The Board of the PNN consists of eight to ten PhD candidates. They represent the interests of PhD candidates in the Netherlands for at least one year, in addition to doing their PhD research.
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Lucille Mattijssen Chair VU Amsterdam lucille.mattijssen@hetpnn.nl |
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Kimberley Anneveldt Secretary (‘internal chair’) Isala Ziekenhuis Zwolle kimberley.anneveldt@hetpnn.nl |
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Rob van Gassel General Board Member – International Affairs and Open Science Maastricht UMC+ rob.vangassel@hetpnn.nl |
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Roel Freriks General Board Member – Career and PPP Groningen University roel.freriks@hetpnn.nl |
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Bram Faber General Board Member – Labour and Social Affairs VU Amsterdam bram.faber@hetpnn.nl |
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Nicolien van Vliet General Board Member – University Medical Centre PhD’s LUMC nicolien.vanvliet@hetpnn.nl |
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Reinder Broekstra Vice-Chair / General Board Member – Quality Groningen University reinder.broekstra@hetpnn.nl |
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Tjitske van Engelen General Board Member – Diversity Universiteit van Amsterdam tjitske.vanenegelen@hetpnn.nl |
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Carola Schoor General Board Member – External PhD candidates and communication advisor Maastricht University carola.schoor@hetpnn.nl |