1,025 search results for “health and vascular diverse” in the Staff website
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Veronique de GuchtSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jasmijn RanaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tanachia AshikaliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Not everyone has health goals top of mind
Preventing or delaying disease often requires lifestyle changes, which turns out to be difficult. Valentijn Visch and Sandra van Dijk are researching how to help people change their behaviour.
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Why our welfare state doesn’t always reach vulnerable people
In general, there are significant health disparities between people with low and high incomes, particularly in countries with an extensive welfare state like the Netherlands. PhD candidate Janna Goijaerts researched how the organisation of the welfare state affects the health of vulnerable people.
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Mirjam Sombroek asked by Minister of Health for urgent advice on vaccination of children
Associate Professor Mirjam Sombroek has been asked for advice on account of her expertise in the area of health law and children’s rights.
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‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective
What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I symposium on 13 January. The plenary sessions were watched by hundreds of participants and there was a wide range of workshops covering different aspects of…
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Lotte van der PolFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Hanna StalenhoefSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Hanum AtikasariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Fitri MurfiantiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Syeda ShawkatSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Maartje WitloxSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Transdisciplinary work is fantastic, but requires dedicated efforts from all sides to understand each other’
Eiko Fried has been appointed professor of Mental Health & Data Science. This combined chair neatly fits the view that understanding complex mental health issues require the integration of statistical methods. ‘The idea that mental health problems are monocausal entities with simple etiologies is no…
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Diversity symposium 2021: small steps can increase inclusion
‘Culture change takes time,’ said Vice-Rector Hester Bijl at the closing panel of the University’s Diversity Symposium on 26 January. She talked about the road to a diverse and inclusive university. The symposium provided plenty of concrete examples of small steps that can already be taken.
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Rethinking sex in neuroscience of mental health
Even though it is generally known that Autism and ADHD are more common in men, and depression or anxiety disorders are more common among women, it is still not well understood if, how and when sex differences impact neurodiversity and mental health. To better understand this complex issue, 25 international…
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Semiha AydinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nikkie BuskermolenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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PhD candidates: attend Una Europa's One Health Summer School
Research
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Josien de KlerkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Applications open: Una Europa One Health Summer School for PhD candidates
Education
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Susanne Deen Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator at Leiden Law School and FGGA
On 15 April Susanne Deen will start as Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator for Leiden Law School and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. The aim of this new position is to contribute to establishing an inclusive community where all students and staff feel valued and respected, and can achieve…
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Late physics professor from Leiden frontrunner on inclusion and diversity
For years, the late professor Marten Durieux personally mentored and funded students from Sudan to study physics in the Netherlands. Colleague Sense Jan van der Molen calls his endeavour remarkable: ‘Marten Durieux has done a great job with these students, at a time when diversity was not yet a big…
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Tian YangFaculty of Humanities
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Kiem project investigates link between violence and other health problems
‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ is one of 33 interdisciplinary projects that have been launched thanks to a Kiem grant. The project team will analyse a large patient database to identify links between violence and other health problems. ‘Violence can also be an expression of other factors,’…
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Chris VerhoevenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Linda BreemanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sylvia van Beugen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Mathijs DeenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Winifred GebhardtSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tim KoppertSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rachel O'ConnorSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ewout SteyerbergFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Titia LoenenFaculty of Law
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Niels van DoesumSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Student mental health problems still common but less so than in covid year 2021
The number of students suffering from stress and anxiety has decreased slightly compared with 2021. But around half still suffer from mental health problems. This is according to the National Mental Health and Substance Use Monitor.
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Lorentz Center Diversity Fund
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‘Technology for a healthy future for kidney patients’
Technological innovations such as home dialysis could significantly improve the quality of life and health of kidney patients. Professor Joris Rotmans therefore wants to continue pushing for new medical technology, as he will explain in his inaugural lecture on 24 March.
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Igor BoogSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Julia CramerFaculty of Science
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Min ChoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Transdisciplinary health improvement in The Hague: ‘Neighbourhoods tell us what they need’
Health conditions and social problems often go hand in hand. To address this complex issue in families in The Hague, researchers, managers, support services, policymakers and residents are joining forces. What are the results of this transdisciplinary approach?
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Dilara ErzeybekSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Unlocking Diversity Awareness at FestiWell – through an Escape Room Game!
A group of postdoc and PhDs at our Focus on Emotions lab organized an escape room for staff and students to increase their awareness of diversity and accessibility matters. It was designed particularly for this year’s EUniWell FestiWell, which ran under the headline “Towards global sustainable well-being”.…
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Laurens van GestelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Cornelis van KootenFaculteit Geneeskunde