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Dr. Henk Buurma Director / researcher
Prof. Dr. Marcel Bouvy Researcher
Drs. Annemieke Floor Researcher
Mrs. Thessa Bakker Office / course manager
Drs. Martine Kruijtbosch Researcher
Dr. Jolanda de Bie Researcher
Dr. Adrianne Faber Researcher
Drs. Henk Frans Kwint Researcher
Dr. Anne Leendertse Researcher

Stichting SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice, Policy and Research
The Stichting (or foundation) is the main stakeholder of the pharmacy (Apotheek Stevenshof B.V.) and the SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice and Policy B.V. by means of the SIR Holding B.V..

Board of the Stichting (or foundation)
  • Prof Hubert G.M. Leufkens, PharmD, PhD, chair
  • Hans J.W. Meurs, PharmD, secretary-treasurer
  • Prof Toine.C.G. Egberts, PharmD, PhD, vice-chair
  • Chris B.M. Heerkens, PharmD, MBA, vice-secretary-treasurer
  • Mrs. Dorien G.M. van Hoogdalem-Hazelzet, PharmD
  • Hans A.C.T.M. van Huijgevoort, PharmD
  • Jan H. de Smidt, PharmD, PhD


      Name Dr. Henk Buurma
      Year of birth 1950
      Position/employment Director
      Background Henk Buurma got his PharmD in 1978 at the University of Groningen. Until 1985 he was part-time member of the Social Pharmacy department of this university, but also community pharmacist in Hoogeveen (until 1980) and pharmaceutical consultant. Since 1985 he is community pharmacist in and director of the academic pharmacy Stevenshof in Leiden. Since its foundation in the early nineties he is also director of SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice and Policy, which is affiliated to this pharmacy and with the department of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy of the University of Utrecht. In addition to his involvement of several research projects we like to mention his former editorship of the Geneesmiddelenbulletin and his co-authorship of several books, such as Geneesmiddelen in Nederland, Het Juiste Medicijn and Het Geneesmiddel.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Pharmacy practice research,
    pharmaceutical care and
    pharmacotherapy and patient information
      E-mail h.buurma@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Prof. Dr. Marcel Bouvy
      Year of birth 1966
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Community pharmacist since 1992 at the Stevenshof Pharmacy, Leiden. PhD on pharmacoepidemiology of heart failure. Broad experience in pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacy practice research and drug safety issues.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Cardiovascular disorders, mental health, asthma, diabetes, adherence and concordance, OTC medication.
      E-mail m.l.bouvy@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Drs. Annemieke Floor-Schreudering
      Year of birth 1973
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Annemieke Floor got her PharmD at University of Utrecht in 1998. From 1998 till 2001 she worked as executive director of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. Since july 2001 she is working as liaison pharmacist for the collaboration between SIR- KNMP Departement Leiden (regional pharmacists)- Zorg en Zekerheid (regional health insurance company).
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Annual quality plans and reports (Transmural) medication discussion groups.
    Implementation of (transmural) guidelines e.g. Dermatology Formulary Appropriateness of pharmaceutical care Pharma Policy.
      E-mail a.floor@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Mrs. Thessa Bakker
      Year of birth 1959
      Position/employment Office / course manager
      Background Schoevers management assistant, International Institute for Hospitality Management, The Hague. She has worked as management assistant in different companies in the Netherlands as well as on Aruba.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Languages, communication and the organization of seminars, in- and outdoor courses and other events.
      E-mail secretariaat@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Drs. Martine Kruijtbosch
      Year of birth 1966
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Sociology (Methodology & Technics) 1992. Researcher child labour in India 1993-2001. Since 2002 researcher at SIR till date.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Pharmacy practice research, FT(T)O projects, Pharmaceutical patient care, Benzodiazepines and other psychotropic drugs
      E-mail m.kruijtbosch@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Dr. Jolanda de Bie
      Year of birth 1974
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Jolanda de Bie is a social science researcher, with a masters degree in health psychology (University of Amsterdam,1998). She obtained her PHD at the EMGO Institute of the VU medical centre in Amsterdam (2006) with her thesis: 'Reserved procedures in Dutch health Care'. This thesis followed the Evaluation of the Individual Health care Professions Act (ZONMW 2002) of which she was a co-author. She has worked for SIR since 2004 and, among other things, was involved in research on quality year plans and reports, quality indicators for community pharmacies, WGBO in the pharmacy and the online research panel for pharmacy employees: PAM.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Social science research, quality and safety of care, professions in health care, implication of legislation on practice, quality indicators, quality year plans and reports.
      E-mail J.debie@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Dr. Adrianne Faber
      Year of birth 1972
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Adrianne Faber got her PharmD in 1998 at the University of Groningen. From 1998-2002 she worked as a community pharmacist in Amsterdam. In 2002 she started her PhD project on the use of psychostimulants in children at the department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Groningen. She defended her thesis on this subject successfully on the 2nd of October of 2006. Since June 2006 she is working for SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice and Policy.
      Interests /  
      specializations        		 Polypharmacy, medication review, pharmacy practice research, child psychiatry
      E-mail a.faber@stevenshof.nl

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      Name Drs. Henk Frans Kwint
      Year of birth 1970
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Henk-Frans Kwint got his PharmD in 1996 at the University of Groningen. From 1996 he works as a community pharmacist in Stevenshof Pharmacy. Since 2001 he is pharmacist in chief of the pharmacy. In 2007 he started a PhD project on medication review at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Utrecht.
      Interests /  
      specializations    
    Polypharmacy, medication review, repeat prescribing, seamless care, innovative pharmaceutical care
      E-mail h.f.kwint@uu.nl

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      Name Dr. Anne Leendertse
      Year of birth 1971
      Position/employment Researcher
      Background Anne Leendertse obtained her PharmD in 1999 at the Utrecht University. From 1999 till 2002 she worked as a community pharmacist in the Netherlands and was also teaching and working with the Health Base Foundation on pharmaceutical care. From 2002 till 2005 she studied Clinical Pharmacy at Strathclyde University, Glasgow with clinical experience in Edinburgh hospitals. In 2007 she obtained her MSc Clinical Pharmacy with distinction. Since 2005 she worked as a researcher in medication safety at the Utrecht University and conducted the HARM-study and the PHARM-study. She successfully defended her thesis on Hospital Admissions Related to Medication, prevalence, provocation and prevention on September 30, 2010. She is also a member of the General Committee of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. Since May 2010 she is working for SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice and Policy.
      Interests /  
      specializations    
    Clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, pharmacy practice, medication safety, medication review, care of the elderly, integrated care, long term conditions.
      E-mail a.j.leendertse@stevenshof.nl


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