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Researcher

Dr. L.L.E. (Ineke) Bolt

Assistant Professor

  • Department
  • Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine
  • Focus area
  • Medical ethics and philosophy of medicine and new biomedical technologies (reproductive technology, (epi)genetics, predictive medicine and screening)

About Dr. L.L.E. (Ineke) Bolt

Introduction

I am an assistant professor at the Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and Medical History at Erasmus MC. Currently, I am involved in several research projects, as a researcher and a co-applicant: on the ethics of the development and implementation of a prognostic model for neurodegenerative genetic diseases (ww.cureq.nl), the ethics of e-health during and after the corona pandemic, and informed decision-making in the context of cancer screening. Next to research, I am coordinating and teaching ethics to medical students and medical specialists as well as to students of Clinical Technology at Delft University of Technology.

My background is in theology with a specialization in health care ethics and health care law (Free University in Amsterdam). I started my career as a PhD student in the ethics of genetic testing and counseling for late onset genetic diseases (Free University, Amsterdam). After my PhD research, I worked as a postdoc on several (European and national) projects: in the field of reproductive technology, end of life issues and enhancement technology.

Publications

Teaching activities

  • Coordinator of the ethics courses in the first year of the Bachelor Clinical Technology at Delft University of Technology
  • Coordinator of the course Biomedical ethics of the Bachelor of a Specific Discipline (Department Philosophy, EUR)
  • Lecturer in medical ethics in the Bachelor and Master curriculum of the Erasmus MC
  • Lecturer in medical ethics in the General Practitioners curriculum Erasmus MC
  • Member Ontwikkelteam new curriculum ErasmusArts 2030
  • University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs)

Other positions

  • Member Programme council International School for Philosophy
  • Projectadvisor ZonMW project on Relation between cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination: Implications for communication and decisionmaking (projectleader dr. M. Fransen AmsterdamUMC)

Scholarships, grants, and awards

  • Ethics of e-health during and after the corona pandemic (ZonMw 2020-2022)
  • The ethical implications of engineering improved patient-specific iPSC-derived models for predictive diagnostics in neurodegenerative disease. Workpackage part of the CureQ consortium (2022-2026)

Current research projects

  • Ethics of e-ehealth during and after the corona pandemic (ZonMw 2020-2022)
  • The ethical implications of engineering improved patient-specific iPSC-derived models for predictive diagnostics in neurodegenerative disease. Workpackage part of the CureQ consortium (NWO project 2022-2026)
  • The ethics workpackage of the project on Developing and validating a new measure for informed decision making in cancer screeing: the IDMscreen SCALE. Projectleader Prof D. Timmermans VUMC (ZonMw project 2019-maart 2023)