dr. DJ (David) 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

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

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Assistant professor | Behavioural Change

Email: d.j.blok@essb.eur.nl

Work

Andreia Vasconcelos, Jonathan D. King, Cláudio Nunes-Alves, Roy Anderson, Daniel Argaw, Maria Gloria Basáñez, Shakir Bilal, David J. Blok, Seth Blumberg, Anna Borlase, Oliver J. Brady, Raiha Browning, Nakul Chitnis, Luc E. Coffeng, Emily H. Crowley, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Derek A.T. Cummings, Christopher Neil Davis, Emma Louise Davis, Matthew Dixon, Andrew Dobson, Louise Dyson, Michael French, Claudio Fronterre, Emanuele Giorgi, Ching I. Huang, Saurabh Jain, Ananthu James, Sung Hye Kim, Klodeta Kura, Ana Lucianez, Michael Marks, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Graham F. Medley, Edwin Michael, Antonio Montresor, Nyamai Mutono, Thumbi S. Mwangi, Kat S. Rock, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Misaki Sasanami, Markus Schwehm, Simon E.F. Spencer, Ariktha Srivathsan, Robert S. Stawski, Wilma A. Stolk, Samuel A. Sutherland, Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuente, Sake J. De Vlas, Martin Walker, Simon J. Brooker, T. Deirdre Hollingsworth, Anthony W. Solomon & Ibrahima Soce Fall (2024) - Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases Targets: How Can Quantitative Modeling Support Programmatic Decisions? - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78 (Supplement_2), S83-S92 - doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae082 - [link]
Ananthu James, Luc E. Coffeng, David J. Blok, Jonathan D. King, Sake J. De Vlas & Wilma A. Stolk (2024) - Predictive Value of Microfilariae-Based Stop-MDA Thresholds after Triple Drug Therapy with IDA Against Lymphatic Filariasis in Treatment-Naive Indian Settings - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78 (Supplement_2), S131-S137 - doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae019 - [link]
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 - doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290881 - [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]