Current PhD students
Jolanda van Omme
Topic: A social perspective on public health in the end-of-life
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Dr. Sharissa Corporaal
Institute: Avans University of Applied Sciences and Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Started: May 2024
Simone 't Hooft
Topic: Navigating vulnerability: (participatory) research on the health and well-being of people in uncertain living situations
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Dr. Margriet Lenkens, Dr. Sarah Stutterheim
Institute: IVO Research Institute and Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Started: September 2022
Dorine van Namen
Topic: The consequences of addiction in the family for young adult relatives
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Hein de Vries, Dr. AnneLoes van Staa, Dr. Sander Hilberink
Institute: Maastricht University (Netherlands) and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
Started: January 2020
Nikita Poole
Topic: From tobacco policy to person - Multilevel influences on smoking cessation
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Marc Willemsen, Dr. Floor van den Brand
Institute: Maastricht University and IVO Research Institute (Netherlands)
Started: September 2019
Past PhD students
Dr. Cloé Geboers
Topic: Impact of tobacco taxation on smoking in the Netherlands
Promotion team: Prof. Marc Willemsen, Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Hein de Vries, Dr. Math Candel
Institute: Maastricht University and Trimbos Institute (Netherlands)
Finished: June 2024
PhD thesis: download pdf here
Dr. Pragati Hebbar
Topic: Implementation research for taking select tobacco control policy interventions to scale in India
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Onno van Schayck, Dr. Giridhar Babu, Dr. Upendra Bhojani
Institute: Maastricht University (Netherlands) and Institute of Public Health (India)
Finished: November 2023
PhD thesis: download pdf here
Dr. Thomas Martinelli
Topic: Exploring frontiers of drug addiction recovery through people, pathways and policy
Promotion team: Prof. Dike van de Mheen, Prof. Gera Nagelhout
Institute: Tilburg University and IVO Research Institute (Netherlands)
Finished: February 2023
PhD thesis: download pdf here
Dr. Margriet Lenkens
Topic: Mechanisms of experiential peer support for young people engaging in criminal behaviour
Promotion team: Prof. Frank van Lenthe, Prof. Godfried Engbersen, Prof. Gera Nagelhout
Institute: Erasmus University Medical Centre and IVO Research Institute (Netherlands)
Finished: April 2022
PhD thesis: download pdf here, website
Dr. Floor van den Brand
Topic: Effect of financial incentives for smoking cessation at the workplace
Promotion team: Prof. Onno van Schayck, Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Niels Chavannes, Dr. Bjorn Winkens
Institute: Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Finished: October 2020
PhD thesis: download pdf here
Dr. Dirk Jan van Mourik
Topic: Evaluation of pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages in the Netherlands
Promotion team: Prof. Hein de Vries, Prof. Marc Willemsen, Prof. Gera Nagelhout
Institute: Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Finished: December 2019
PhD thesis: download pdf here
Dr. Karin Hummel
Topic: Evaluation of inconsistently implemented tobacco control policies in the Netherlands
Promotion team: Prof. Hein de Vries, Prof. Marc Willemsen, Dr. Gera Nagelhout
Institute: Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Finished: September 2017
PhD thesis: download pdf here