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Team Relational Care

Research group Relational Care

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dr. Yvonne van Zaalen

Professor

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Yvonne is professor Research Group Relational Care. She is involved in developing the vision on practice-oriented research, ethics, patient participation, research data management and interprofessional education within various courses. She also has extensive experience with national and international research into multidisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations within healthcare.

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dr. Kim Braun

Lecturer

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Kim is nutrition scientist and epidemiologist. She works as a lecturer at the program of Nutrition and Dietetics and focuses on justice in Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Jeroen Davids MSc

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Assistive Technology for Mobility and Sports

Jeroen has a background in sport- and performance psychology and in human movement sciences. Currently he is working as a teacher in Nutrition and Dietetics and as a researcher in the project ‘’Bewegen met Technologie’’ In this research he focusses on supporting healthcare professionals in implementing technology.

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Han Dommers MSc

Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Han conducts research into the implementation by the Netherlands of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the access to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for people with complex communication needs.

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Rowie van Drie, Msc

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Rowie has been working as a Skin Therapy teacher at THUAS for two years. She works at two research groups: Relational care and Oncological care. Currently Rowie is starting a study into skin cancer prevention among outdoor workers and outdoor runners (young people loitering).

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Marleen Eikelenboom-Proost MA RN

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Marleen is a lecturer in Nursing who designs and researches education from arts-based perspective. Her work focuses on reflective learning, with particular attention to meaning-making and fostering genuine connection in healthcare. She has a strong interest in students’ personal and professional development.

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drs. Gwendell Foendoe Aubèl RD

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Gwendell is a senior lecturer in the Nutrition and Dietetics programme. He is currently the programme coordinator for internationalization and the coordinator of the self-developed minor in Nutrition, Sport, and Exercise. In addition, he has extensive experience as an independent dietitian.

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Matthijs Fleurke

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Matthijs’ research is about the relation between interprofessional collaboration of health care providers and the professional identity of health care providers.

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dr. Tsjitske Haanstra

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Technology for Health Care

Tsjitske is a researcher and lecturer at the dermal therapy program. Within the research group Technology for Healthcare she is involved in a survey study on experiences of elderly and persons with a disability with obtaining and using assistive technology. She is interested in technology for dermal care and the interaction between humans and technology. She is also affiliated with the Research group Relational Care.

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drs. Natasha E. Labohm

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Natasha is a social psychologist and is extremely interested in ethical conduct of (future) professionals in healthcare. She designs innovative educational interventions to increase the ethical awareness and behavior of students at GVS programs.

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Natasja van Lobenstein

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

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Roukayya Oueslati, MA, MSc

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Oncological Care

Roukayya Oueslati is a health scientist, Arabist and religious scholar and is conducting PhD research into shared decision making with ethnic minority groups in oncological care. She also teaches two days in the Nursing course.
She is affiliated with two Research groups: Oncological Care and Relational Care.

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ir. Caroelien Schuurman

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

Caroelien conducts research within the PAREL-s project to create a roadmap for the use of paramedical interventions to prevent and replace more expensive care. Areas of interest Interprofessional care and communication.

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drs. Astrid Stift

Lecturer-Researcher

Centre of Expertise Health Innovation

Relational Care

She is affiliated with two Research groups: Assistive Technology for Mobility and Sports

Asstrid conducts research into SPF lubrication behavior among various target groups as protection against harmful UV radiation. This is done with the help of a UV mirror.

She is affiliated with two Research groups: Assistive Technology for Mobility and Sports and Relational Care.

She is affiliated with two Research groups: Assistive Technology for Mobility and Sports

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