NRS Webinar-Advances in COPD exacerbations
NRS Webinar-"Advances in COPD Exacerbations" 12 December 12:30-13:30.
Invited speakers
Dr. Kiki Waeijen-Smit “COPD exacerbations: cardiopulmonary risk, biomarkers and beyond”
Dr. Anke Lenferink “Tailor-made care and support for patients with exacerbations of COPD and comorbidities”
Kiki Waeijen-Smit is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Maastricht University. In 2020, she commenced her PhD focusing on the prediction of the occurrence and outcomes of exacerbations of COPD, which she is set to defend on November 4. During her PhD she coordinated the ongoing MARKED-study at Ciro (Horn, the Netherlands), a clinical study aimed at identifying early diagnostic bioMARKers of Exacerbations of COPD. In her current position she focuses on the development of a digital companion for patients with COPD to improve lifestyle and enhance disease management within the patient's home environment. Kiki has a background in Health- and Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Anke Lenferink is currently an assistant professor and clinical epidemiologist at the University of Twente (Health Technology and Services Research), and affiliated with Medisch Spectrum Twente, Anke is passionate to optimise self-management interventions to promote healthy behaviour and manage the increasing number of patients with chronic diseases. She conducts research on developing and evaluating patient-centred self-management interventions for chronic conditions, enabling to treat a patient, not the disease(s). Anke is clinical coordinator of a European Union Horizon2020 RE-SAMPLE project, a collaboration between 10 European partners. In this project, she uses diaries and action plans to predict exacerbations to start early disease management, and evaluates patient phenotypes likely to benefit from disease management. Furthermore, Anke is one of the leaders of the ‘Technology in Healthcare Transformations’ (THT) research group at the UT, aiming to make technology-driven changes in healthcare transformations efficient, effective and sustainable. Anke translates her research experience, knowledge and skills into teaching in epidemiology and clinical research methods, and in co-supervision of PhD students and supervision of Master and Bachelor students.
