Geert van der Heijden

Prof. Geert van der Heijden is a Visiting Professor at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), specializing in Oral Public Health. His research focuses on dental epidemiology, health behavior analysis, and healthcare access disparities, particularly in vulnerable populations like migrants and children. He actively contributes to projects such as the Horizon Europe DELIVER initiative, aiming to improve oral care quality through collaborative approaches.

His academic background includes advanced training in epidemiology and public health methodologies. Research interests span motivational interviewing in clinical settings, socio-economic determinants of oral health, and dentist practice patterns. He has supervised five PhD theses, though specific student names are not listed here.

Recent work highlights include mediation analyses on psychological distress and oral healthcare utilization, observational studies on dentist orientations toward preventive care, and cross-sectional studies comparing oral health behaviors in migrant and native Dutch populations. His articles often bridge clinical practice with population health perspectives, emphasizing evidence-based interventions.

Prof. van der Heijden is affiliated with the Vereniging voor Epidemiologie and participates in the GRADE working group. He has delivered invited lectures on appropriate data analysis in healthcare and contributed to editorial work in epidemiological journals.