Our team

Prof. dr. Petri Embregts

Professor & Programme Leader

Dr. Noud Frielink

Coordinator & Senior Researcher

Luciënne Heerkens

Knowledge manager

Jacqueline Vlak

Communications advisor

Vanja de Groot

Communications officer

Mandy van Trier

Management assistent

Kim Beenhakker

Chair of the Advisory Board

Mireille de Beer

Co-researcher

Hannah van Alem MSc

Implementation Researcher

• Social technology

Rosemarie Gideonse MSc

PhD candidate

• Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) and addiction

Dr. Aniek van Herwaarden

Implementation Advisor & Researcher

• Triple-C

Drs. Alexandra Haenen

PhD candidate - science practitioner

• Self-determination in people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy

Dr. Maud Hevink

Postdoc researcher

• Physical environment PIMD

Pála Kúld MSc

PhD candidate

• Self-determination and people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Dr. Malou van Lierop

Postdoc researcher - science practitioner

• Self-determination

Dr. Suzanne Lokman

Postdoc researcher & knowledge sharing education officer

Kayleigh Pater MSc

PhD candidate

• Informal care

Dr. Wieneke Penninga

Implementation Advisor & Researcher

• Meaningful moments of interaction with people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Frances Vereijken MSc

Implementation Advisor & Researcher

• Experiential expertise

Melissa Wijnen

Coach Inclusive Research

Manou Willems MSc

Science practitioner

• Joint resilience training