Program support: Inge van Strien-Knippenberg
Contact: aph.qualityofcare@amsterdamumc.nl
We aim to optimize quality of care to make healthcare more patient-centered, sustainable, and available for everyone
Our “DNA”
Our identity
As researchers, we feel involved in contributing to the quality of care by conducting excellent scientific research. Integrity, innovation and quality of our research are of key importance. We share the drive and responsibility to have societal impact. We do this by initiating, executing, valorizing and implementing research. Our mission and motivation bring us together and give color and a common purpose to our joint activities. Our program is unique because of its broad support base and multidisciplinary approach to improve the quality of healthcare.
Our ambition
Our ambition is to monitor and improve the quality of healthcare through scientific research and by training the researchers and healthcare professionals of the future. Together we conduct high quality research to 1) optimize the quality of care for patients throughout the entire life cycle, 2) make healthcare more patient-centered, sustainable and available to everyone, and 3) deploy healthy healthcare professionals. We take ethical issues and legal aspects into account in all our activities. In doing so, we enable mutual connections between researchers so that they can reinforce, inspire, stimulate and collaborate effectively in their research activities.
Mission and goals
In the Quality of Care research program solid research is performed aiming to optimize quality of care for individuals and groups of patients, to make healthcare more patient-centered, sustainable, and available for everyone and taking ethical issues and legal aspects into account.
We do this by: (1) improving Quality of Care across disciplines (e.g. internal medicine, acute care, surgery, ophthalmology, midwifery, ear-nose and throat, palliative care, genetics); (2) improving management of care, via implementation, supporting communication and the utilization of remote (e-health and m-health) care, and multidisciplinary teams, and (3) monitoring (patient-specific) outcomes (e.g. quality of life, patient safety) and societal impact.
Program leaders
Research themes
The Quality of Care research programs roadmap 2020-2023 comprises the following themes:
Research
The main goals of the ‘Research’ domain focus on internal collaboration and cohesion, and on the promotion of national and international visibility and consolidation. We strive to continuously enhance the connection/collaboration between QoC researchers, but also with researchers from other institutions. In addition, we aim to develop and execute joint research proposals. To gain more national and international visibility we aim to stimulate the organization of (international) conferences, and to increase scientific output by QoC researchers.
Society
The main goals of the ‘Society’ domain focus on connecting projects to societal themes, consolidate QoC as an active societal organization, and strive for (inter)national acknowledgement for being a societal relevant organization.
Implementation and valorization
The goals of the ‘Implementation and Valorization’ theme focus on developing and establishing QoC expertise. In addition, we aim to encourage and ensure private and public collaboration.
Calls for APH-QOC grants
We are pleased to inform you about three APH-QoC grants for which you can now apply: the innovation grant, the secondary data analysis grant, and the work visit grant. In this newsletter you will find all information about the purposes of the grants, the time schedules, and how to apply.
Eat while Meet lunches
The QoC Eet while Meet lunches (free of charge) are held every three months with the idea to enable mutual connections between QoC researchers, to reinforce, inspire, stimulate and collaborate in research activities.

Senior program council
The program leaders of the Quality of Care research program chair the QoC Senior program council. This senior program council consist of a selection of senior researchers of the research program who meet regularly to implement or update the research program-specific strategy and to discuss anticipatory or reactive response to external events.
Senior program council members | |
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Carla van El | Marieke van Wier |
Oscar Brito Fernandes | Natalie Evans |
Elke Bos |
Junior program council
The Quality of Care research program has installed a QoC Junior program council that provides program leaders with solicited and unsolicited advice and helps them with the organization of research program-specific activities or events.
Junior program council members | |
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Georgios Soultanopoulos | Vicoria Hartling |
Nick Overpelt | Willemijn Klein Swormink |
Research program members
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Adriana ZekveldPI DR.
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Agnes Willemen
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Alexander Hoorntje
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Angela Bosma
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Angela de BoerPI PhD
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Ank de JongePI PROF.DR. dr.
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Anne de la CroixDR.
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Annelou L. C. de VriesPI DR.
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Aranka Akkermans
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Art van SchaaijkMSc
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Astrid van HuizenBSc MSc
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Barbara Regeer
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Bart Laan
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Bas BossersDR.
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Benedikt PreckelPI Prof. MA MD PhD
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Bouchra Koullali
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Carel HulshofProf. MD PhD
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Cas SmitsPI PROF.DR.IR.
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Charlotte Jansen
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Damir Ivankovic
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Danielle TimmermansPI PROF.DR. Professor in Public Health Risk Communication
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David van MeenenMD
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Elke BosMD
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Ellen Elsman - PerlotDR.
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Elsbeth WesselinkDRS.
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Emiel HoogendijkDR.
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Emma BirnieMD
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Erik JoukesPhD
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Esther H. Bisschops
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Eva Berkeveld
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Eva Klappe
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Eva PajkrtPROF.DR.
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Fabian KooijDR.
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Fabienne Stubenrouch
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Fleur Souverein
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France Rose Marie Portrait
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Frank BloemersPROF.DR.
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Franka MeilandDR.
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Freek de Rooij
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Ganapathy van SamkarMD
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Garry PigotDRS.
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Hanneke MertenDR.
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Hans van der WoudenPI DR.
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Hans van Schuppen
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Hedy van OersPhD
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Isabelle Flierman
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Jacqueline Broerse
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Jan FraessdorfMD PhD
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Janine de Snoo-Trimp
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Jan-Paul Roozeman
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Jelle de Jong
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Jenny JuschtenDR.
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Jens HenrichsDR.
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Jimmy Schenk
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Joanna KlopotowskaPI PhD
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Joeri TijdinkPI PhD MD DRS. dr.
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Johannes LegemaatePI Prof. PhD
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Joost van den Berg
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Jorinde PoldermanMD
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Jos van Roosmalen
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Joyce Baard
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Judith HuirnePI DR.
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Judith JelsmaDr.
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Karuna van der MeijPhD
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Kiki LombartsPI Prof. PhD
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Kim Opdam
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Kitty JagerPI Prof. MD PhD
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Laura KoxMD PhD
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Laxsini MurugesuMSC.
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Leo GeeraedtsDR.
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Leonie VisserDR.
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Lidewij HennemanPI PROF.DR.
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Lilian PetersDR.
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Linda BonnieMSc
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Linda Martin
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M.H. van der Veendr.ir.
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Maarten Kok
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Maike van HezelMSc
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Malene van SchaikPhD
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Manouk AdmiraalBSc MSc
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Marcellinus de LeeuwDR.
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Margreet Harskamp-van GinkelMSC.
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Margreet StolperDRS. Assistant Professor
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Margriet MullenderPI PROF.DR.
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Marianne Mak-van der VossenDR. DR.
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Marjolein BonthuisPhD
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Markus HollmannPI Prof. MD PhD
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Martijn StuiverDR.
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Maud van Zijl
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Mees BaartmansMSC.
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Melissa van Dorp
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Merel van Kassel
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Micah HeldewegMSC.
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Michiel GreidanusMSc
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Michiel Schuijt
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Miranda LangendamPI PhD
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Mireille van StijnDRS.
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Mirjam FransenPI PhD
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Nanon Labrie
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Naomi van der VeldenMSc
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Natalie EvansDR.
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Nicolaas KlazingaPI Prof. PhD
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Nicolette de KeizerPI Prof. PhD
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Niek Sperna WeilandMD
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Niki MedendorpMSc
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Patricia ZondervanDR.
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Patrick SchoberPI PROF.DR. PROF. DR.
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Paul KuijerPI PhD PhD
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Philip van DammeBSc
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Pouline van OortDR.
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Prabath NanayakkaraPI PROF.DR.
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Ragnar HuhnPhD
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Raoul HennekamPI Prof. PhD
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Rashmi KusurkarPROF.DR. Dr.
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Raymond OsteloPI Professor PROF.
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Rianne BoeninkMSc
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Romein Dujardin
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Romeo AdegbiteMD
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Ruben Zwiers
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Ruth van NispenPI PROF.DR.
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Ruud Wong Chung
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Sacha Kuil
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Sander Garrelfs
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Saskia BogersMD
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Sebastiaan van der StormDRS.
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Simon LansbergenMSc
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Simone van der Plas
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Sjoerd Nota
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Sunny NijbroekMD
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Susanne EberlMD
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Suzanne GeerlingsPI Prof. PhD
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Tanja DoodemanMSc
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Tessa van Horrik
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Teun Zuiderent-Jerak
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Thadé Goderie
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Theo de ReijkePI MD PhD
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Theo GovertsDR.
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Thijs de RooijBSc
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Tinka BakkerMSc
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Tizifa Tizifa
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Vivianne DörenbergDR.MR.
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Wieke KremerMD
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Wietse ZuidemaDR.
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Wouter HehenkampPI DR.
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Xander Koolman
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Xanthe de Voogd
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Yuval SteinmanMSc