602 search results for “public health” in the Staff website
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery)
Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, scientists, civil servants and other professionals discussed how South Holland can become healthier. The Healthy Society Map makes it clear where there are…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Vidi grant for research into childhood trauma, friendship and mental health
Anne-Laura van Harmelen has received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This talent programme will enable Van Harmelen to research the social and neurobiological mechanisms of resilience in young people with childhood trauma.
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marco Bronckers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Georgina Kuipers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruth Prins
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Luc Amkreutz
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jolein Holtz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Victor Posthuma
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jos Raadschelders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lydie Cabane
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Why good friends are essential for your health
Laughing, crying or even having a moan together: close friends are worth their weight in gold in good and bad times. Researcher Lisa Schreuders explains the effects on body and mind. Can we give that magical click a helping hand? And what advice does she have for first-years in their new city?
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Vivian Kraaij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day people with a high socio-economic status encounter fewer health risks than those in lower socio-economic strati. ‘Now we will look at this process in the…
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Johan Christensen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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'Public authorities insufficiently aware of obligations arising from freedom of choice of healthcare provider’
Is the right to choose your healthcare provider protected in the Dutch Constitution? What are the consequences then for the Dutch healthcare system? PhD defence on 5 July 2022.
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‘My internship changed my view of the public sector’
Hidde studies Public Administration and did an internship at the Kennemerland safety region. During his internship, he conducted research effective collaboration on the Environment and Planning Act at the safety region.
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Professionals on a course: sound shapes public space
When designing public spaces, noise is often a neglected issue. Architects and urban planners know little about it; noise experts see it mainly as a problem that should be solved simply by reducing the volume. University lecturer Andrea Giolai (LIAS), researcher Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn (ACPA) and Professor…
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Leiden University signs health and wellbeing agreement for city of Leiden
Healthy and active Leideners and a smoke-free generation. These are the main ambitions of the Leiden Health and Wellbeing Agreement that was signed online by 40 partners on 19 April. Leiden University will also be drawing on its broad expertise to help realise the ambitions.
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Mental health at work: young social scientists meet up during YAL Faculty lunch
The Young Academy Leiden strives to connect young academics with each other and strengthen their position within the University. It goes without saying that mental health is a topic that cannot be ignored here. That is why that was the theme of an again successful Young Faculty Lunch, this time at the…
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law
The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law into one Department of Child Law and Health Law.
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Applications open: Una Europa One Health Summer School for PhD candidates
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Lianne Baars
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Josh Robison
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julia Rootenberg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bert Fraussen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gerrit van Uitert
Faculty of Humanities
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Ehsan Jami
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jasper De Paepe
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Maarja Beerkens
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Emily Anne Wolff
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Katharina Krüsselmann
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anna Smulders
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kristin Makszin
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Yuan Yi Zhu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Joanne van der Leun
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Amber Lauwers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Edwin Bakker
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Wouter Jong
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Daniela Vicherat Mattar
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Sebastian Diessner
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Inclusive Leadership in the Public Sector
What factors play a role in determining inclusive leadership in public organisations? On Friday June 4, dr. Tanachia Ashikali answered this question as she shared the findings from her recent research on inclusive leadership with various academics and professionals.
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Tackling societal issues with a new vision on public leadership
The Leiden Leadership Centre (LLC) aims to connect science with practice when it comes to public leadership. The Centre, founded by, among others, Dr. Ben Kuipers and Prof. dr. Sandra Groeneveld, is collaborating with a number of organisations. A recent result was a research assignment for a new vision…
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Mental health problems during COVID highly variable by symptom cluster and population group
People already diagnosed with a mental disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic did not show a disproportionate increase in symptoms afterwards. This is one result from the first systematic review of longitudinal studies following their study population from before to during the first eighteen months of…
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Ymre Schuurmans Academic Director Institute of Public Law
The Faculty Board has appointed Professor Ymre Schuurmans as Academic Director of the Institute of Public Law. Schuurmans is Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law and was Head of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law for the past six years.