dr. (David) DJ Blok

Biography

David Blok is an academic researcher at the Erasmus Movez Lab. In June 2018, he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Introducing systems approaches to health behavioral research”. His current research focuses on developing and applying complex system methods, in particular agent-based modeling, to study health behaviors in the context of (online) social networks. Next to his work at the Erasmus Movez Lab, he also has a position as a senior scientist of infectious disease modeling at the Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC.

Research interests: health, health behaviors, complex systems, agent-based modeling

Researcher

Email: d.j.blok.1@erasmusmc.nl

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Researcher | Behavioural Change

Email: d.j.blok@essb.eur.nl
Room: T19-16
Location: Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam

Work

Petra Kukkaro, Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, David J. Blok, Wim H. van Brakel, Annemieke Geluk, Aparna Srikantam, David Scollard, Linda B. Adams, Mathias Duck, Sunil Anand, Andie Tucker, Israel Cruz, Vrr Pemmaraju, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Kingsley Asiedu & Christopher Hanna (2024) - Target product profiles: leprosy diagnostics - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102 (4), 288-295 - [link]
David J. Blok, Bojan Simoski, Thabo J. van Woudenberg & Moniek Buijzen (2023) - The Usefulness of Web-Based Communication Data for Social Network Health Interventions: Agent-Based Modeling Study - JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6 (1) - doi: 10.2196/44849 - [link]
Amanda G. Carvalho, Carolina Lorraine H. Dias, David J. Blok, Eliane Ignotti & João Gabriel G. Luz (2023) - Intra-urban differences underlying leprosy spatial distribution in central Brazil: geospatial techniques as potential tools for surveillance - Geospatial health, 18 (2) - doi: 10.4081/gh.2023.1227 - [link]
A. T. Taal, J. G. Barreto, G. dos Santos de Sousa, A. Medeiros da Rocha, N. N. Lima Ferreira, J. A. Menezes da Silva, D. C. Hinders, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus & D. J. Blok (2023) - The geographical distribution and socioeconomic risk factors of COVID-19, tuberculosis and leprosy in Fortaleza, Brazil - BMC Infectious Diseases, 23 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08627-9 - [link]
Anneke T. Taal, Akshat Garg, Suchitra Lisam, Ashok Agarwal, Josafá G. Barreto, Wim H. van Brakel, Jan Hendrik Richardus & David J. Blok (2022) - Identifying clusters of leprosy patients in India: A comparison of methods - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (12) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010972 - [link]
Anna Borlase, Epke A. Le Rutte, , Soledad Castaño, David J. Blok, Jaspreet Toor, Federica Giardina & Emma L. Davis (2022) - Evaluating and mitigating the potential indirect effect of COVID-19 on control programmes for seven neglected tropical diseases: a modelling study - The Lancet. Global health, 10 (11), e1600-e1611 - doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00360-6 - [link]
A. T. Taal, D. J. Blok, A. Handito, S. Wibowo, Sumarsono, A. Wardana, G. Pontororing, D. F. Sari, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus & C. R.S. Prakoeswa (2022) - Determining target populations for leprosy prophylactic interventions: a hotspot analysis in Indonesia - BMC Infectious Diseases, 22 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07103-0 - [link]
David Blok & Sake De Vlas (2022) - Guiding policy towards zero leprosy: Challenges for modelling & economic evaluation - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 155 (1), 7-10 - doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_220_22 - [link]
Anneke T. Taal, Avilash Chakrawarti, Nand Lal Banstola, Anil Kumar, Bikash Man Singh, Rabindra Baskota, Wim H. van Brakel, Jan Hendrik Richardus & David J. Blok (2022) - Trends and geographical variation in leprosy case detection and disability in Nepal, 2010–2021 - Leprosy Review, 93 (4), 348-363 - doi: 10.47276/lr.93.4.348 - [link]
Dorcas O. Ogunsumi, Vivek Lal, Karl Philipp Puchner, Wim van Brakel, Eva Maria Schwienhorst-Stich, Christa Kasang, Joseph Chukwu, Saskia Kreibich, Sandra Parisi, Jan Hendrik Richardus & David J. Blok (2021) - Measuring endemicity and burden of leprosy across countries and regions: A systematic review and delphi survey - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15 (9) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009769 - [link]