314 Chapter 11 11 Curriculum Vitae Charlotte Poot was born on December 30th 1992 in Leiden, the Netherlands. She spent her childhood time in England and Germany, attending the ACS International School Hillingdon and the Hofenfels Gymnasium in Zweibrücken. Her secondary education was completed at the Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest, where she graduated in 2010 with a bilingual atheneum diploma and an International Baccalaureate Higher Level English. In that same year she started the bachelor studies Biomedical Science at the Leiden University Medical Centre. During her undergraduate years, she actively engaged with International Federation Medical Student Association (IFMSA) and was a committee member of the Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, including Aids. Her interest in public and global health was ignited during this period. She successfully completed her bachelor’s degree in 2014 and started working as a research assistant at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, as well as at the Centre for Human Drug Research. The following year, she pursued her master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences, specializing in science communication. During her master Charlotte performed a research internship in Heidelberg, at the German Cancer Research Center and at the Department of Neurology at the Leiden University Medical Centre. Charlotte commenced her masters with a research project centred on ‘Factors That Enhance or Inhibit Scientists’ Engagement In Knowledge Transfer Activities’, under the supervision of Dr E. Meijer and Prof. N.H. Chavannes. During this period Charlotte worked as project manager assistant, and collaborated with members of the FRESH AIR consortium on mixed-method research pertaining to local beliefs, perceptions and behaviours regarding chronic lung disease. Charlotte played an integral role in the collection of qualitative data during fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan, Greece and Vietnam, providing training and supervision to the local teams. In 2017, Charlotte embarked on a doctoral journey at the department of Public Health and Primary Care and the National eHealth Living Lab, under the supervision of Prof. N.H Chavannes and Dr. E. Meijer. Her research project initially focused on the evaluation of a self-management app linked to a smart asthma inhaler. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study coordination was transferred to a colleague. Charlotte therefore initiated a range of other research projects which now constitute her PhD thesis. During her PhD trajectory, Charlotte was involved in the minor Global Health Cuba and actively contributed to the organisation of PhD journal club, the department PhD committee and social activities. She presented her work at (inter)national conferences and made several appearances in the local and national media, including RTL nieuws, ‘M’ and Koffietijd. Because of her dedication and participative work with people with asthma, she was awarded the ‘Sterk Participatie Prijs’ by the National Lung Foundation. In 2022, Charlotte founded, together with paediatric nurse Nicole Donkel, the nonprofit foundation ‘Stichting Hospital Hero’ as a spin-off of the Hospital Hero project which she performed during her PhD period. Stichting Hospital Hero’s mission is to reduce stress and anxiety among children undergoing medical procedures, by providing the Hospital Hero app to hospitals. Charlotte currently serves as the foundation’s chair and has successfully secured multiple grants. In addition to her entrepreneurial endeavours, Charlotte holds the position of senior researcher at the Universitair Netwerk voor de Care-sector Zuid Holland.
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