Join the Meet the Alumni event from Master your Master for honest stories from ESHPM graduates about making choices, overcoming challenges and finding their way. Ask your questions, learn from their experiences and gain practical advice to navigate your own next steps.
In order to help you navigating the job market we invite Alumni to share their experience, which could be useful for navigating your own job search soon. Hearing from alumni with different backgrounds and experiences can help you gain a better understanding of the opportunities available after graduation. Most importantly, you will have the chance to ask your own questions and connect. This event is open to students from all ESHPM Master's programmes.
During the event, our alumni will share their personal journeys after ESHPM, including:
- Their current role and career path
- How the master's programme and their experiences shaped their career and personal growth
- Key decisions or turning points that led the alumni to where they are today
- Challenges they encountered along the way and how they conquered these
- Practical tips for current students: events, networks, or opportunities worth exploring
The doors open at 14:45 and the first presentation will start at 15:00. We will end the afternoon with drinks to celebrate the upcoming winter break!
Below, you can learn more about our alumni and visit their LinkedIn profiles. Take a look beforehand and think about the questions you would like to ask during the event to make the most of this opportunity!
Vera Niessink (HEPL)
After completing my bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences and a master’s in Health Economics, Policy, and Law, I began my career at Coppa, where I helped organizations improve their procurement processes and implement new systems. I now work at WindTerug as a project manager and consultant focused on digitization and change in the healthcare sector. Along the way, I’ve come to understand better and better what suits me best: analyzing, connecting people, and working together to make improvements. I’m also active as a travel guide, where organizing and interacting with people come together in a whole new way. At the alumni event, I’d love to share my journey and the various paths your degree can take you down!
Yvette Sol (HCM)
“The HCM program taught me to approach challenges systematically from different perspectives and interests; a way of thinking that I still apply in my work daily.”
In recent years, I’ve had the opportunity to gain experience in healthcare technology, nursing homes, and team growth and development. During the alumni event, I’d love to take you on a journey into the world of Med Tech startups and scale-ups, and the challenges and opportunities that come with them.
David Vedder (HCM)
David graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2024 with a Master's degree in Healthcare Management. After gaining experience in the financial sector, he now works as a consultant at 22Graden Groep, where he contributes to a wide range of societal challenges within healthcare and the social domain. Currently, he works as a Project Manager for the Municipality of Lansingerland, focusing on the implementation of a lifestyle support center, and as a Contract Manager at GRJR in Rotterdam, where he helps improve and restructure processes for tailored youth care services. What he enjoys most about his work is the variety of organizations and challenges, the opportunity to bridge the gap between policy and practice, and the ability to make a meaningful impact.
Laura Duran (HEPL-HE)
Laura Duran is an international partnerships and innovation professional with experience spanning the biotechnology industry, public health and international business development. She has worked for an American biotechnology company based in Scotland and the Ministry of Health in Belize, bringing perspectives from both industry and government to her work. Most recently she spent six years as the International Relations Manager where she helped strengthen the international position of the Dutch Life Sciences & Healthcare sector. She specialises in building strategic partnerships and connecting government, industry, research and healthcare to advance innovation and create economic and societal impact. Her work has spanned Europe, Asia and North America.
For questions, please send an email to: masteryourmaster@eshpm.eur.nl