{"id":3038,"date":"2024-01-16T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epidemiologie.nl\/organisation\/werkgroepen\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:50:47","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.epidemiologie.nl\/en\/organisation\/working-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Working groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Working groups<\/h1>\n<div>The VvE has three working groups, all of which fall under the spearhead group Connecting:<\/div>\n<div>Communication<\/div>\n<div> The VvE Communications Working Group plays an important role in binding and connecting the epidemiological community. The working group is concerned with communication to members (internal), future members and interested parties (external), with the aim of propagating the mission of the VvE as an organisation. The working group focuses on PR, the publication of a newsletter and the maintenance of the VvE website.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div> Else-Mari\u00ebtte van Heijningen<\/div>\n<p><strong>Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> Ellen Engelhardt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> Deirisa Lopes Barreto<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> Frits van Osch<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> Jonah Stunt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Ren\u00e9e Verdiesen<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>EPICON &amp; VvE awards<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In 2018, the HOA Working Group EPICON &amp; HOA Prices was installed. The goal of this workgroup is to encourage researchers (VvE members and non-members) to participate in the EPICON and the pre-conferences and to support the local organization committee of the EPICON and the pre-conferences by keeping the EPICON script up to date and by giving (telephone) advice. In addition, the working group coordinates the VvE prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Frits van Osch<\/div>\n<p> <b>Chair<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Thom Lysen<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Herma Pauptit<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Early Career young Epidemiologists<\/div>\n<div> The VvE working group Early Career young Epidemiologists aims to connect young epidemiologists and promote their development. Since 2016, the working group organizes three activities annually for young epidemiologists (students, PhD students, physician researchers, junior researchers and postdocs). 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