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Curriculum Vitae
Nadia van Silfhout was born on December 7,
1995, in Voorburg, the Netherlands. She grew
up in The Hague together with her younger
sister. In 2014, she graduated from secondary
school at Haganum. She then pursued a
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Leiden
University, followed by a Master’s in Clinical
Neuropsychology. During her master’s, she
wrote her thesis at the Sophia Children’s
Hospital, Erasmus Medical Center, and completed a clinical internship at
the Psychiatry and Medical Psychology Department of the Amsterdam
UMC.
In 2020, she graduated as a psychologist and began working in special
education for children with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities (De
Waterlelie/SEIN). After a year, she combined her clinical work with research
activities at the UMC Utrecht, which fueled her motivation to pursue a PhD.
In 2022, Nadia started her PhD at the Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam
UMC, focusing on the development of a core PRO(M) set for children and
adults with genetic intellectual disabilities. She conducted her research
within the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychosocial Care, under the supervision of Dr.
Maud van Muilekom, Dr. Agnies van Eeghen, Prof. Dr. Clara van Karnebeek,
and Prof. Lotte Haverman. During her PhD she followed several research
courses at the Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School, attended (inter)national
conferences, presented her work (inter)nationally, and collaborated with
other researcher from different fields.
Alongside her PhD, Nadia was involved in various academic and professional
activities. She was a member of the Amsterdam Public Health – Personalized
Medicine Junior Council, where she organized research-related events
for PhD students, such as writing retreats. She also worked for the KLIK
PROM portal (www.hetklikt.nu), a web-based platform for measuring and
assessing PROs in Dutch hospitals. Additionally, she contributed to related
research projects, including identifying relevant PROs for individuals with
epilepsy and intellectual disabilities.
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