APH each year reserves budget to support, mostly junior and mid-career, researchers to travel to an international congress, symposium or to visit a research group abroad. The research programs aim to invest in talent development of early career researchers by providing this opportunity. Goals are to share knowledge internationally and to increase the academic network of junior and mid-career researchers.

Each APH research program annually awards part of their budget to work visit grants among its affiliated researchers. Requirements for funding and the availble budget difffers per research program. Awardees are asked to write a short work visit blog on their experiences abroad. Read below the blogs of the work visits in 2025:

Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases

Researcher Date Work visit location Read more
Claudia Dictus May 4-28, 2025 Jyvaskyla Finland APH HBCD work visit blog: Claudia Dictus
Judith Visser May 31-July 4, 2025 Dublin, Ireland APH HBCD work visit blog: Judith Visser
Romy Slebe June 15-August 1, 2025 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario in Canada APH HBCD work visit blog: Romy Slebe
Rosalie Bakker June 30-August 24, 2025 The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland – United Kingdom APH HBCD work visit blog: Rosalie Bakker

Mental Health

Researcher Date Work visit location Read more
Anil Ori October 17-31, 2025 Mexico: The WCPG annual meeting of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics APH MH work visit blog: Anil Ori
Malin Au August 25-September 26, 2025 University of Basel APH MH work visit blog: Malin Au

Aging & Later Life

Researcher Date Work visit location Read more
Charlotte Albers September 8-October 3, 2025 Institute of Nursing Science APH ALL work visit blog: Charlotte Albers
Eefje Sizoo October 5-9, 2025 Alzheimer Europe conference & InterDEM meeting Bologna IT APH ALL work visit blog: Eefje Sizoo
Henk Jan Schuijt October 1-5, 2025 Fragility Fracture Network Global Congress 2025, Porto, Portugal APH ALL work visit blog: Henk Jan Schuijt
Hester Fidder October 6-8, 2025 35th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Bologna APH ALL work visit blog: Hester Fidder
Janine Hendriks June 15-19, 2025 European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease symposium, Barcelona APH ALL work visit blog: Janine Hendriks
Eline Kroeze May 27-30, 2025 25th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC25) in Lisbon APH ALL work visit blog: Eline Kroeze
Charlotte Nijskens September 24-26, 2025 The European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) conference in Reykjavik, Iceland APH ALL work visit blog: Charlotte Nijskens
Jaro Govaerts September 24-26, 2025 The European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) conference in Reykjavik, Iceland APH ALL work visit blog: Jaro Govaerts
Julia Lyons November 20-22, 2025 International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) symposium, Ghent, Belgium APH ALL work visit blog: Julia Lyons
Ilse Pluim November 20-22, 2025 International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) symposium, Ghent, Belgium APH ALL work visit blog: Ilse Pluim
Sophie van Oppenraaij August 24-29, 2025 International Congress of Nutrition of IUNS: Sustainable Food for Global Health, Paris, France APH ALL work visit blog: Sophie van Oppenraaij
Thomas Engelsma September 29 - October 1, 2025 Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research (IAHPR) in Enschede APH ALL work visit blog: Thomas Engelsma
Chantal Goossens May 12-16, 2025 Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) Education Course, Linköping University (Division Ageing and Social Change – ASC), and The National Research Center for Work Environment (NFA, Copenhagen)
Hanne-Eva van Bremen October 1-4, 2025 Fragility Fracture Network Global Congress 2025, Porto, Portugal
Wim Groen June 11-13, 2025 The Frailty & Resilience in Ageing (FRIA) research department, Brussels, Belgium

Quality of Care

Researcher Date Work visit location Read more
Annerixt Gribnau February 1- July 31, 2025 University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, PACE Section APH QoC work visit blog: Annerixt Gribnau

Personalized Medicine

Researcher Date Work visit location Read more
Mirthe Klein Haneveld September 16-19, 2025 Guidelines-International-Network (GIN) conference, Geneva APH PM work visit blog: Mirthe Klein Haneveld
Eva Meier February-March, 2026 Australia; University of Melbourne, Monash University, and Griffith University Conduct in-depth interviews with stakeholders from various PGx programs