Participating Departments
The Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) is a collaboration of eight departments of Erasmus Medical Center (Erasmus MC) and Erasmus University Rotterdam. These eight partners within NIHES share their specialised knowledge in quantitative medical and health research.
- Department of Epidemiology
- Department of Biostatistics
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Psychiatry, Section of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology
- Department of Health Policy and Management
- Department of Medical Informatics
- Department of General Practice
Affiliated Partners
NIHES also collaborates with the following five affiliated partners:
Departments of Erasmus Medical Center (Erasmus MC) and Erasmus University Rotterdam:
- Dermatology
- Paediatrics
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Rehabilitation Surgery
Netherlands Cancer Institute / Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital:
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology
Specialisations
NIHES offers graduate and postgraduate research training – Master of Science programmes and short courses – in quantitative medicine and the health sciences in our core disciplines:
- Epidemiology,
- Clinical Epidemiology,
- Genetic Epidemiology,
- Public Health
- Health Economics
- Pharmaco-epidemiology