Liza van Lent

Dr. Liza van Lent is affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, focusing on health communication and decision-making in healthcare contexts. Her work integrates patient values, communication strategies, and palliative care. Key research areas include shared decision-making in clinical trials, end-of-life care communication, and pandemic-related bereavement.

Her research interests emphasize improving patient-provider communication through tools like the Online Value Clarification Tool (OnVaCT), addressing language barriers in healthcare, and understanding grief dynamics during crises. She has conducted extensive studies on decision-making processes in early-phase clinical trials and palliative care, leveraging both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Her recent work explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on end-of-life care, including bereaved relatives' experiences and healthcare professionals' challenges. She also investigates public health communication strategies, such as analyzing social media reactions to crises like the Ebola outbreak.

Dr. van Lent collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to bridge gaps between patient values and clinical practice, aiming to enhance healthcare equity and communication efficacy.