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Dr Karin van Leersum,

Open Universiteit

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I just started as a postdoc researcher of Alexander Peine on the theme artificial intelligence, in particular AI and old age (agism) and AI in healthcare. The project is still under development, but will explore how AI shapes and is shaped by new forms of practicing health, providing care, and remaining socially connected as we get older.

I was involved in the TOPFIT CitizenLab program at the University of Twente. This was a research and innovation program with a focus on citizen science. In addition to researching citizen science methodologies, I have researched how diverse groups of citizens integrate innovations and new forms of information and data into their daily lives.

In September 2021 I defended my PhD at Maastricht University. “What matters to me” – Research into preference elicitation for clients in need of long-term care. In 2015 I completed two masters at the University of Twente, Technical Medicine and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society. Before I started my PhD, I was a research assistant in marine biology (project in the Seychelles) and cognitive neuroscience (at the University of Twente).

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Publications

Bults, M., van Leersum, C.M., Olthuis, T.J.J., Bekhuis, R.E.M., den Ouden, M.E.M. (2023). Mobile health apps for control and self-management of Diabetes type 2: A qualitative study on users’ acceptability and acceptance. JMIR Diabetes. 8, [e41076]. http://doi.org/10.2196/41076.

van Leersum, C.M., Bults, M., Sloof, M., Pouwe, F., van Manen, J.G., Konijnendijk, A. (2021). Patiëntparticipatie bij de ontwikkeling en toepassing van e-health: Bereidheid en voorkeuren van mensen met diabetes mellitus type 2. Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12508-021-00313-y.

van Leersum, C.M., Moser, A. , van Steenkiste, B., Wolf, J.R.L.M., van der Weijden, T. (2021). Clients and professionals elicit long-term care preferences by using ‘What matters to me’: A process evaluation in the Netherlands. Health and Social Care in the Community. 00, 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13509.