About Me
Hello! I work as an information specialist for the faculty of BMS, and also as specialist Open Access UT-wide. Below I describe my roles in more detail:
Information specialist
Together with my colleague Marit van Eck, we are contact points for questions or support needs regarding scientific information. For example, we can help with:
- Systematic literature reviews
- Writing of scientific articles
- Publishing Open Access
- Accessing and evaluating (scientific) information
Open access
I work on the implementation and evaluation of the UT Open Access policy. Contributing to various projects and tasks needed to realise the university's goal of reaching 100% open access. If you wish to know more about how we strive to do this, please visit www.utwente.nl/openaccess. Of course, don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions (open-access@utwente.nl).
University Council
Since September 2022 I am an elected member of the University Council, in the staff section and as a member of Campus Coalition. I mostly focus on the following themes: recognition & rewards, health and well-being, inclusion, internationalisation, and matters related to early-career academics (doctoral candidates, assistant and associate professors).
Background
Professionally, I have a background in psychology with two specialisations. One in the area of sports and exercise psychology (mental performance) and another in the multidisciplinary area of eHealth (supporting health and wellbeing through technology). I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in September 15, 2023, titled: "Supporting self-care with eHealth: Advancing theory-based research and development of interventions to support patients with a cardiovascular disease."
Personally, I have an overarching interest in how individuals can learn to self-regulate their own behaviour. I believe self-management is the best medicine and that skills such as goal-setting are a fine art that can guide and regulate our pursuit of success, happiness, and self-realisation.
Research
For my PhD I was granted a scholarship from the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT, in Spanish) to carry out my research at the University of Twente, from 2017 to 2021. The research topic is about eHealth technologies aiming to support the self-management behaviours of patients with chronic diseases. My promotors are prof. dr. Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen and prof. dr. Robbert Sanderman. Our approach is focused on learning from the existing body of knowledge (frameworks, models, and theories) to facilitate the development and implementation of effective eHealth interventions across different populations and cultural contexts.
Publications
Education
Please contact me if you wish to know more about my educational activities, or if you have any questions or educational needs related to the topic of 'information literacy'.
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Media
Written articles:
2021
Sizzling summer story: Summer love (U-Today)
Rolling in the deep (U-Today)
2020
About opportunism in science: the case of China (U-Today)
2019
The bottom-up approach for adapting to The Netherlands, and life (U-Today)
Featured in:
2021
Hello from the other side (U-Today)
‘PhDs don’t feel connected to the university’ (U-Today)
2020
‘Don’t forget that PhDs are human beings’ (U-Today)
‘It is stressful, there are so many uncertainties’ (U-Today)
2019
PhD Day: ‘We want to be honest about how things really are’ (U-Today)
2017
UT Challenge: hoofdprijzen voor bierbrouwers en brillenbouwers (U-Today)
In één minuut je waarde laten zien (U-Today)
Tweets
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands