Current PhD students

Simone 't Hooft
Topic: Situations, needs, and support for people in vulnerable positions
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

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)
Started: January 2020

Nikita Poole
Topic: Reception, impact and industry opposition to tobacco control policy
Promotion team: Prof. Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Marc Willemsen, Dr. Floor van den Brand
Institute: Maastricht University and IVO Research Institute (Netherlands)
Started: September 2019

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)
Started: September 2019
Past PhD students

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
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