Researcher

N. (Nienke) ter Hoeve

Assistant Professor

Department
Rehabilitation Medicine

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About

Introduction

My research contributes to knowledge on lifestyle interventions in cardiac rehabilitation and how this can benefit health and well-being of cardiovascular patients. My ultimate goal is to unravel how we can motivate all cardiovascular patients (independent of sex, ethnicity or educational level) to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Based on outcomes of my research, evidence-based lifestyle programs can be designed, evaluated and implemented in cardiac rehabilitation. I perform my research projects in a close collaboration between Erasmus MC and Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Field(s) of expertise

Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, cardiac rehabilitation, lifestyle interventions.

Education and career

I obtained my master’s degree in Human Movement Sciences in 2009 at the VU University in Amsterdam. During my master, I won the Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau promising young scientist award, which gave me the opportunity to perform my research internship abroad at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

After graduating, I started to work as junior researcher and research coordinator at Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation, collaborating with Erasmus MC. In 2011, I designed the OPTICARE RCT (focusing on behavioural lifestyle interventions in cardiac rehabilitation,) together with colleagues in the same collaboration, and was able to combine my work as research coordinator at Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation with my PhD training in Erasmus MC.

After obtaining my PhD degree in 2018, I continued my scientific career as a senior researcher working in a collaboration between Erasmus MC and Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation with a focus on lifestyle interventions in cardiac rehabilitation. In 2021, I was promoted to assistant professor and became a member of the scientific staff of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Publications

For my publications, please see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nienke-Ter-Hoeve

Teaching activities

I am coordinator of the Minor Rehabilitation Medicine (Bachelor Medicine, Erasmus University / Leiden University; Bachelor Clinical Technology, Delft University of Technology/Leiden University/Erasmus University). As co-promotor, I currently supervise the PhD-thesis of I den Uijl focusing on ‘Opticare-XL: (cost-) effectiveness of a novel tailor-made cardiac rehabilitation program for obese patients’.

Other positions

Manager research division Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation

Board member Physical Activity Community Erasmus MC

Board member committee Rehabilitation Medicine of the Dutch Association of Human Movement Sciences