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Helianthe Kort is a Full Professor and Chair of Building Healthy Environments for Future Users at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her areas of expertise include Technology in medicine and health care, sanitary engineering gerontechnology, domotica and smart technology. She specializes in research on the impact of the built environment on health, prevention of building related symptoms and diseases and support for daily activities and participation. Her research has a focus on searching for evidence of the built environment to realize quality of life and positive health for building users. The application domains cover the full healing environment health continuum from prevention at home and work to long-term care and care in hospitals.
Helianthe Kort obtained her PhD in the Built Environment from TU/e and also holds an MSc in medical biology from Utrecht University. In addition to her work at TU/e, Helianthe is also a Full Professor and Chair of Technology for Healthcare Innovations at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences and has been Visiting Professor, at the Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University and has undertaken several research visits to India, Taiwan, Brazil and the USA.
Helianthe is also on the committee for several programs of ZonMw, the Dutch organization for healthcare research and innovation, Board Member of the Herman Bouma Foundation for Gerontechnology, Board member of the program Healthcare Innovation Transfer (HIT), member of the Man-Machine-Interaction (MMI) platform and Track coordinator Smart Environments (SRA Health) at TU/e. In addition, Helianthe is President of the Dutch Flemish Discipline of the International Society for Gerontechnology (NV/ISG), Executive Committee Member International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG). Since 2008, she is associate editor of the Gerontechnology journal.
2004-05-01, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Research output: Book/Report › Report › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Plenary talk › Scientific
Helianthe S.M. Kort & Jikke Reinten
8/09/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
14/02/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
13/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
4/12/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities