About CAPHRI

Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) strives to create a healthy society for everyone by providing high quality research to improve the individual quality of life and innovate healthcare and public health. Building a bridge between our research and society has our highest priority.

Our innovative work focuses on prevention, prognostic studies, and intervention research, ranging from public and primary healthcare to person-oriented, long-term care.

Our research addresses local, regional, national, European, and global topics, and is thematically embedded in 6 research lines, 11 core departments and multiple living labs and centres. In all of our work, we are guided by our core values:

We care for health and wellbeing

We believe that health, care, and wellbeing are crucial elements of resilient individuals and successful societies.

We value cooperation and inclusion

It is our conviction that true innovation happens when people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and capabilities come together.

Our research has societal relevance

While generating new knowledge is essential, we are particularly focused on ensuring this knowledge creates real societal impact. We see knowledge as a means to an end, and therefore actively share our findings with the wider public through publications, public education, and outreach initiatives.

CAPHRI Organisation

CAPHRI is managed by the Scientific Director and Managing Director.

The Board of Research Line (RL) Chairs consists of the management board together with the research line chairs. The Board of RL Chairs provides accountability to the Management Board and acts as a sounding board, sparring partner and gatekeeper for School council issues. The RL chairs also hold the responsibility for the scientific and financial management of their RL.

CAPHRI’s Management Office provides support for individual researchers, departments and research lines on practical, administrative, legal and financial matters regarding all aspects of the research enterprise. This includes staff management (tenure, non-tenure & support staff), accounting, project acquisition and financial project management.

The CAPHRI Research Institute Council consists of the Management Board, Board of RL chairs, Head of Departments and Committee Chairs. Their responsibilities include: information of decisions and actions made by the RL- and managing boards, large strategic decisions, content specific presentations, active monitoring of proposed policy and financial accountability.

The CAPHRI PhD representatives represent the interests of all PhD candidates in our institutes. In addition, they also organize formal and informal events for all CAPHRI PhD candidates to join and they communicate important information to our PhD community.

The CAPHRI Advisory Board acts as a sounding board for major Institute decisions and strategy, offering advice, external monitoring and connections to management.

The CAPHRI Advisory Board consists of:

• Prof.dr. Lex M. Bouter, Professor Emeritus of Methodology and Integrity, VU Amsterdam
• Dr. Roel Goffin, Chair of the Board/CEO Maastro
• Dr. Rachelle van Haaften, Director Healthcare and Wellbeing, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
• Stefaan van der Spiegel, MD, MBA, Head of Sector, Health Innovation and Substances of Human Origin (DG SANTE), European Commission
• Prof. dr. Aura Timen, Professor of Primary and Community Care, Radboudumc
• Prof.dr. Julia van Weert, Professor of Health Communication, University of Amsterdam