Reducing Health Inequalities for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Inclusive Research & Practice - Applications closed

Fleur Heleen Boot, MD, PhD, is an intellectual disability physician, lecturer and senior researcher at the Radboud University Medical Centre in The Netherlands. Her current research projects aim to develop training programs in the field of intellectual disability, health needs and stigma to reduce health inequalities for people with intellectual disabilities in differently resourced settings. Experts by experience play an important role in her training and classes. Countries she has worked in include India, South Africa, Ireland, the United States, and Chile. Fleur’s main areas of interest are Intellectual Disability, Health Inequalities, Global Health, Education and Inclusive Research. 

Dr. ir. Kris Bevelander is an assistant professor ‘Citizen Science for Preventive Health’ at Radboud university and medical center. Her research focuses on the interplay between inclusive prevention research and citizen science for health, especially of - and involving - those with lower (health) literacy skills. She works at both the Preventionhub and Academic Collaborative 'Stronger on your own feet.' The latter is a long-term partnership between the research group Intellectual Disability & Health and care organizations for people with intellectual disabilities to improve knowledge exchange between researchers and health practitioners. As program leader on inclusive research, she works on research and science communication projects with PhD students, postdocs, an inclusive research coordinator and co-researchers with mild intellectual disabilities. The projects cover topics such as inclusive technology development and implementation, multistakeholder collaborations, development of health interventions, and monitoring health and well-being of people with low (health) literacy skills. She always involves citizens such as people with mild intellectual disabilities as co-researchers in every step of the research cycle; an ultimate form of citizen science.