The Amsterdam Center for Health Communication (ACHC) strives to promote health through research on effective communication.

Consortium with ACHC receives funding on chatbots from NWO Open Competition

Published on January 15, 2020 – A consortium consisting of scientists from the humanities, social sciences, and artificial intelligence has been awarded an NWO grant of EUR 750,000 to study the development and effectiveness of chatbots to promote healthy behavior. ACHC member Gert-Jan de Bruijn is involved in the consortium. […]
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Successful ACHC symposium on conversational agents in health communication

Published on December 3 2019 – On Monday November 18th 2019, the Amsterdam Center for Health Communication (ACHC) hosted a successful symposium on “Conversational Agents for Health Communication”, chaired by Gert-Jan de Bruijn.  The main goals of these ACHC symposia are to bring academia and practice from the Netherlands and Flanders […]
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ZonMw Grant on Goed Gebruik Geneesmiddelen for consortium with ACHC

Published on December 6 2019 – Marcia Vervloet (NIVEL, ACHC) and Annemiek Linn (ACHC) received a ZonMw grant to improve therapy for inhalation medication, in terms of both technology and compliance. The grant amounts to more than 500,000 euros. Among other things, a PhD candidate will be appointed from this […]
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Announcement symposium “Conversational Agents in Health Communication”

On Monday, November 18, 2019,  ACHC will hold it autumn 2019 symposium. The theme of this symposium is “Conversational agents in health communication” and will be led by Gert-Jan de Bruijn and Julia van Weert. The symposium is free of charge, and contains a varied program with (inter) national speakers […]
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