CAPI is a Collaborative Academic practice for Public health Infectious diseases. Since January 2023, five Academic Practices for Public Health (in Dutch: Academische Werkplaatsen Publieke Gezondheid or AWPG) started working together to strengthen the scientific knowledge structure for the control of infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness at the Dutch public health service (GGD). This initiative is part of the third pillar of the VIP program.
Methodology
Purpose
The purpose of CAPI is to generate and apply scientific knowledge within the Dutch Public Health Services (GGD). This is necessary to improve practices and make evidence-based policies. Thanks to scientific knowledge, it is possible to make infectious disease prevention and outbreak control more effective in a constantly evolving world. The goals of CAPI are set by its Steering Committee.
Topics and activities
CAPI enables a structure for doctoral students and junior researchers across the five AWPGs. Within this structure, CAPI provides a continuous educational program focused on enhancing knowledge in scientific thinking and research.
To ensure that results generated by the public health services (GGD) are shared with the rest of the scientific community, CAPI organizes an annual research symposium. At this gathering, researchers from the public health services present their findings.
The research, the educational program and the symposium cover 10 topics in the field of infectious diseases.
CAPI is a collaboration between the five Academic Practices for Public Health (AWPGs) in the Netherlands that focus on topics related to infectious diseases. These are:
Visit www.awpg.nl for more information about the AWPGs or visit each AWPGs website.
Steering Committee
CAPI’s Steering Committee is constituted of a program leader and a program coordinator for each AWPG. The team is supported by a management assistant and a communications consultant.
Events
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Lynn Eggink, MSc works at awpg Lumens as programme coordinator at CAPI.
She is also part of the Infectious Disease Control research group at awpg Lumens.
Dr. Jeannine Hautvast
Program leader
Dr. Jeannine Hautvast, physician Society & Health is coordinator of AWPG AMPHI-Infectious Diseases and works as senior researcher and lecturer at the Department of Primary Care Medicine of the Radboudumc.
She also works at GGD Gelderland-Zuid as a doctor in infectious disease control and travel counseling. She is also a supervisor of medical students in the 2nd phase of the course physician Society & Health.
Prof.dr. Christian J.P.A. Hoebe
Program leader and chairman
Physician Epidemiologist Society & Health Infectious Disease Control is head of department of AWPG Mosa within GGD Zuid-Limburg and is chairman and professor of the Department of Social Medicine at Maastricht University.
He is also a staff member at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention at Maastricht UMC+ and the Chlamydia trachomatis reference laboratory.
Elfi Brouwers, MSc
Program coordinator and secretary
Elfi Brouwers, MSc. works at AWPG Mosa within GGD Zuid-Limburg in the position of researcher-epidemiologist as project coordinator.
She is also a PhD candidate working on the topic ‘prevention of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in high-risk groups’.
dr. Anja van der Schoor
Program leader
Dr. Anja van der Schoor works at awpg Lumens, GGD Haaglanden and GGD Hollands Midden as a postdoctoral researcher. She also coordinates the infectious disease control pillar of awpg Lumens.
Tessa van der Bruggen, MSc
Program coordinator
Tessa van der Bruggen, MSc works at AWPG AMPHI-Infectious Diseases as CAPI program coordinator.
She is also part of the Research Steering Committee at GGD Hart voor Brabant.
Dr. Hélène Voeten
Program leader
Dr. Hélène Voeten is coordinator for GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, AWPG CEPHIR and lead for the topic CEPHIR – Infectious Diseases.
She is also working as a senior researcher and involved in research across the range of infectious disease control.
Dr. Ellen Generaal
Program coordinator
Dr. Ellen Generaal is secretary at AWPG Sarphati Initiatief and postdoc researcher with the Research and Prevention development team of the Infectious Diseases Department of the GGD Amsterdam.
Jonna Wijburg, MSc
Program coordinator
Jonna Wijburg, MSc. works at AWPG CEPHIR as CAPI program coordinator.
She is also a junior researcher, part of the research group of GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond.
Dr. Janneke Heijen
Program leader
Dr. Janneke Heijne is project leader at AWPG Sarphati Initiatief and head of the Research and Prevention development team of the Infectious Diseases Department of the GGD Amsterdam.
