Author: Esch-R

The waste mountain of intensive care

Written on April 23, 2024. Posted in News.

Exactly how many materials go through a hospital’s intensive care unit? Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam mapped this for the first time. 15 April 2024 If you end up in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital, you are not doing well. You have just had a serious accident, or...

Surgical Operating Unit Sustainability Event

Written on April 2, 2024. Posted in News.

At the end of March healthcare professionals and policy-makers from various hospitals in the Netherlands came together to tak about sustainability in healtcare during the Surgical Operating Unit Sustainability Event. Leading experts such as Dr Nicole Hunfeld, Prof Jan Carel Diehl,...

WP4 co-creation session

Written on October 22, 2024. Posted in Agenda.

11 February 2025 Location: Rotterdam More details will follow!

PhD on purchasing strategies to enable circularity in the hospital value chain

Written on May 30, 2024. Posted in Vacancies.

LocationRotterdamDeadlineExpired (Sun 23 June 2024)

PhD on Circular behavioural practices to prevent single-use material consumption in hospitals

Written on March 28, 2024. Posted in Vacancies.

LocationWageningenDeadlineExpired (Mon 2 september 2024)

PhD in decision support system for designing transition pathways towards circular hospitals

Written on March 28, 2024. Posted in Vacancies.

LocationWageningenDeadlineExpired (Sun 21 April 2024)

Chang Lung Tsai

Written on February 5, 2025. Posted in Researchers.

Chang Lung Tsai PhD candidate Workpackage 5 PromotorProf. Dr. Jan Carel Diehl SupervisorsDr. Karin Gerritsen (Nephrology)Dr. Redmer van Leeuwen (Ophthalmology) Who am I? Hi, I am Jan. I study Biomedical Engineering at TU Delft and hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from...

Jacopo Parma

Written on February 24, 2025. Posted in Researchers.

Jacopo Parma PhD candidate Workpackage 4 SupervisorsProf. Myriam CloodtAssistant Prof. Duygu KeskinAssistant Prof. Vikrant Sihag Who am I? I started my PhD in November 2024 and moved to the Netherlands to pursue this opportunity. I graduated in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic...

Nicole Hunfeld

Written on February 19, 2025. Posted in Researchers.

Nicole Hunfeld Principal Investigator ESCH-R Who am I and what do I do? I am Nicole Hunfeld and I am the Principal Investigator of ESCH-R. I’m guiding this large research group on circularity in hospitals. Our focus is on implementing circularity in hospitals and transforming the healthcare...

Shalvi Thakur

Written on October 8, 2024. Posted in Researchers.

Shalvi Thakur PhD candidate Workpackage 3 Who am I? I am a PhD student at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before this, I completed my Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (EMJMD) in Economics during which I studied in Italy, Belgium, and Estonia, and completed my graduate internship at...

Paula Götz

Written on September 9, 2024. Posted in Researchers.

Paula Götz PhD candidate Workpackage 1 Promotors Dr. Willem Auping, Dr. Saba Hinrichs-Krapels About me Having worked with the public transportation sector in Germany for the last two years, I have gained a lot of interest in the public sector. I am very curious to dive into the...

Sanne Jansen

Written on August 29, 2024. Posted in Researchers.

Sanne Jansen Researcher Workpackage 5 What do I do? During my training residency, I became active in the field of sustainability in health care; mainly creating awareness and opportunities for young doctors to implement sustainable practices in their training and workspace. I’m now specialized...

Yifan Yang

Written on September 12, 2024. Posted in Researchers.

Yifan Yang PhD candidate Workpackage 2 Who am I? I am a PhD student in Wageningen University & Research, starting from September 2024. I did my bachelor in Chemical Engineering in the China campus of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and my master in Environmental Sciences,...

Joek van der Zwaan

Written on July 8, 2024. Posted in Researchers.

Joek van der Zwaan PhD candidate Workpackage 1 Promotors Dr Laura Piscicelli, Prof. Dr Ellen Moors About me I am Joek van der Zwaan, a PhD student at Utrecht University’s Copernicus Institute. This consortium offers me the possibility to combine my different backgrounds: a Bachelor’s...