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PhD candidates - external

The Athena Institute comprises an international, transdisciplinary research and teaching community of about 100 scientists and support staff. 

External PhD candidates at the Athena Institute

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Norana Abdul Rahman

PhD candidate transdisciplinary approach to leprosy research

Drs. Dennis Abraham

PhD candidate mental health in war zones

Drs. Josephine Akellot

PhD candidate mental health in conflict-affected populations

Afom Andom

PhD candidate

Saurabh Ashok

PhD candidate - toward child-rights based approaches

Veerle Boekestijn

PhD candidate

Sayvisene Boulom

PhD candidate nutrition sensitive agriculture

Metogni Christelle Boyi

PhD candidate maternal health

Drs. Lisa Broeders

PhD candidate

Lisa Broeders

Thomas Brouwers

PhD candidate

MSc. Nayan Chakravarty

PhD candidate childhood development

Yusupha Dibba

PhD candidate - improving maternal and child health outcomes through health systems strengthening

Drs. Henno van Dokkum

PhD candidate

Drs. Deepika Easwaran

PhD candidate

Rosa Malagrida Escales

PhD candidate public engagment in health research

Drs. Jelle Joop Feddema

PhD candidate respiratory viruses

Srimathi Ganesan

PhD candidate responsible business

MPH Tineke de Groot - de Greef

PhD candidate patient engagement to influence health policy-making in Sub Saharan Africa

Drs. Fleur Gooren

PhD candidate maternal global health

Drs. Efraïm Hart

PhD candidate

Drs. Kim Hartog

PhD candidate

MSc. Femke Heddema

PhD candidate digital health systems in low and middle-income countries

LLM Willemijn Helmich

PhD candidate system transformation

MD Jacobine Janse

PhD candidate medical civil-military cooperation

Drs. Chiyembekezo Kachimanga

PhD candidate community health workers and maternal health

Chiyembekezo Kachimanga

Drs. Kishore Kumar Kengeri Venkatesh

PhD candidate youth health promotion

Yusufu Kionga

PhD candidate co-developing people centered tools for respiratory illnesses

Martien Kuitenbrouwer

PhD candidate

Tessa Josephine Christina Langeveld

PhD candidate antimicrobial resistance in outpatient care

Drs. Josephine Langton

PhD candidate quality of care

Janet Lord

PhD candidate disability rights

Theresia Margaretha Nicole Manshanden

PhD candidate Early initiation of breastfeeding

Drs. Farzana Maruf

PhD candidate maternal and newborn health in LMICs

Drs. Joseph Batholomeo Massenga

PhD candidate maternal, newborn and child health

Radha Madhuri Mernon

PhD candidate adaptive leadership in health organizations

MSc. Abdul Wasay Mullahzada

PhD candidate quality of care in fragile and conflict affected settings

Mwaura Muthoni

PhD candidate

MSc. Joyce Nabuurs

PhD candidate mission-oriented innovation policies in western health systems

MD Flavia Namiiro

PhD candidate maternal health

Drs. Dinh Dai Nguyen

PhD candidate malnutrition and food insecurity in ethnic minority communities

Prosper Niyongabo

PhD candidate - improving maternal health services

Shaun Palmer

PhD candidate disease modelling for risk groups

Purnima Prakash

PhD candidate

Drs. Annisa Ika Putri

PhD candidate participatory approach to leprosy care

Drs. Keerthana Rajagopalan

PhD candidate

Vanitha Rajesh

PhD candidate mental health

Sambhu Rakesh

PhD candidate

Drs. Kethmany Ratsavong

PhD candidate local ownership on public health research

Wijnand Rekers

PhD candidate history of mechanics

Drs. Jantje Akke Schuurmans

Phd candidate health system transition

MPH Aline Semaan

PhD candidate postnatal care quality and guideline feasibility

Sarah Cassidey Seyoum

PhD candidate

Nathaly da Silva

PhD candidate

Yoslien Sopamena

PhD candidate - addressing health related stigma

Dr. Mrinalini Ravi Srinivasan

PhD candidate

Drs. Abraraw Tadesse

PhD candidate

Anna Tupetz

PhD candidate

MSc. Kranthi Vysyaraju

PhD candidate community engagement for dengue preparedness

Evelyn Waweru

PhD candidate patient centered care approaches in sub-Saharan Africa

Manuela Dominique Wennekes

PhD candidate healthcare education

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