Joreintje Mackenbach

DR., (Principal Investigator), Co-chair of the Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases research program

20122024

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Research interests

Joreintje Mackenbach is a registered epidemiologist and assistant professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Data Science at Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute.

Joreintje has a background in Health Sciences (Policy & Management and Public Health) and obtained her PhD in 2016 (cum laude) with a thesis on 'obesogenic environments'. Her research is dedicated to the upstream determinants of lifestyle behaviours and chronic disease risk, with a specific focus on food environments.

Supported by several personal (Veni (2017) and Vidi (2023)) and consortium-based grants (Supreme Nudge  (2017), Netwerk Gezond Leven in een Gezonde Omgeving (2022)), and through her involvement in several large research projects (e.g., the H2020 Expanse and OBCT project, the NWO Gravitation project Exposome-NL) Joreintje works on identifying how the food environment affects food choices and health, what food environment interventions work and why, and how broader systemic influences such as commercial and political factors shape current food environments. 

Next to her research activities, Joreintje is also university lecturer and co-chair of the research program Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases within the Amsterdam Public Health research institute.

Research interests

Epidemiology; public health; upstream/environmental determinants of lifestyle and chronic disease risk; food environments; food systems; interdisciplinary research

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Master, Public Health research master, Erasmus University Medical Center

Award Date: 31 Aug 2012

Master, Health Economics, Policy and Law, instituut voor Beleid en Management van de Gezondheidszorg

Award Date: 31 Aug 2012

Bachelor, Health Policy and Management, instituut voor Beleid en Management van de Gezondheidszorg

Award Date: 31 Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Q Science (General)

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