Rik Crutzen

Rik Crutzen is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, specializing in health promotion and digital interventions. His research focuses on leveraging technology to improve health behaviors across diverse populations, including adolescents, older adults, and immigrant communities. He leads projects in the CAPHRI research group for Promoting Health & Personalised Care.

Research trends include:

• Digital health innovations (e.g., helplines, apps, algorithms)
• Chronic disease management (post-COVID-19, dementia risk)
• Health equity in immigrant populations (cervical cancer, maternal care)
• Behavioral interventions (physical activity, sleep, STI prevention)
• Systematic reviews and mixed-methods studies

He has supervised 22 academic works and contributed to datasets on activity patterns and sleep-activity correlations. His work spans public health policy, health education, and technology integration.