Committees

These committee members have ample
experience in organizing international conferences
and are excited to meeting you in November 2022.

Local organizing committee

LOC

Nienke Hagenbeek

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Nienke Hagenbeek (1973) has been active for years in the field of promoting gender equality in the Netherlands. Not only in a general sense, but also especially with regard to addressing the inequality in health care and drawing attention to the differences in research, diagnosis and treatment for men and women. First from her role as Director of Finance, Strategy & Operations at WOMEN Inc, an advocacy organization for women. For example, she was at the cradle of the creation of the Gender & Mental Health Alliance. And now as treasurer of the Foundation of the Alliance for Gender & Mental Health – IAWMH NL.

Since 2021, Nienke has been working as Chief Operations Officer at Stichting Het Potentieel Pakken. Here she is responsible for finance, new business, sponsoring, corporate communication and HR. This Dutch non-profit organization's main mission is to make optimal use of everyone's potential on the Dutch labor market. Especially in the care sector, we see that there are large staff shortages, and that many female care workers work here in small part-time jobs. Research by Het Potentieel Pakken shows that 30 to 40% of employees are open to a more hours contract. If women who are currently working in healthcare would work an extra 1 hour, then all shortages in the Netherlands would be solved.

Through an innovative change approach, Het Potentieel Pakken works together with healthcare institutions and care workers to realize this contract extension. With advantages for the employer and for the female care workers. Those who work more hours also accrue more pension, have more chances of promotion and increase the chances on the labour market. In this way, we contribute to the financial independence of women in the Netherlands and stimulate the optimal use of the available labor potential among women.

Patricia van Wijngaarden - Cremers

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Patricia J.M. Van Wijngaarden-Cremers is senior consultant psychiatrist specialized in Gender, Developmental Disorders and Addiction at Dimence a large Mental Health Facility in the Province Overijssel.

Patricia van Wijngaarden was involved from the start, in the country-wide networks for psychiatrist and other mental health professionals treating adults with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She runs a multidisciplinary clinic for developmental disorders in adolescents and adults.

Her teaching activities include modules on gender differences, developmental disorders in adults  and dual diagnosis for students and residents.

She is a senior research fellow with the department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen. Her PhD thesis “Gender, Comorbidity and Autism” (2015) was an eye-opener on the issue of gender sensitive medicine and psychiatry.

She has been active in the International Association for Women’s Mental Health over the past decade. In 2019 she started the Alliance for Gender and Mental Health – IAWMH NL of which she is the chair. The Alliance involves mental health professionals, users / family representatives and organisations for gender equity and women’s rights in the Netherlands.
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Patricia J.M. Van Wijngaarden-Cremers is senior consultant psychiatrist specialized in Gender, Developmental Disorders and Addiction at Dimence a large Mental Health Facility in the Province Overijssel.

Patricia van Wijngaarden was involved from the start, in the country-wide networks for psychiatrist and other mental health professionals treating adults with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She runs a multidisciplinary clinic for developmental disorders in adolescents and adults.

Her teaching activities include modules on gender differences, developmental disorders in adults  and dual diagnosis for students and residents.

She is a senior research fellow with the department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen. Her PhD thesis “Gender, Comorbidity and Autism” (2015) was an eye-opener on the issue of gender sensitive medicine and psychiatry.

She has been active in the International Association for Women’s Mental Health over the past decade. In 2019 she started the Alliance for Gender and Mental Health – IAWMH NL of which she is the chair. The Alliance involves mental health professionals, users / family representatives and organisations for gender equity and women’s rights in the Netherlands.
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Patricia J.M. Van Wijngaarden-Cremers is senior consultant psychiatrist specialized in Gender, Developmental Disorders and Addiction at Dimence a large Mental Health Facility in the Province Overijssel.

Patricia van Wijngaarden was involved from the start, in the country-wide networks for psychiatrist and other mental health professionals treating adults with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She runs a multidisciplinary clinic for developmental disorders in adolescents and adults.

Her teaching activities include modules on gender differences, developmental disorders in adults  and dual diagnosis for students and residents.

She is a senior research fellow with the department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen. Her PhD thesis “Gender, Comorbidity and Autism” (2015) was an eye-opener on the issue of gender sensitive medicine and psychiatry.

She has been active in the International Association for Women’s Mental Health over the past decade. In 2019 she started the Alliance for Gender and Mental Health – IAWMH NL of which she is the chair. The Alliance involves mental health professionals, users / family representatives and organisations for gender equity and women’s rights in the Netherlands.
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Patricia J.M. Van Wijngaarden-Cremers is senior consultant psychiatrist specialized in Gender, Developmental Disorders and Addiction at Dimence a large Mental Health Facility in the Province Overijssel.

Patricia van Wijngaarden was involved from the start, in the country-wide networks for psychiatrist and other mental health professionals treating adults with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She runs a multidisciplinary clinic for developmental disorders in adolescents and adults.

Her teaching activities include modules on gender differences, developmental disorders in adults  and dual diagnosis for students and residents.

She is a senior research fellow with the department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen. Her PhD thesis “Gender, Comorbidity and Autism” (2015) was an eye-opener on the issue of gender sensitive medicine and psychiatry.

She has been active in the International Association for Women’s Mental Health over the past decade. In 2019 she started the Alliance for Gender and Mental Health – IAWMH NL of which she is the chair. The Alliance involves mental health professionals, users / family representatives and organisations for gender equity and women’s rights in the Netherlands.

Rutger Jan van der Gaag

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Rutger Jan van der Gaag (1950) is emeritus professor of psychiatry (child and adolescent) at the Radboud University Medical Center, where he still practices and acts as ProRector.

He is honorary president of the Netherlands Psychiatric Association and immediate past President of the Royal Dutch Medical Association. He served as Vice-President of the Standing Committee of European Medical doctors CPME.

Currently he holds a variety of positions within the field of (Mental)Health{care} and beyond: he is professor of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the Stradina University in Riga Latvia, president of the Dutch Association of Healthcare Executives (NVZD), president of the Papageno Foundation for Autism (Amsterdam New York), stakeholder at the European Food Safety Authority EFSA (Parma Italy), Member of the Executive Board of the University of Paris (CA Université de Paris), foreign Associate Member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (Paris), member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders… etc.

and he is secretary of the Foundation Alliance for Gender and Mental Health / IAWMH.
  • Nienke Hagenbeek
    MSc | Treasurer
  • Patricia J.M. van Wijngaarden-Cremers
    MD PhD | Chair
    Senior Consultant Dimence GGz
  • Rutger Jan van der Gaag
    MD PhD | Secretary
    Proffessor Radboud University Medical Centre & Stradina University RIGA
  • Kawa al Ali
    MSc | President
    Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
  • Tessa Magnee
    PhD | Board Member
    The Dutch – Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
  • Ariette van Reekum
    MD | Board Member
    Netherlands Psychiatric Association
  • Andrea van der Meer
    PhD | President
    The Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP)
  • Monique Rook
    MSc | Managing Director
    The Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP)
  • Ronald Touw
    MSc |Board Member
    The Dutch Association for Nursing Professions
  • Marieke Tetteroo
    MSc | Board Member
    The Dutch Association for Nursing Professions
  • Metty Spelt
    MSc | Senior Staff
    WOMEN INC
  • Xanne Visser
    MSc | Junior Staff
    WOMEN INC
  • Machteld Ploeg
    MSc | Board Member
    The Netherlands Mental Health Organizations
  • Marjan ter Avest
    MSc | Chair
    MIND the Dutch national Association of organizations for people with mental health problems and their relatives
  • Cisca Goedhart
    MSc | Senior Staff
    MIND the Dutch national Association of organizations for people with mental health problems and their relatives
  • Katinka Hellweg
    MSc | Staff
    MIND the Dutch Users Organisation

Core organizing committee

  • Patricia J.M. van Wijngaarden-Cremers
    MD PhD | Chair IAMWH 2022
    The Netherlands
  • Prof. Rutger Jan van der Gaag
    MD PhD | Secretary IAWMH 2022
    The Netherlands
  • Nienke Hagenbeek
    MSc | Treasurer IAWMH 2022
    The Netherlands
  • Prof. Florence Thibaut
    MD PhD| IAWMH, President;
    Dept of Psychiatry/Addictology University Hospital Cochin-Tarnier, University of Paris, INSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Paris, France
    France
  • Prof. Prabha Chandra
    FRCPE, FRCPsych, FAMS | IAWMH, President-elect;
    Professor of Psychiatry National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, INDIA
    India
  • Debra Tucker
    IAWMH Executive Director
    USA
  • Parul Mathur
    MD, IAWMH Social Media Director, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
    India

Scientific program committee

  • Marrie Bekker
    PhD | Professor
    Universities of Amsterdam & Tilburg
    The Netherlands
  • Prof Toine Lagro Jansen
    MD Phd | Emeritus Professor
    The Netherlands
  • Bertine Lahuis
    MD PhD | Chair of the Board
    Radboud Medical Centre Nijmegen
    The Netherlands
  • Tessa Magnee
    PhD | Staff
    Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
    The Netherlands
  • Sabine Oertelt-Prigione 
    MD PhD MSc | Professor
    Radboud Medical Centre Nijmegen
    Netherlands
  • Floortje Scheepers
    MD PhD | Professor
    University Medical Centre Utrecht
    The Netherlands
  • Iris Sommer
    MD PhD | Professor
    University Medical Centre Groningen
    The Netherlands
  • Therese van Amelsvoort
    MD PhD | Professor
    Maastricht University Medical Centre
    The Netherlands
  • Diane van Rappard
    MD PhD | Senior Resident
    University Medical Centre Utrecht
    The Netherlands
  • Petra Verdonk
    PhD | Associate Professor
    University of Amsterdam
    The Netherlands

Communication committee

  • Dr. Parul Mathur
    Chair Social Media IAWMH 2022
    Senior Resident in Psychiatry
    National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences,  Bangalore, India