The Randstad, Netherlands
Nutrition &Health - Personalised Health - Digital Health - Lifestyle and health Health is a central theme in my career, with a focus on applied research and innovation. How can we measure health, how can lifestyle contribute to improving health also for people with chronic disease(s), how can people be empowered to take more control of their own health, how can digital tools contribute to optimization of health? These are the challenges that I want to contribute to. I started as researcher, moving towards project and program management later on. I enjoy working with and leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with diverse stakeholders. I believe that collaboration is key towards impact.
Leading & orchestrating innovations for health at TNO Unit Health & Work. Program manager of 'coalitie leefstijl in de zorg'
Leading a team of ~20 professionals, with a team mission to optimize personal health, prevent and cure lifestyle related disease with a systems biology view.
Program manager of 'coalitie leefstijl in de zorg' (2023 - 2025) Program manager in 'Nederlands Innovatiecentrum voor Leefstijlgeneeskunde' (www.lifestyle4health.nl; Dutch innovation center for lifestyle medicine). Focus on multidisciplinary projects or programs with multiple stakeholders or partners. Leading EU projects, public-private partnerships (PPP) and business-to-business projects in the area of life sciences, lifestyle and health, digital health.
In 2025 is leefstijl een integraal onderdeel van de reguliere zorg voor mensen met een gezondheidsklacht, aandoening of ziekte. Als coalitie van organisaties in de zorg, patiënten, onderwijs, wetenschap en beleid werken we samen aan het doen van onderzoek, het inventariseren van kansen en knelpunten op het gebied van financiering, richtlijnen, onderwijs en het ontwikkelen van (patiënten)voorlichting. Hier maken wij in de Coalitie Leefstijl in de Zorg samen werk van.