PhD Graduate School CAPHRI
CAPHRI is known for its comprehensive PhD programme for talented scientists. As a PhD candidate you will carry out a unique and significant individual research project which culminates in the writing of a thesis. Our committed researchers offer high-quality supervision. We have partnerships with a wide range of organisations and institutions in our region and beyond to ensure that the work you do really contributes to the improvement of care and public health.


Why CAPHRI?
- Over 400 PhD candidates
- Around 60 conferrals each year
- 40% of our PhD candidates comes from abroad
- A PhD programme at a high academic level
- Transdisciplinary focus
- International partnership networks
- No tuition fees
Your poster in the spotlight at the annual CAPHRI Research Day 2023

On 7 June 2023, the annual CAPHRI Research Day will take place. All CAPHRI PhDs are invited to submit their abstract. The best 36 abstracts will be selected and these PhD candidates will be invited to develop a poster, which is displayed and presented during the CAPHRI PhD Poster Session. The best poster and presentation of the day will be awarded!
Events for PhD candidates and PhD conferrals
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01 Jun10:00
PhD conferral Rachelle Meisters
"Unravelling socioeconomic and regional differences in health and healthcare expenditures in the Netherlands-
The contribution of loneliness, income inadequacy and mastery" -
02 Jun13:00
PhD conferral Emmelie Hazelzet
"Promoting sustainable employability of employees in low-skilled jobs
Development, implementation, and evaluation of a dialogue-based intervention" -
15 Jun16:00
PhD conferral Esther Boudewijns
"Optimising care for people with chronic conditions: - The Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions tool"
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22 Jun16:00
PhD conferral Michiel Bannier
"Non-Invasive Biomarkers In Paediatric Asthma"
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03 Dec 09 Dec
CAPHRI-ASPHER course Public Health Strategy I
A 5-days course on Public Health Law for CAPHRI PhD candidates.
CAPHRI PhD Guide

In the online PhD Guide you will find information on all aspects of doing a PhD at CAPHRI, ranging from the training programme, guidelines for supervision, and the PhD defense. It contains valuable information for current and prospective PhD students as well as for supervisors.
Pitch your PhD!

A Pitch your PhD! session organised by and for our PhD candidates was offered during the CAPHRI online Research Meeting on 23 November to give PhDs the opportunity to present their work to the CAPHRI community.
All CAPHRI PhD candidates were invited to submit a pre-recorded 3-minute video pitch of their research project. This work could either consist of research results, but also of work in progress, or even a research proposal. 33 CAPHRI PhD candidates submitted their pitch about their research. After a careful pre-selection, 8 of them were selected to pitch their work at the CAPHRI online Research Meeting and had a chance to win 500€ to spend on their own professional development.
We were proud to see so many high-quality pitches! you watch all submitted pitches here.
Testimonials

Sascha Bolt, internal PhD candidate
“My PhD supervision team and CAPHRI give me a lot of room to develop further as a professional.”

Jessica Neicun, external PhD candidate
"I really value the mindset of the people at CAPHRI, the high-quality of the research they conduct and their willingness to help"

Maike Tietschert, PhD alumna
“I always felt like I was part of a team here at CAPHRI.”
Dissertations





When informed decision making meets health promotion: an integration of both areas based on the example of smoking cessation
Thomas Gültzow
RL Promoting Health and Personalised care
Breaking through the clouds: towards understanding sunburn, sun exposure and sun protection of children in the Netherlands
Karlijn Thoonen
RL Promoting Health and Personalised Care
Personalizing preschool preventive child health care: the MOM study
Bernice Doove
RL Health Inequities and Societal Participation
Connecting conversations: experienced quality of care from the resident’s perspective: a narrative method for nursing homes
Katya Sion
RL Ageing and Long-Term Care
Health technology assessment of treatment for peripheral arterial disease
Svenja Petersohn
RL Creating Value-Based Healthcare
Have a look at a selection of the latest CAPHRI dissertations.
A complete overview of CAPHRI dissertations can be found here.
We are CAPHRI
Get an idea of the variety of CAPHRI research and education. In “We are CAPHRI” PhD candidates tell you more about the people, research, meetings and other interesting facts of the Department they are working in.
