Program support: Joost Wammes
Contact: aph.aginglaterlife@amsterdamumc.nl
We investigate how individual and structural factors can affect the quality of life of older people
Mission and goals
Aging & Later Life is a multidisciplinary, cross-departmental research program. We focus on aging (growing old), the older person (being old), and the last years of life using the concepts: Resilience, Quality of Life and Personalized care.
The idea of resilience - "the ability to bounce back in the face of adversity" - focusses on older people’s capacity for responding to specific age-related tasks and transitions. As such, resilience recognizes older people’s innate strength, without establishing an absence of problems as the norm for a good old age.
For many older people, full physical health is often unachievable. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that they can’t experience a good quality of life. As the Aging & Later Life research program, we investigate how individual and structural factors can affect the quality of life of older people.
There is a growing awareness of individual differences in health effects or treatment results, and of the influential factors at play. We want our research to help provide deeper insights into what kind of care works for whom, and when, i.e. personalized care. Central to the Aging & Later Life research program are scientific quality and social impact. We therefore value interdisciplinary approaches, and strife for active collaboration with other faculties, field partners and educational institutions, as well as with older people themselves.
Program leaders
Program initiatives
Grey power meetings
On June 1 , July 1 and September 14, 2021 (19:00-20:30 hrs) we organized three debate evenings for older people with the themes: loneliness, falling (vitality) and meaning & resilience. Each evening there were three invited speakers and one member of the A&LL client panel in the studio. The speakers presented the latest scientific knowledge on the field and afterwards they answered questions together with our panel member. The host for all the three evenings was Prof.dr. Julia van Weert, professor of Health Communication at University of Amsterdam.
The speakers for the theme loneliness were Dr. Bianca Suanet (Assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Vrije Universitit Amsterdam), Prof. dr. Anja Machielse (professor of Empowerment of Vulnerable Older People at the University of Humanistic Studies) and Astrid van Ketel (Advisor Health and Wellbeing at GGD Amsterdam). This event took place on June 1. You can watch the recording here .
The speakers for the theme falls and vitality were: Prof. dr. Nathalie van der Velde, professor Geriatric Medicine, with focus on falls prevention at the Amsterdam UMC, Prof.dr. David van Bodegom, professor Vitality in an aging population at the Leiden University Medical Center and Drs. Saskia Kloet, project leader “Falls prevention in older people” at the Ministry of Health, Wellbeing and Sport and program manager at VeligheidNL.
The speakers for the theme meaning and resilience were Prof. dr. Martijn Huisman, professor Epidemiology of Aging at the Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dr. Crétien van Campen, researcher on Quality of Life at The Netherlands Institute for Social Research and Elisabeth van Oostrum – member of Raad van Ouderen.
Urban Aging
The ambition of our research program is to work together with the city Amsterdam to develop an agenda for the next 5 years with innovation, research, technology and good education with respect to the aging population. With the aim to make impact for the older citizen of Amsterdam and perform (inter-)national innovative research.
Panel of older adults
To actively involve older people in our research, we started a panel of older adults. The persons in the panel will be asked to consult in research proposals, design, participation and communication of research results.
Program council
The program leaders of the Aging & Later Life research program chair the A&LL Program Council. This program council consist of a selection of senior researchers of the research program who meet regularly to implement or update the research program-specific strategy and to discuss anticipatory or reactive response to external events.
Program council members | |
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Bianca Beersma | Roeline Pasman |
Bianca Buurman-van Es | Susan de Rooij |
Cees Hertogh | Julia van Weert |
Nathalie van der Velde | Martijn Huisman |
Junior council
The Aging & Later Life research program has installed an A&LL Junior Council that provides program leaders with solicited and unsolicited advice and helps them with the organization of research program-specific activities or events.
Junior council members | |
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Sophie Renckens | Kelly de Wildt |
Sara van de Schraaf | Eline Kroeze |
Esther de Groot |
Research program members
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Aafke de GrootDRS.
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Abraham GoorhuisPI MD PhD
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Ad van NuenenBEng
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Adriana FranckePI PROF.DR.
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Agnies Marguerite van Eeghen
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Ali Shukor
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Alireza Malek Makan
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Almar KokDR.
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Amber BootsMSc
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Andrea Maier
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Anne Lubbe
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Anne Marie VaalburgDRS.
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Anne Timmermans
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Annemiek Linn
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Annicka van der PlasDR. phd
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Anouk van LoonDR.
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anouschka Pronk
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Ans van Driel - Stuijver
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Arend van DeutekomDRS.
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Astrid Preitschopf-van Gestel
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Bagas Wicaksono
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Barbara HuttenPI MSc PhD
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Barbara MulderPI Prof. PhD
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Ben De BockMA
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Berend TerluinDR.
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Bianca Buurman - van EsPI Prof. PhD
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Birgit Damoiseaux - VolmanMSc
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Bob van de Loo
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Bregje Onwuteaka-PhilipsenPI PROF.DR.
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Brigitte Boeser - NunninkBEng
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Brittany Boerstra
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C Schuengel
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Carmen van Dam
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Cas SmitsPI
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Cécile BootPI PROF.DR.
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Cees HertoghPI PROF.DR.
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Charlotte KrögerMSc MA
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Christien Muusse
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Collin ExmannMSC.
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Daisy KolkDR.
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Daniel van GrootheestDR.
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David NealMSC.
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Dennis VisserDRS.
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Derk WillemsPI Prof. PhD
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Didericke RhebergenPI DRS.
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Djura CoersDRS.
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Dorly DeegPROF.DR.
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Eefje SizooDR.
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Elias ThomasMA
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Eline KooijmansDRS.
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Eline Kroeze
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Elisa de KoningMSC.
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Emiel HoogendijkDR.
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Emma DraperDRS.
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Emma Reiss
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Emma Twait
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Eric van ExelPI DR.
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Erik van Spronsen
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Erwin van VlietPhD
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Esmee Kreuk
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Esmee TensenMSc
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Esther de Groot
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Esther HartmanDRS.
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Eva Jaarsma
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Eva Leistra
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Eveline van Poelgeest
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Eveline Verheij
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Ewout SmitDRS.
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Fabrizio Carinci
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Femke RuttersDR. Assistant professor, Principal Investigator
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Fenna EbbensPhD
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Fenne Wouters
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Ferdinand WitMD PhD
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Francois SchellevisPI PROF.DR.
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Franka MeilandDR.
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Frederik HermansMD MSc PhD
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Frederike BemelmanPI Prof. MD PhD
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Gary YeungMD
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Godelieve de BreePI MD PhD
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Guy WiddershovenPI PROF.DR.
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Haije WindProf. PhD
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Hanna WillemsPhD
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Hanneke Wijnhoven
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Hannie ComijsPI DR.
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Hans van der WoudenPI DR.
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Hein van HoutPI PROF.DR.
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Henriëtte van der HorstPI PROF.DR.
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Hester Fidder
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Huib van Waegeningh
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Ilja ReintenMSc
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Ineke Gerridzen
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Irene JongerdenDR. PhD
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Irina Motoc
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Iris van der Wulp
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Iris van Doorne
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Irma MaurerBEng
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Isabelle Flierman
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Isabelle Vullings
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Jacqueline HugtenburgPI DR.
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Jakob Schroevers
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Jan BaanPI MD PhD
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Janet Vroomen - MacNeilPI
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Jason van Heesewijk
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Jasper Anink
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Jeanine RuttenDRS.
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Jelmer van SchoonhovenMSc
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Jeske Walgers
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Jet KlunderMSc MD
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Jitske Vroom
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Johanna Dobbe
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Johannes Roovers
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Joost DekkerPROF.DR.
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Joost Wammes
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Josephine Oryszczyn
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Josephine TanMSC.
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Judith van den BesselaarMD
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Juliette ParlevlietPhD
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Karel van DortBEng
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Karin SwartDR.
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Karlijn JolingPI DR. PhD
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Kees Stijnis
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Kelly de WildtMSc
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Kelly PaapMSC.
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Kim PloegmakersMSc
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Kitty JagerPI Prof. MD PhD
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Laura van BuulDR.
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Lennaert ZwartDRS.
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Leonie Westerbeek
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Lieneke Glas
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Liesbet Kurpershoek
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Liesbet Kurpershoek
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Liping Wang
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Lisa Kolodziej
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Lisa van Zutphen
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Lizette WattelDRS.
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M Visser
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Maaike MuntingaDR.
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Maartje HoogsteynsPhD
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Majon MullerPROF.DR.
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Malene van Schaik
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Mandy SpaanPhD
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Manon Vanbellinghen
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Mardien OudegaDR. senior researcher MD, PhD, MSc
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Marga NieuwenhuijseDR.
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Marga Nieuwenhuijse
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Margot Wagenmakers
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Marianne SnijdewindMA
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Marieke HenstraMD
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Marieke PronkPhD MSC.
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Marieke TorensmaMSc
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Marije KoeleMD
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Marije te Winkel
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Marije VisPhD
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Marijke BremmerDR.
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Marijke TrappenburgDRS.
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Marike de BoerDR.
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Marike van der LeedenPI DR.
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Marileen WiegersmaMSc
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Marina EkkelMSC.
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Marja DeplaDR.
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Marjolein van Maanen
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Marlies Dijk
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Marre KaandorpDR.IR. dr.
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Martin den HeijerPI PROF.DR.
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Martin SmalbruggePROF.
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Martina Pontesilli
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Martina Pontesilli
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Masha Zee
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Mathilde KarstenMEng
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Matthan CaanMEng PhD
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Matthijs van Wijmen
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Maureen ThodéMSc, RN
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Maximilianus StekPI PROF.DR.
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Melissa Resodikromo
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Melissa ThongPhD
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Merle Schene
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Milou AngevaareDR.
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Mircha Poldrugovac
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Mirjam de VosPhD
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Mirjam GeerlingsPI
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Mirjam SprangersPI Prof. PhD
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Mohamed El Alili
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Monique BoymansPhD
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Monique JaspersProf. PhD
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MR Olthof
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Najada Stringa
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Natasja van SchoorPI DR.
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Nathalie van der VeldePI MD, PhD Prof. PhD
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Neeltje KootstraPI PhD
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Nicholas ChesnayePhD
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Nicolaas KlazingaPI Prof. PhD
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Nicole BillingyMSC.
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Niek VersfeldDR.IR.
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Nienke FleurenDRS. MD
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Nihad Achetib
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Nina Fransen
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Noekie van LieshoutMSc
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Noman Dormosh
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Noor SimonsMSc
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Oscar Smeekes
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Otto MaarsinghPI DR. Epidemiologist B PhD MD General Practitioner Associate Professor
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Patricia JepmaDR.
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Paul LipsPROF.DR.
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Peter ReissPI Prof. MD PhD
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Pieter AnnemaDRS.
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Pieter EikelenboomPROF.DR.
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Rebecca PainterPI MD PhD
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Rebekka Arntzen
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Remco FranssenPhD
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Rianne BoeninkMSc
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Ricardo Wijngaarde
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Rien JanssensDR.
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Rob de BiePI Prof. PhD
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Rob van MarumPI PROF.DR.
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Roderick Slieker
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Roeline PasmanPI DR.
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Roos van der PlasDR.
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Rosalie Pronk
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Ruth van NispenPI PROF.DR.
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Ruth VeenhuizenPI MD, PhD DR.
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Sanne de RuiterDRS.
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Sanne Pellegrom
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Sara Groos
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Sara van de Schraaf
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Silvia KlokgietersDR. PhD
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Simon Geerse
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Simone Harmsen
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Simone HendriksDRS.
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Sophia KramerPI PROF.DR.
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Sophie Renckens
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Stephanie MedlockDVM PhD
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Susanne ArendsDRS.
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Susanne de RooijPI PhD
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Suzanne MetselaarPI DRS. DR.
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Suzanne van AlmenkerkDRS.
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Suzanne van de VathorstProf. PhD
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Tessa Bergman
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Tessa RoseboomPI Prof. PhD
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Thomas D. SteensmaPI DR.
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Thomas Engelsma
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Vera Hogervorst - WlochaczBSc MSc
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Vianda StelPI PhD
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Vincent WekkerMD
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Willem van GoolPI Prof. PhD
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Wilmar CharmantMSC.
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Wim GroenDR.
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Wouter DreschlerPI Prof. MEng PhD
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Xanthe de Voogd
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Yvonne SimisDR.