Cécile Boot is Director of the Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Professor of Social Participation and Health with the Department of Public & Occupational Health
Cécile Boot earned her degree as a biomedical health scientist at Radboud University/Radboudumc. She has been affiliated with Amsterdam UMC for almost 20 years, where she has been closely involved with the research institute since the founding of APH. She started as a postdoctoral researcher, and in 2020 she was appointed Professor of Social Participation and Health.
Within the department of Public & Occupational Health, she leads the section on Social Participation and Health. Her research focuses on healthy work, with a particular emphasis on groups facing vulnerability.
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