Innovation budget is reserved each year to increase the scientific and societal impact of the research institute. Goals are to generate highly cited papers and to increase translation and successful implementation of scientific findings. Besides innovation grants APH is also investing in talent development of early career researchers by providing the opportunity to apply for travel or writing grants.

The innovation budget is divided equally over the nine APH research programs. Each program annually distributes this budget among its affiliated researchers. Research programs could divide their budget through open calls for research, or for writing and travel grants. In addition to this regular innovation budget, each research program can claim a voucher of €50,000 once every four years, which is intended for proof-of-concept research that is difficult to finance elsewhere.

In 2020, 2021 and 2022 the APH research programs have awarded grants with variable budget to the following researchers:

Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Margreet Olthof Novel insights into impact of food biodiversity on diet quality in various subpopulations in the Netherlands
2022 Sanne Veldman SUNRISE – Pilot Study
2021 Mirte Kuipers Recent developments in Amsterdam's tobacco retail environment and lessons for local and notional tobacco control
2021 Lena Sialino Perspectives on healthy aging among older men in the Netherlands
2020 Erik Timmermans Changes in neighbourhood walkability: an avenue to promote physical activity in old age
2020 Manou Anselma Participatory Research

Mental Health

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Dirk Pelt AI & Machine Learning
2021 Lianne Bakkum Developing a toolbox of EMA apps that are inclusive to people with intellectual disabilities
2021 Heleen Riper, Mirjam Sprangers Ecological Momentary Assessment: Best Practices in APH Mental Health Research Revised, or Second Edition or Innovation in APH Mental Health Research
2021 Maartje van Stralen, Eline Smit, Monique Alblas Always connected: Investigating mental well-being in a digital world using a person specific approach (N-of-1) and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
2020 Ilse Verhagen Promoting refugee children’s mental health by strengthening civil society participation in the Netherlands
2020 Jentien Vermeulen Stressed out; A psychosocial analysis of the interplay between tobacco use and other substances in people at risk for psychosis
2020 Michiel Luijten Advances in measuring mental health in early childhood (1-5 years): The PROMIS Early Childhood measures for anxiety, depression, irritability and sleep disturbance in the Netherlands
2020 Marjolein Missler Preventing parental distress and enhancing caregiving quality for newborns: the development of a low-intensity psycho-educational prevention program for expecting parents

Societal Participation & Health

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Michiel Greidanus, Trees Juurlink Hybrid working from an occupational health perspective
2022 Judith Mollet Sick leave from work after Acquired Brain Injury
2022 Roosmarijn Schelvis Critical working conditions for the prevention of burnout complaints in young workers working from home or hybrid: A necessary condition analysis
2022 Astrid Bosma, Mariska de Wit Support needs for return to work among self-employed workers
2021 Amber Daniëlle Zeeger Utilizing the momentum: addressing work participation in rare cancer patients and survivors
2021 Sietske Tamminga, Astrid de Wind Prognostic factors for work participation among cancer survivors –Cochrane systematic review with meta-regression
2021 Paul Kuijer Kneearthroplasty – using Cochrane state-of-the-art evidence synthesis methods to evaluate prognostic factors for return to work
2021 Carlien Straat Exploring short-and long-term effects of a global pandemic on university (research) workers
2021 Astrid Bosma, Minne Bakker Disclosure of health problems in workers with a low SEP in Amsterdam: the bigger picture

Global Health

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Katja de Jong Is ‘speeding up’ a feasible and beneficial long-term strategy in drug and vaccine development? Opportunities, risks, benefits and drawbacks of systematic acceleration
2022 Mariska Olff, Chris Hoeboer, Marit Sijbrandij Feasibility study of Pulihkan Luka - a web-based psychoeducation program for trauma related symptoms in an Indonesian undergraduate student population
2020 Wieger Voskuijl, Teun Zuiderent Clinical warning signs for mortality prediction in critically sick and malnourished Bangladeshi children; using Artificial Intelligence to reduce global childhood mortality.
2020 Kevin de Sabbata Citizens’ perceptions on moral issues in the COVID-19 crisis in Low and Middle Income Countries’
2020 Maiza Campos Ponce COVID-19 telehealth solution for health workers in the community

Aging & Later Life

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Annicka van der Plas, Bregje Philipsen Een Amsterdams transmuraal zorgpad voor gezamenlijke besluitvorming en proactieve zorgplanning met oudere kankerpatiënten
2021 Rose-Marie Dröes Innovation award FindMyApps Online
2021 Bianca Buurman Research agenda 'Urban Aging en Later Life'
2021 Najada Stringa Innovationpostdoc
2020 Birgit Damoiseux Innovationpostdoc
2020 Najada Stringa Innovationpostdoc

Quality of Care

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Bo Schouten, Prabath Nanayakkara Animatie video voor implementatie AI bloedkweken model
2022 Niek Sperna Weiland, Dionne Kringos Reducing the environmental impact of healthcare in Amsterdam through a co-creation systems approach
2021 Mireille Dekker, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls The effect of link nurse networks on compliance with infection prevention and control guidelines in acute care hospitals
2021 Steffie van Schoten, Jacky Hooftman Monitor Zorggerelateerde Schade 2019
2021 Roos Boerman Reducing unnecessary blood cultures and antibiotics in the emergency department with the introduction of machine learning algorithms
2020 Marieke van Wier, Mirjam Fransen Psychosocial effects of COVID-19 restrictions among hearing impaired adults; identification of risk groups and mitigation strategies
2017 Lia de Niet Pilot implementation DOCpass checklist in operating room practice

Personalized Medicine

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Karl Gerritse GenderJourney: the co-creation of a visual communication aid to foster shared decision-making in gender-affirming medical care.
2022 Olga Damman, Lotte Haverman, Maud van Muilekom PROMs for personalized medicine: A PROM implementation research network kick-off.
2022 Tessel Rigter Expert meeting: ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) and implementation aspects of technology based-PM for the prediction of sudden cardiac arrest.
2022 Bahareh Goodarzi Experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace of midwives and student midwives: an intersectional approach.
2022 Lies ter Beek Positive health literacy: Special Interest Group and Position Paper.
2021 Anouk Schrantee Linking symptom and brain network structure to understand heterogeneity in treatment response in ADHD.
2020 Agnies van Eeghen Getting personal: Methylphenidate for ADHD symptoms in phenylketonuria: an N-of-1 series.

Methodology

Year Researcher(s) Project
2022 Wieneke Mokkink, Iris Eekhout A sample size app for reliability studies: refinement, explanation and dissemination.
2021 Mai Chin A Paw Mapping the multi-dimensional nature of movement behavior in youth-Sensor-based behavioral data analysis
2021 Irene van Valkengoed What about sex and gender? Implementing sex and gender in epidemiology
2021 Bada Yang Dissemination of QUADAS-C, a risk of bias tool for comparative diagnostic accuracy studies