Innovation budget is reserved each year to increase the scientific and societal impact of the research institute. Goals are to generate highly cited papers and to increase translation and successful implementation of scientific findings. Besides innovation grants APH is also investing in talent development of early career researchers by providing the opportunity to apply for travel or writing grants.
The innovation budget is divided equally over the nine APH research programs. Each program annually distributes this budget among its affiliated researchers. Research programs could divide their budget through open calls for research, or for writing and travel grants. In addition to this regular innovation budget, each research program can claim a voucher of €50,000 once every four years, which is intended for proof-of-concept research that is difficult to finance elsewhere.
In 2020-2024 the APH research programs have awarded grants with variable budget to the following researchers:
Digital Health
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alicia Uijl | AI-Powered Prediction of End-stage Heart Failure for Improved Management and Advanced Care Planning |
| 2024 | Jiani Tang | An automated AI assessment tool for junior surgeons in the operating room |
| 2024 | Minke Holleboom & Eva Meier | Ethical implementation of a vital sign monitoring technology |
| 2024 | Tanja de Rijke | Together for (digital) brain health |
| 2024 | Sheena Bhagirath | Conference registration HLTH Amsterdam |
| 2024 | David Neal | Conference registration HLTH Amsterdam |
| 2023 | Tim Feenstra | From the Workbench to the Benchmark: AI Learning Analytics for Next-Generation Surgery (AILANGS) |
| 2023 | Corinne Oldhoff-Nuijsink | Setting-up a panel with disadvantaged populations for research on digital Health inclusivity: a recruitment feasibility study |
| 2023 | Christiaan Vinkers | Using new data sources for open access evidence-based AI answers using EvidenceHun |
Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Margreet Olthof | Novel insights into impact of food biodiversity on diet quality in various subpopulations in the Netherlands |
| 2022 | Sanne Veldman | SUNRISE – Pilot Study |
| 2021 | Mirte Kuipers | Recent developments in Amsterdam's tobacco retail environment and lessons for local and notional tobacco control |
| 2021 | Lena Sialino | Perspectives on healthy aging among older men in the Netherlands |
| 2020 | Erik Timmermans | Changes in neighbourhood walkability: an avenue to promote physical activity in old age |
| 2020 | Manou Anselma | Participatory Research |
Mental Health
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dirk Pelt | AI & Machine Learning |
| 2021 | Lianne Bakkum | Developing a toolbox of EMA apps that are inclusive to people with intellectual disabilities |
| 2021 | Heleen Riper, Mirjam Sprangers | Ecological Momentary Assessment: Best Practices in APH Mental Health Research Revised, or Second Edition or Innovation in APH Mental Health Research |
| 2021 | Maartje van Stralen, Eline Smit, Monique Alblas | Always connected: Investigating mental well-being in a digital world using a person specific approach (N-of-1) and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) |
| 2020 | Ilse Verhagen | Promoting refugee children’s mental health by strengthening civil society participation in the Netherlands |
| 2020 | Jentien Vermeulen | Stressed out; A psychosocial analysis of the interplay between tobacco use and other substances in people at risk for psychosis |
| 2020 | Michiel Luijten | Advances in measuring mental health in early childhood (1-5 years): The PROMIS Early Childhood measures for anxiety, depression, irritability and sleep disturbance in the Netherlands |
| 2020 | Marjolein Missler | Preventing parental distress and enhancing caregiving quality for newborns: the development of a low-intensity psycho-educational prevention program for expecting parents |
Societal Participation & Health
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mariska de Wit | Factors influencing institutional trust in welfare state institutions: a systematic literature review |
| 2024 | Isaline Eijssen | Translating research into practice: Perspectives of occupational therapists on evidence based healthcare in persons with multiple sclerosis |
| 2023 | Malte van Veen | The replication crisis unraveled in occupational health |
| 2022 | Michiel Greidanus, Trees Juurlink | Hybrid working from an occupational health perspective |
| 2022 | Judith Mollet | Sick leave from work after Acquired Brain Injury |
| 2022 | Roosmarijn Schelvis | Critical working conditions for the prevention of burnout complaints in young workers working from home or hybrid: A necessary condition analysis |
| 2022 | Astrid Bosma, Mariska de Wit | Support needs for return to work among self-employed workers |
| 2021 | Amber Daniëlle Zeeger | Utilizing the momentum: addressing work participation in rare cancer patients and survivors |
| 2021 | Sietske Tamminga, Astrid de Wind | Prognostic factors for work participation among cancer survivors –Cochrane systematic review with meta-regression |
| 2021 | Paul Kuijer | Kneearthroplasty – using Cochrane state-of-the-art evidence synthesis methods to evaluate prognostic factors for return to work |
| 2021 | Carlien Straat | Exploring short-and long-term effects of a global pandemic on university (research) workers |
| 2021 | Astrid Bosma, Minne Bakker | Disclosure of health problems in workers with a low SEP in Amsterdam: the bigger picture |
Global Health
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Katja de Jong | Is ‘speeding up’ a feasible and beneficial long-term strategy in drug and vaccine development? Opportunities, risks, benefits and drawbacks of systematic acceleration |
| 2022 | Mariska Olff, Chris Hoeboer, Marit Sijbrandij | Feasibility study of Pulihkan Luka - a web-based psychoeducation program for trauma related symptoms in an Indonesian undergraduate student population |
| 2020 | Wieger Voskuijl, Teun Zuiderent | Clinical warning signs for mortality prediction in critically sick and malnourished Bangladeshi children; using Artificial Intelligence to reduce global childhood mortality. |
| 2020 | Kevin de Sabbata | Citizens’ perceptions on moral issues in the COVID-19 crisis in Low and Middle Income Countries’ |
| 2020 | Maiza Campos Ponce | COVID-19 telehealth solution for health workers in the community |
Aging & Later Life
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Annicka van der Plas, Bregje Philipsen | Een Amsterdams transmuraal zorgpad voor gezamenlijke besluitvorming en proactieve zorgplanning met oudere kankerpatiënten |
| 2021 | Rose-Marie Dröes | Innovation award FindMyApps Online |
| 2021 | Bianca Buurman | Research agenda 'Urban Aging en Later Life' |
| 2021 | Najada Stringa | Innovationpostdoc |
| 2020 | Birgit Damoiseux | Innovationpostdoc |
| 2020 | Najada Stringa | Innovationpostdoc |
Quality of Care
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Haiyue Shan | Fostering a Solution-Focused Approach: Developing a Clinical Tool for Midwives to Identify and Assess Perinatal Mental Health Risks among Chinese Migrant Pregnant Women in the Netherlands |
| 2023 | Paul Merkus, Marlise van der Veen | MRI-based synthetic CT of head and neck |
| 2022 | Bo Schouten, Prabath Nanayakkara | Animatie video voor implementatie AI bloedkweken model |
| 2022 | Niek Sperna Weiland, Dionne Kringos | Reducing the environmental impact of healthcare in Amsterdam through a co-creation systems approach |
| 2021 | Mireille Dekker, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls | The effect of link nurse networks on compliance with infection prevention and control guidelines in acute care hospitals |
| 2021 | Steffie van Schoten, Jacky Hooftman | Monitor Zorggerelateerde Schade 2019 |
| 2021 | Roos Boerman | Reducing unnecessary blood cultures and antibiotics in the emergency department with the introduction of machine learning algorithms |
| 2020 | Marieke van Wier, Mirjam Fransen | Psychosocial effects of COVID-19 restrictions among hearing impaired adults; identification of risk groups and mitigation strategies |
| 2017 | Lia de Niet | Pilot implementation DOCpass checklist in operating room practice |
Personalized Medicine
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bryn Hummel | Reaching diverse populations for qualitative research: an appendix for the APH quality handbook |
| 2024 | Anouk Groenewegen | How to use PROMs for Shared Decision-Making: a conceptual framework |
| 2024 | Lizan Bloemsma | Assessing health inequalities in patients with COPD and comorbid type 2 diabetes to enable tailored-made care |
| 2023 | Fiorella Huijgens | Exploring the burden of shared decision-making among cancer patients with non-Dutch/diverse cultural backgrounds through collaboration with Stichting Gezondheid Allochtonen Nederland (SGAN) |
| 2023 | Menno Maris | Negotiating professional autonomy in personalized medicine and AI innovations: an ethnographic study of ICD implantation decision-making |
| 2023 | Yasaman Vali | Personalized prediction of liver fibrosis progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)- A Personal Risk Calculator |
| 2023 | Bodi Huisman | Navigating Challenges and Uncertainties in Providing GenderAffirming Care to Non-Binary and Genderqueer Individuals: A Healthcare Provider Perspective |
| 2022 | Karl Gerritse | GenderJourney: the co-creation of a visual communication aid to foster shared decision-making in gender-affirming medical care. |
| 2022 | Olga Damman, Lotte Haverman, Maud van Muilekom | PROMs for personalized medicine: A PROM implementation research network kick-off. |
| 2022 | Tessel Rigter | Expert meeting: ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) and implementation aspects of technology based-PM for the prediction of sudden cardiac arrest. |
| 2022 | Bahareh Goodarzi | Experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace of midwives and student midwives: an intersectional approach. |
| 2022 | Lies ter Beek | Positive health literacy: Special Interest Group and Position Paper. |
| 2021 | Anouk Schrantee | Linking symptom and brain network structure to understand heterogeneity in treatment response in ADHD. |
| 2020 | Agnies van Eeghen | Getting personal: Methylphenidate for ADHD symptoms in phenylketonuria: an N-of-1 series. |
Methodology
| Year | Researcher(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ellen Ricke | Promoting Innovation in Assessing Healthcare Professionals' Well-being: Adapting the WellNext Scan for General Practices |
| 2023 | Wieneke Mokkink | Disseminating the COSMIN methodology for the selection of relevant, valid and reliable outcome measurement instruments in research and clinical practice |
| 2022 | Wieneke Mokkink, Iris Eekhout | A sample size app for reliability studies: refinement, explanation and dissemination. |
| 2021 | Mai Chin A Paw | Mapping the multi-dimensional nature of movement behavior in youth-Sensor-based behavioral data analysis |
| 2021 | Irene van Valkengoed | What about sex and gender? Implementing sex and gender in epidemiology |
| 2021 | Bada Yang | Dissemination of QUADAS-C, a risk of bias tool for comparative diagnostic accuracy studies |