Dr. Irene Agyepong
Health, Public Health
Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Engineering and engineering trades , Health
Palliative care; end of life; decision making; advance care planning; dementia; geriatrics; nursing homes; epidemiology; research methodology, quality and reporting
Research methodology: my goal is to generate the best possible evidence in a challenging field of research where experimental work is not always possible.
Further, a thread in my academic output is conceptual clarification using formal scientific methods when helpful to advance the research.
My expertise covers the design and performance of experimental and observational studies; prospective and retrospective studies; quantitative and qualitative studies; surveys and interviews; evidence based guideline development and development of consensus; cross-national comparative work with pooled and individual patient data.
Career award from the European Research Council (ERC), Consolidator grant, November 2017. https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2017_cog_results_all_domains.pdf
Career award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, Vidi, November 2010.
+ Aspasia supplement, 2012 and 2013
The EAPC Young Investigators Award 2009, European Association of Palliative Care: awarded the first prize out of 18 nominees for outstanding contributions to palliative care, Vienna, Austria, 2009
Best poster award for poster presentation Benefits of collaboration in palliative care research even when started after data-collection: pooling of existing datasets, at the Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care, Venice, Italy, 2006 (third prize; total of 360 posters)
Career award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, Veni), 2005
Best work in public health in the Netherlands, Annual award from the Vereniging voor Volksgezondheid en Wetenschap: Volksgezondheidsprijs 2001, for dissertation
Three travel grants; to Bedford, US in 1996, and 2006, and to both Bedford US, and Missouri and Bedford, US in 1998 (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO)
Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian
MSc cum laude
Extra curricular certificates: Laboratory Animal Science, Radiation protection
An editor of Palliative Medicine. The scientific journal of EAPC, Sage. Highest impact factor of palliative care journals (IF 5.0)
Member of the international Advisory Group for Namaste Care trials (UK-led, US, Canada, The Netherlands)
Member of the Advisory Board of ParkinsonSupport to improve palliative care in Parkinson, ParkinsonNet, Nijmegen , The Netherlands
Member of the Advisory Board of Makara Journal of Health Research, Universitas Indonesia
Recent: Volkskrant (newspaper), Letter of the day 7 April 2020, “Wel of geen intensive care? Hou zelf de regie in handen.”
Care for children and sibling, previously sole caregiver for both parents.
Certified first aid, leisure: horse riding, swimming , gardening, travel
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