Floor Haalboom

Floor Haalboom serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC, Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in the historical and sociocultural dimensions of medicine and public health within Dutch contexts. Her interdisciplinary work bridges medical humanities, social history, and contemporary health policy.

Her research portfolio reveals concentrated expertise in:

• Historical evolution of disease concepts (particularly diabetes)
• Ethnic disparities in neonatal outcomes
• Environmental impacts of agricultural systems
• Medieval literary history intersecting with modern scholarship
• Historical plant utilization in Dutch society

Recent publications demonstrate methodological versatility across historical analysis, epidemiological research, and critical policy examination, with strong emphasis on 20th-century Dutch healthcare developments. Her 2024 work on diabetes conceptual history in Social History of Medicine exemplifies her signature approach of contextualizing medical phenomena within broader societal transformations.

Dr. Haalboom actively engages public discourse through media contributions such as "Deze uitvinding gaf de bio-industrie vleugels" (2022), translating academic insights for broader audiences while maintaining rigorous scholarly standards across her 16 research outputs.