Niels Bal is a PhD researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the department of health sciences. His research regards the quantitative study of disease syndemics, with a particular focus on methodological advancements. An exercise therapist by training, Niels obtained his master’s degree in health...
Dr. Lisette Schutte is a Solution Lead at PharmAccess and an Associate Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD). She is a behavioural scientist with over a decade of experience in global health, specialising in the development and implementation of digital...
Dr. Esther Miedema is a senior lecturer in the MSc International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands, and director of the UvA/AISSR centre Social Sciences for Global Health (SSGH). She obtained her doctorate from the Institute of Education, University College London, in...
Jason Andrews is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a practicing infectious diseases physician-scientist. His research draws upon multiple fields, including mathematical modeling, microbial genetics, field epidemiology, and statistical inference to work on challenging problems in infectious diseases, with an emphasis on tuberculosis...
Patricia is a physician-scientist with a profound interest in studying and understanding the interaction of the human immune system with microorganisms in homeostatic and disease conditions. For her MD degree thesis, Patricia started performing research using animal models of neurocysticercosis, an endemic disease in her home...
Rozina Tariku Assefa is a public health specialist working at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, recently as the acting director for disease and health events surveillance and response directorate. Previously, she worked at the national public health institute as a public health emergency response expert....
Henry de Vries is a dermatologist with expertise in skin infections, especially sexually transmitted infections. He holds a chair in skin infections at the University of Amsterdam. He works at the dermatology department of the Amsterdam UMC, where he heads the outpatient clinic for skin...
Tijmen Henkes holds a BSc in mathematics and economics from University College Utrecht and completed a research master's in economics at the Tinbergen Institute. He is currently pursuing a PhD in economics at the University of Amsterdam within the Tinbergen Institute programme. His research focuses...
Dr. Carla Rodrigues is a social scientist with a background in medical sociology and anthropology. She is a researcher in the department of sociology at the University of Amsterdam and an honorary research associate at Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol. Over the past two decades,...
Bente is a physician specialized in global health with a long-standing interest in the subject. From a young age, she has been fascinated by different countries and cultures, which later shaped her professional path. This curiosity and commitment to working across cultures led her to...