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Charisma Hehakaya

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Charisma Hehakaya is an assistant professor in the Global Public Health & Bioethics department of the Julius Centrum.

 

Charisma's interests: bridging the gap between science and society, climate justice, system thinking, improving environmental impact on health and wellbeing, interdisciplinary research, science communication and public engagement.

Charisma has experience with qualitative (such as conceptualising, developing and setting up qualitative interviews and focus groups) and quantitative research methods (such as surveying, early health economic modelling).

Charisma founded the First Generation Fund (het Eerste Generatie Fonds) and University Pioneers Community to support first-generation students.

📨 c.hehakaya@umcutrecht.nl 

Recent publications

De effectiviteit van preventiebeleid: een bestuurskundige analyse Marcel Boogers, Ruben Riemens, Inge Stortenbeker, Charisma Hehakaya
Bestuurswetenschappen, 2025, vol. 79, p.23-35
How do policymakers involve citizens in advancing health? A mixed-method qualitative study in municipalities in the Netherlands Helene R. Voogdt-Pruis, Diederick E. Grobbee, Sanne A. E. Peters, Charisma Hehakaya, Marielle Jambroes, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Astrid Janssens
Frontiers in Public Health, 2025, vol. 13
Institutionalisation of convergent medical innovation Charisma Hehakaya, Ellen H.M. Moors
Innovation: Organization and Management, 2023, vol. 27, p.74-95
Patient preferences for treatment modalities for localised prostate cancer Frederik R Teunissen, Charisma Hehakaya, Richard P Meijer, Harm H E van Melick, Helena M Verkooijen, Jochem R N van der Voort van Zyp
BJUI compass, 2023, vol. 4, p.214-222
Realizing the value of complex medical technology C. Hehakaya, G. W.J. Frederix, J. RN van der Voort van Zyp, D. E. Grobbee, H. M. Verkooijen
Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 2023, vol. 41