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Dilaver

Full Professor

Biography

During her MSc and PhD in Cell Biology Gönül Dilaver developed a strong interest in academic education and became member of the educational committee and board of the student’s association of Biology. She was involved in teaching students from Biomedical Sciences and Medicine. In 2005 she started as University Teacher and Senior Advisor of the Biomedical Sciences degree at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2007 dr. Dilaver became Degree Coordinator of the Master’s Programmes Biomedical Sciences within the interfaculty Graduate School of Life Sciences at UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University. Since 2009 she is chair of the Expertise Group Education Life Sciences in which she actively develops and implements educational innovations for the Graduate School of Life Sciences. In 2016 dr. Dilaver was appointed as Associate Professor in Research and Innovation of Biomedical Education at UMC Utrecht. In 2017, she became the faculty liaison for UMC Utrecht Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and research. In that capacity she set up the Platform Diversity and Inclusion at UMC Utrecht to gain and provide knowledge and expertise on this topic. She became member of the Taskforce Diversity of Utrecht University in 2018 and in 2019 she was appointed as Senior Fellow on Inclusive Education at Utrecht University.

Research groups

Life sciences education research

Research aim

We aim to develop adaptive, creative, responsible future health professionals by investigating learning in education and at workplaces. This leads to evidence-informed education and innovations that foster the health domain.

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Recent publications

Role models in medicine and beyond Isabella Spaans, Anne-Roos Verbree, Renske de Kleijn, G Dilaver
BMC Medical Education, 2025, vol. 26
Student Selection John A.L. Meeuwsen, Anastasia Kurysheva, Gönül Dilaver, Astrid Freriksen
Education Sciences, 2025, vol. 15
“A Role Model Is Someone Who…” A Multi-institutional Study of Clinical Role Models According to Ethnic Minority and Majority Medical Students Isabella Spaans, Renske de Kleijn, Piet Groot, G Dilaver
Medical Science Educator, 2025, vol. 35, p.1399-1410
Undergraduate education as catalyst for public-private partnership in biotechnology Toine Ten Broeke, Thijs Koorman, Sandra Crnko, Erik Voets, Pauline de Goeje, Michael Y Schakelaar, Heggert G Rebel, Emma W Pijnappel, Jorine G F Sanders, Jan Meeldijk, Rian Terveer-Couperus, Esther L Geven, Gönül Dilaver, Erik van Tilborg, Lucas M P Beekman, Lars Guelen, Niels Bovenschen
Nature Biotechnology, 2025, vol. 43, p.282-283
Students' sense of belonging and authenticity in higher education Anne Roos Verbree, Marieke van der Schaaf, Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij, Gönül Dilaver
British Educational Research Journal, 2025, vol. 51, p.1097-1127
Uniting education, research, healthcare, and society to advance women's heart health Michael Y. Schakelaar, Annemieke Maas, Anne Mar L.N. van Ommen, Anna E. Spiering, Roos de Jonge, Patrick Wijchers, Gerda van Rossum, Balthasar A. Heesters, Olivier G. de Jong, Jelle Zandveld, Heggert G. Rebel, Jan Meeldijk, Emma W. Pijnappel, Suzanne van Dijk, Alessia Di Maggio, Olaf Nijssen, Jorine G.F. Sanders, Lies Hoogerwerf, Mike van Spaandonk, Sandra Crnko, Thijs Koorman, Kevin Jenniskens, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Stefan M. van Geelen, Toine Ten Broeke, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Gönül Dilaver, Sabrina Oliveira, Robbert J. Kok, Linda W. van Laake, Pim van der Harst, Wilko Spiering, Frans H. Rutten, Marco van Brussel, Hester M. den Ruijter, Niels Bovenschen
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2024, vol. 221