The Sarphati Initiative is an Academic Collaborative Center in Public Health in the region of Noord-Holland and Flevoland. The initiative is a collaboration of the Amsterdam UMC departments of Public and Occupational Health and Infectious diseases and GGDs in the regions.

Objective

The Sarphati Initiative is an Academic Collaborative Center of Public Health in the region Noord-Holland and Flevoland, The Netherlands. Sarphati Initiative aims to produce scientific knowledge to inform municipal policies to improve the health of (especially) high-risk groups in the population.

Partners

  • GGD Amsterdam, and GGDs in North Holland and Flevoland
  • University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • University of Amsterdam (HvA)
  • Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public and Occupational health and Department of Infectious diseases
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Examples

of activities in the field of education and training

  • Dissemination of knowledge through doctoral research and scientific articles
  • Supervision of AIOS, refresher courses, internships

of activities in the field of research

  • Long-term Amsterdam Cohort Studies on HIV
  • HELIUS study

of activities in the area of care (innovation)

  • LIKE project, intervention study embedded in the Amsterdam Healthy Weight Approach
  • Family project

Established in 2009 (cooperation since 1970).
There is structural cooperation. A contract has been concluded with the partners.

Coordinator

Prof. dr. Karien Stronks: k.stronks@amsterdamumc.nl

Website

https://sarphati.nl/

Part of Division 10

This Academic Collaborative Center is part of one of the departments of Division 10 of Amsterdam UMC. An overview of all Academic Collaborative Centers identified by Division 10, can be found below.