1. Current Status, Position

Mr. Vanhoof (MSc in Nursing) is full time PhD student (third year) at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).

2. Education

Jasper Vanhoof has an educational background in nursing (Bachelor and Master-degree) and mental healthcare and is currently a fulltime PhD student at the ‘Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery’.

3. Research Area

His PhD project is on developing and testing of interactive health technology as self-management support for medication adherence and a healthy lifestyle in solid organ transplant patients (PICASSO-Tx). Key in designing and testing of the technology is the application of a user-centered design in which patients are iteratively involved to increase the eventual acceptance.

4. Conflict of interest: none