ResearchMy research projects mainly focus on building innovative and multi-disciplinary interventions that support people in coping with a chronic disease and adopting a healthy lifestyle. I am especially interested in making care systems personal. For example, how can we use advanced AI-technology to tailor care systems to unique characteristics and preferences of each individual? Secondly, I tend to focus on so-called vulnerable populations, such as people who struggle with financial stress and who are especially prone to having unhealthy health habits. I have a special interest in how problems cluster within the medical and social domain, and how we can prevent people from spiraling down to poor self-regulation and loneliness.TeachingI am involved in several courses regarding motivational interviewing, health theories and behavioural interventions across Leiden University, Leiden University Medical Center and the Campus The Hague. In addition, I am coordinator of the module ‘The older Individual’ in the international and interdisciplinary LUMC master Vitality & Ageing. My main topic of teaching concerns health innovation. I teach students to combine creativity, empathy and scientific reflection to develop interventions for various target populations.