Dr. Kraal, J.J.

Jos Kraal is assistant professor of Behavioral Change at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His main research interests focus on design for behaviour change, physical activity promotion and the development of lifestyle interventions to prevent chronic diseases.

Academic Background

Before joining IDE, Jos completed his PhD in Medical Informatics (University of Amsterdam, 2016), where he developed and evaluated a home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention in collaboration with Máxima MC Eindhoven/Veldhoven. Jos also holds a MSc degree in Human Movement Science (VU Amsterdam, 2011) and Public Health (Maastricht University, 2011). He joined the IDE faculty in Delft in 2019 as part of the 4TU Pride and Prejudice consortium, working on the development of dynamic and context-aware lifestyle interventions to prevent chronic diseases.

Education

2012 – 2016
PhD Research, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL) & Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, Eindhoven/Veldhoven (NL). Thesis: Home-based cardiac rehabilitation: Development and evaluation of a novel intervention with telemonitoring guidance and wearable sensors.
2010 – 2011
MSc. Public Health: Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management. Maastricht University (NL)
2009 – 2011
MSc. Human Movement Science. Free University of Amsterdam (NL)
2005 – 2009
BSc. Human Movement Science. Free University of Amsterdam (NL)

Experience

2019 – present
Assistant Professor, Faculty of IDE, TU delft.
2016 – 2019
Senior Project-leader / Post doc, Flow Center for Prevention, Telemedicine and Rehabilitation, Máxima Medical Center, Eindhoven/Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

Involved in the project:

Pride and Prejudice

The four technical universities in the Netherlands (Eindhoven, Twente, Wageningen and Delft) work together in a research program that aims to promote behavior change by supporting people in improving their nutrition choices and their exercising behavior.