Curriculum Vitae 251 CURRICULUM VITAE Mary-Joanne Verhoef was born on 25 March 1991 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She went to the Cathedral Choir School in Utrecht until 2002, graduated from high school at Christelijk Gymnasium in Utrecht in 2009 and studied Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center from 2009 until 2017. During her bachelor studies, she became involved in organizing a students’ project called ‘Dying, a Human Thing’ via the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association in Leiden. The project aimed at filling the curricular gap regarding education on end-of-life care by offering an extracurricular course. In 20152016, she studied the post-initial master Vitality and Ageing. The master thesis she wrote with colleague Josefien de Bruin is included in Chapter 2 of this thesis. During the master Medicine, she was a research intern with the Center of Expertise in Palliative Care of Leiden University Medical Center, where she supported data collection of the PASEMECOproject. After her medical studies in 2017, she worked as a PhD-student for the Center of Expertise in Palliative Care of Leiden University Medical Center, under supervision of prof. dr. Yvette M. van der Linden. Studies that were part of the PhD-project are presented in this thesis. Activities undertaken during the PhD-trajectory include participation in the platform for qualitative research of the hospital and the supervision of research interns. During her PhD-trajectory, she followed a three-year minor in Classical Violin at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague with Professor Theodora Geraets. Her final recital was graded with an 8.5. Also, she was the main organizer of EMSOC (European Medical Students’ Orchestra and Choir), an international project choir and orchestra that took place in the Hague in 2018. She took part in several courses of the bachelor Philosophy at Leiden University. In 2020, she started working as a physician (ANIOS) in elderly care and simultaneously started as a local project manager and researcher of the project ‘In Gesprek komen en in Gesprek blijven’ at the Center of Expertise in Palliative Care of Leiden University Medical Center. As a physician, she participated in the working group on palliative care of the Topaz foundation (specialized in institutional elderly care) and in the working group on research in palliative care for persons with dementia for the UNC-ZH (Universitair Netwerk voor de Care sector Zuid-Holland). In 2021, she started working as a resident (AIOS) in elderly care at Leiden University Medical Center. During her residency, she took part of the steering group on palliative care of the Topaz foundation. After her PhD-graduation, she will continue finishing her residency in elderly care and she will stay involved in palliative care studies regarding proactive communication with the Center of Expertise in Palliative Care of Leiden University Medical Center. As a classical viol(in) ist, she is a member of several chamber music and orchestral ensembles including the World Doctors Orchestra and European Doctors Orchestra. Since 2018, she plays violin with the Palliators, a cover band with colleagues who work in palliative care. A
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