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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

Dr Lennert Veerman

Position: Research Fellow

Phone: +61 7 336 55367

Fax:

Email: l.veerman@uq.edu.au

 

Location: 522

Building: Mayne Medical School

Centre or Group: Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness

Biography:

Lennert is a public health physician by training. He works as Research Fellow at the SPH Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness since April 2007 and is employed on an NHMRC Capacity Building grant focusing on health economic evaluation. Lennert specialises in the mathematical modelling of the effects of preventive interventions. Current areas of work include the cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis prevention, school fruit programmes and urban infrastructural improvements that aim to stimulate physical activity, and the link between food advertising and childhood obesity. Lennert was born on 8 January 1971 in Amsterdam. He finished his medical studies at the Free University Amsterdam in 1999. During his studies he was active in the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations, which he presided in 1995-96. After a brief clinical intermezzo he started his public health career in the medical service for asylum-seekers. From 2002 to March 2007 he worked at the department of Public Health of the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, where he successfully defended his PhD-thesis on quantitative methods for health impact assessment in September 2007.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosphy  (2007)
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Master of Public Health  (2004)
    Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES)
  • Public Health Physician (NL)  (2004)
    Netherlands School for Public & Occupational Health (NSPOH)
  • Medical Doctor  (1999)
    Free University Amsterdam

Research Interests:

  • Health Behaviour Interventions
  • Health Economics
  • Non-communicable Diseases

 

Publications

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  • Veerman JL, Van Beeck EF, Barendregt JJ, Mackenbach JP. By how much would limiting TV food ads reduce childhood obesity?. European Journal of Public Health. 2009; :in press. View Publication
  • Veerman JL, Vos T. Guidance on osteoporosis - Confusion from analyses and conflicts of interest. British Medical Journal. 2008; 337(7681):1251.
  • Habbema JDF, Stolk WA, Veerman LJ, de Vlas SJ. Report on a Health Impact Assessment of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). Rotterdam, The Netherlands. commissioned and financed by APOC (Technical Services Agreement No 08/181/211A; ;
  • Veerman JL. Quantitative health impact assessment: An exploration of methods and validity. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Erasmus University Rotterdam; 12 September 2007;
  • Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ. Too early to ditch the campaign. British Medical Journal. 2007 Oct 27; 335(7625):841. View Publication
  • Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ, Van Beeck EF, Seidell JC, Mackenbach JP. Stemming the obesity epidemic: a tantalizing prospect. Obesity. 2007; 15(9):2365.
  • Veerman JL, Mackenbach JP, Barendregt JJ. Validity of predictions in health impact assessment. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2007 Apr; 61(4):362-366.
  • Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ, Mackenbach JP. The European Common Agricultural Policy on fruits and vegetables: exploring potential health gain from reform. European Journal of Public Health. 2006 Feb; 16(1):31-35.
  • Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ, Mackenbach JP, Brug J. Using epidemiological models to estimate the health effects of diet behaviour change: the example of tailored fruit and vegetable promotion. Public Health Nutrition. 2006 Jun; 9(4):415-420.
  • Veerman JL, Bekker MPM, Mackenbach JP. Advocacy and HIA: a challenging combination. Social and Preventive Medicine. 2006; 51:151-2.
  • Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ, Mackenbach JP. Quantitative health impact assessment: current practice and future directions. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005; 59(5):361-70..
  • Veerman JL, Mackenbach JP. The importance of the National Public Health Compass for public health. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2005; (149):5.
  • Mackenbach JP, Veerman JL, Barendregt JJ, Kunst A. Health inequalities in HIA. Oxford. OUP; ;

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