Silvia Evers new scientific director CAPHRI

Prof.dr. Silvia Evers will be scientific director of CAPHRI, Care and Public Health Research Institute, as of November 1, 2021. She succeeds Prof. Dr. Maurice Zeegers. The appointment of Silvia Evers is for a regular period of 6 years. In addition to her role as scientific director of CAPHRI, she will continue to work within the Health Services Research department as professor of Public Health Technology Assessment and affiliated with the Trimbos Institute.

Silvia Evers is 'Maastricht made': she studied Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Law and obtained her PhD in Maastricht. She has been working in the field of health economics since the early 1990s. She is a recognized scientist who initiates and organizes various (inter)national meetings. She strives for an independent and open research culture with a focus on team science, open science, recognition and appreciation and social impact. Professor Evers has an extensive (inter)national network and is a member of many (inter)national committees and journal editors. Coming from a multidisciplinary background and having worked within various groups, she attaches great importance to (inter)national collaboration between disciplines within and outside UM, as well as with various stakeholders in healthcare. Since her studies she has been actively involved in education in various roles.