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Gera Nagelhout (G.E.)

I am an endowed professor in ‘Health and Wellbeing of People with a Lower Socioeconomic Position’ at the department of Health Promotion of Maastricht University (two days per week). I am also lector ‘Engaged Science’ at Centre of Expertise Perspective in Health of Avans University of Applied Sciences (three days per week). I have a background in Communication Science and a PhD in Health Sciences. My research projects focus on health inequalities, poverty, and inequality of opportunity. My research also focuses on inclusive and participative research, citizen science, and appreciating experiential knowledge in all phases of health research.

Expertises

- Health inequalities, poverty, and inequality of opportunity
- Impact of population-level tobacco control policies on smoking cessation
- Citizen science, participatory research and inclusive research methods
- Societal impact and science communication

Career history

Employers

  • Maastricht University, 2008 - present
  • Avans University of Applied Sciences, 2023 - present
  • IVO Research Institute, 2017 -  2023
  • The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2016 - 2017
  • Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society, 2014 - 2015
  • STIVORO Dutch expert centre on tobacco control, 2007 - 2013
  • Radboud University Nijmegen's IQ Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, 2007 - 2008

Awards and prizes

  • CAPHRI Societal Impact Award for research teams 2019 (first prize, awarded with €500)
  • ECL ECToH Young Professional Award 2017 (first prize, awarded with a travel grant of €3,000)
  • Dutch Public Health Prize 2013 (first prize, awarded with a travel grant of €1,500)
  • CaRe Dissertation Award 2013 (third prize, awarded with a certificate)

Education

  • PhD Health Sciences, 2008 - 2012, Maastricht University
  • Master Applied Communication Science, 2006 - 2007, University of Twente
  • Bachelor Communication Science, 2003 - 2006, Radboud University