Amsterdam Public Health

In recent years, APH has been a partner of Hacking Health Amsterdam, and together we have developed some innovative solutions. As Hacking Health is now coming to an end, they are organizing a final Hacking Health event in the form of a Stopathon.

Congress & symposium The growing complexity of global health challenges requires approaches that transcend disciplines and traditional hierarchies of knowledge. Co-creation and participatory research are increasingly recognised as essential for generating contextually grounded, equitable and sustainable solutions.

Lecture & speech On Thursday September 11, 2025 we will have the opportunity to meet each other again during an Eat-while-meet lunchmeeting. The topic of this lunchmeeting is Professional Performance & Nurse Preceptorship.

Course & workshop Ever felt the conversation ends right at the moment when the idea begins? What if there were more room to stretch, to question, to think together? Even as the world’s tensions echo in our halls, we can still build spaces for learning and care. Join the first VU-wide dialogue!

Course & workshop Funders, policy-makers and research organizations increasingly expect a participatory approach in research projects. Are you also interested in participatory action research? Sign up for this course!

Congress & symposium The Amsterdam Centre for Health Communication (ACHC) is hosting an autumn symposium on Thursday, November 13th. This year’s theme is ‘Social Media and Mental Health’. The symposium will be led by Mieke Oldeman, Brittany Chan, and Eline Smit.

Lecture & speech Every four weeks, ACH organizes a webinar to present our cohort-studies and discuss themes relevant for cohort studies, their staff and researchers.

Congress & symposium We would like to invite you to the 9th Annual Meeting of Amsterdam Public Health, taking place on November 25, 2025. This year’s theme is: Sustainability in Public Health.

Lecture & speech The impact of the EHDS and AI-act on your future research? Find out on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

Other During this Research meeting you will discover the role of bile salt as hormones that can dampen steatosis and inflammation, how foamy, lipid-laden macrophages affect atherosclerotic disease, and how unnecessary anti-anaerobic antibiotics may harm sepsis patients by disrupting vital gut microbes — and how one PhD student took this insight from the bench to international guidelines in just four years.