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Saskia Teunissen

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Biography

Saskia Teunissen, is appointed as professor in palliative care and hospice care since 2014. She is an oncologynurse and health care scientist and an expert in palliative care for over 30 years.

The scope of her work has a patient-family oriented profile and an interdisciplinary transmural approach. Her research, innovation and education focuses on symptommanagement and interdisciplinary collaboration and communication in palliative care at home, in hospices, in nursing homes and hospitals.

Besides, the hybride approach of hospice care as a specific concept in palliative care and homecare for patients in the terminal phase of life is a specific topic in her work.

She is responsible for the UMC Utrecht Center of Expertise of Palliative Care and the collaboration of regional partners in palliative care, the consortium Septet. 

She is the independent chair of the national steering committee for palliative care to close the loop between research, education, patient care and national collaboration in palliative care.

 

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Research groups

Julius Center Research Program Cancer

Research aim

Our mission is to drive impactful innovation for cancer prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and care through interdisciplinary research, fostering collaboration among researchers across disciplines within the Julius Center and beyond.

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Recent publications

Perceived well-being of patients with advanced illness, the Results: of the first national well-being assessment in palliative care in The Netherlands Nina Stoks, K Kochems, Corinne Stoop, Dianne K.E. Boxman, Christine M. Cramer-Van Der Welle, Charlotte Veenvliet, Saskia Teunissen, Everlien de Graaf
Palliative Medicine, 2025, vol. 39, p.155
Comfortable mouths in the terminal phase of life: Feasibility of an intervention study for xerostomia management in hospice patients Nina Stoks, Tamara van Schaik, Cathelijne Verboeket-Crul, Loek Wagenaar, Jaap Gootjes, Saskia Teunissen, Everlien de Graaf
Palliative Medicine, 2025, vol. 39, p.426
Using the Complexity Adaptive System framework to guide hospice admissions, developing a supportive assessment tool Nina Stoks, Saskia Teunissen, Everlien de Graaf
Palliative Medicine, 2025, vol. 39, p.214
Validating the socio-spiritual items of the Utrecht Symptom Diary-4 Dimensional Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Frederieke van der Baan, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen
Palliative Medicine, 2025, vol. 39, p.622-634
"Are you listening?" Hinke E Hoffstädt, Mary-Joanne Verhoef, Aranka Akkermans, Jenny T van der Steen, Arianne Stoppelenburg, Sita de Vries, Everlien de Graaf, Saskia C C M Teunissen, Iris D Hartog, Yvette M van der Linden
PLoS ONE, 2024, vol. 19
Experience or perception Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2024, vol. 18

Fellowships & Awards

2022: Royal Award (Officer) on the order of Orange Nassau

2007: Boerhave ‘Serviendo Consumor’ oeuvre award (UMC Utrecht

1999: Orion personal development award (V&VN), leadership program

1989: Ventafridda palliative care visiting award (EAPC chapter Milano)

 

 

External positions

Onafhankelijk voorzitter Stuurgroep Nationaal Programma Palliatieve Zorg - verbinden en regisseren van samenwerking aan stuurgroeptafel om doelen NPPZ te realiseren - Stichting Palliatieve Zorg Nederland

Begeleidingscommissie bijzonder hoogleraar social empowerment in Palliatieve Zorg - Vanuit mijn functie als hoogleraar palliatieve zorg ben ik onderdeel van deze begeleidingscommissie - Radboud universitair medisch centrum

Begeleidingscommissie bijzonder hoogleraar social empowerment in Palliatieve Zorg - Vanuit mijn functie als hoogleraar palliatieve zorg ben ik onderdeel van deze begeleidingscommissie - Radboud universitair medisch centrum