The Biomedical Sciences Health specialisation aims to provide you with a theoretical background and academic competences in multidisciplinary research in Biomedical Sciences and in clinical practice in Medicine. Since the programme is partly taught in English and partly in Dutch, fluency in Dutch is…

All residents in the Netherlands are legally obliged to have health insurance coverage. We also strongly recommend that you take out liability insurance. Find out about the options available and arrange your insurance well in advance.

Are you thinking about studying Population Health Management? Learn more and watch our video with a short introduction on the Master Population Health Management at the Faculty of Medicine by the Educational Director of this programme Marc Bruijnzeels.

In the Dutch healthcare system, only MHC psychologists (GZ-psychologen) are licensed to practice psychology unsupervised.

To what extent and how do identity processes influence health behavior?

Honorata Mazepus and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz are assistant professors at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Mazepus and Kantorowicz are one of the authors of this article in Nature on the role of national identity on public health support during global pandemics.

Are you thinking about studying Occupational Health Psychology? Learn more and watch the videos.

Are you thinking about studying Health and Medical Psychology? Learn more and watch the videos.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: Dr. A.J. Knobbe

The Leiden University Center for Statistical Science unites the statisticians teaching and researching at Leiden University.

Bone research provides plenty of detailed data about the health of a person or a group. This data is not only used to reconstruct the past but also to fight disease today.

Do you want to contribute to a more intergrated health care system? In the two-years Master Population Health Management, knowledge insights from epidemiology, data analysis in healthcare, medicine, public administration and behavioral sciences are combined into a globally unique interdisciplinary programme.…

Do you want to contribute to a more intergrated health care system? In the two-years Master Population Health Management, knowledge insights from epidemiology, data analysis in healthcare, medicine, public administration and behavioral sciences are combined into a globally unique interdisciplinary programme.…

The research provides insight into disease behavior in both rural and semi-urban areas in Serengeti in Tanzania.

How can we stay fit during hybrid working?

Workshop

Great apes and the right to health

Mental health issues in the Dutch court: The criminal court as a border guard between the regular Mental Health System and the Criminal Justice system?

In the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) we strive to improve health care and the health of people.

Explaining the origins , patterns and outcomes of crisis management efforts.

The Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden (IPS) aims to advance the understanding of placebo and nocebo effects, their underlying mechanisms, and their potential applications in clinical practice. IPS consists of a group of interdisciplinary researchers working at Leiden University with…

In the specialisation Health and Medical Psychology, part of the Master in Psychology, you will acquire knowledge on clinical and scientific topics in health promotion and disease prevention as well as practical training on clinical skills and behaviour change.

An ageing population, epidemiological challenges, rising healthcare costs, and technical developments in the medical sector are some of the topics that will be covered during the 5 day Summer School on Population Health Management from 1 – 5 July 2024 at the Health Campus in the Hague. You will learn…

The Center studies the social, legal and normative impact of emerging digital technologies.

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This minor focuses on the relationships between behaviour, health and illness.

Health is a wonderful gift, both for humans and for society. If we are able to prevent both physical and mental illnesses, we can spare a lot of suffering and fight rising health costs. Social scientists and physicians in Leiden are working closely together to conduct research on the human mental, behavioural…

Discover the Summer School Program Population Health Management by LUMC and learn about strategies to deal with current issues and developments in healthcare.

In this article, Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, discusses the emergence and diffusion of ‘global health’ as a concept. In addition to bringing a fresh perspective on the origins of global health, the paper contributes to the globalization debates by…

Research on this theme addresses the systemic risks faced by European societies and affecting the quality of life of European citizens.

How does the endocannabinoid system in the zebrafish function at the molecular and phenotypic levels and how is it linked to the stress axis?

Many dangerous diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and Q fever have jumped from animals to humans. But it is not only because of these diseases that we should include animals in our health policy, but also because of their right to health.

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

In the research theme ‘Animal Sciences and Health’, we work with various animal species to gain insights into fundamental biological processes in both animals and humans.

Health care faces ageing populations, rising health care costs, fragmented health care supply and advancing medical technologies and IT systems. Health care professionals will require new competences to meet these challenges in the current health care system. The master Population Health Management…

Health care faces ageing populations, rising health care costs, fragmented health care supply and advancing medical technologies and IT systems. Health care professionals will require new competences to meet these challenges in the current health care system. The master Population Health Management…

The research area "Health and well-being in a healthy society" studies the institutional and behavioral factors that play a role in health and well-being for people of all ages.

The research master’s specialisation Clinical and Health Psychology prepares you for a PhD trajectory.

When is (or becomes) an out-of-body experience a R/S experience? (How) do people make sense of their experiences and is this related to mental health? Which motives do people have to (not) communicate their out-of-body experiences with regular and/or alternative caregivers? And what does it tell us…

Health Data Science Leiden University

Psycho-physiological studies for health and disease.

In this research line, the role pharmacological agents and neurochemcial processes play in behavior and cognition is examined with a particular focus on pain, placebo and nocebo effects and intensive care treatments.