live in a Vinex neighborhood? Then you live eight years longer
MEDIA | newspaper
Famke Molenberg | researcher healthy behavior: There are major health differences between neighborhoods in Rotterdam….
Doctor and algorithm decide who gets that medical treatment first
MEDIA | Radio
Now that the number of corona patients in hospitals is decreasing, there is more room…
Hundreds of Q fever patients still have many complaints 15 years after the outbreak
MEDIA | TV
Patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome (QFS) still suffer from symptoms years after being infected….
How population screening is becoming more personalized
MEDIA | Podcast
Professor Harry de Koning and associate professor Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar work at the Department of Public…
Death and palliative care in corona time: dilemma between distance and proximity
MEDIA | Other
Healthcare professionals in protective suits, unable to touch loved ones, and not able to say…
Asian patients’ perspectives on advance care planning: A mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework
MEDIA | Podcast
This episode features Dr Diah Martina (Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University…