Advisory Committee on Health Research

The Advisory Committee on Health Research (RGO) provides advice on priorities in health research, care research and technology development within this sector, as well as on the associated infrastructure. A social perspective is always the guiding principle in its work. In many cases, the RGO’s advisory reports are the basis for a research programme which is usually designed by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw). The advisory reports are provided concerning the innovation and knowledge infrastructure activity areas.

The current RGO came into being with the transfer of the duties of the former Advisory Council on Health Research to the Health Council of the Netherlands, as was stipulated in the Public Health Act in 2008. This change was the result of the repeal of the Framework Law on Sector Councils for Research and Development.

Members

• Prof. L.J Gunning-Schepers, President of the Health Council of the Netherlands; University Professor Health and Society, Amsterdam Medical Centre, chairman
• Prof. W.J.J. Assendelft, professor of general practice, Leiden University Medical Centre
• Dr. A. Boer, board member of the Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ), Diemen
• Prof. P.P. Groenewegen, professor of social and geographical aspects of health and health care, director of the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht
• Prof. J.M.W. Hazes, professor of rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam
• Prof. J.W. Hofstraat, vice-chairman of Philips Research, Eindhoven
• M.W. Horning, market and innovation department, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Den Haag, observer
• Prof. J. Kievit, professor of medical decision sciences, Leiden University Medical Centre
• Prof. P.L. Meurs, chairman of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Hague, advisor
• Dr. R.W. van Olden, medical director, GlaxoSmithKline, Zeist
• Prof. J.J. Polder,
• Prof. S.A. Reijneveld, professor of social medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen
• Dr. J.W.A. Ridder-Numan, observer
• Prof. H.A. Smit, professor of public health, Julius Center for health sciences and primary healthcare, University Medical Centre Utrecht
• Dr. C. Smit, patient and consumer representative, Hoofddorp
• Prof. A. Speckens, professor of psychiatry, St Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen
• Prof. M.J. Trappenburg, political scientist, endowed professor of socio-political aspects of the welfare state, University of Amsterdam
• Prof. R. Vos, professor of health ethics and philosophy, Maastricht University
• Dr. C.M. Vos, MEVA board, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, observer
• Prof. E.G.E. de Vries, chair of the Council for Medical Sciences (RMW), Amserdam, advisor
• Dr. J.N.D. de Neeling, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, secretary

Contact persons:

Dr. J.N.D. de Neeling
Dr. S.H.M. Litjens