Helianthe Kort
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Helianthe Kort is a Full Professor and Chair of Building Healthy Environments for Future Users at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her areas of expertise include Technology in medicine and health care, sanitary engineering gerontechnology, domotica and smart technology. She specializes in research on the impact of the built environment on health, prevention of building related symptoms and diseases and support for daily activities and participation. Her research has a focus on searching for evidence of the built environment to realize quality of life and positive health for building users. The application domains cover the full healing environment health continuum from prevention at home and work to long-term care and care in hospitals.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Helianthe Kort obtained her PhD in the Built Environment from TU/e and also holds an MSc in medical biology from Utrecht University. In addition to her work at TU/e, Helianthe is also a Full Professor and Chair of Technology for Healthcare Innovations at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences and has been Visiting Professor, at the Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University and has undertaken several research visits to India, Taiwan, Brazil and the USA.
Helianthe is also on the committee for several programs of ZonMw, the Dutch organization for healthcare research and innovation, Board Member of the Herman Bouma Foundation for Gerontechnology, Board member of the program Healthcare Innovation Transfer (HIT), member of the Man-Machine-Interaction (MMI) platform and Track coordinator Smart Environments (SRA Health) at TU/e. In addition, Helianthe is President of the Dutch Flemish Discipline of the International Society for Gerontechnology (NV/ISG), Executive Committee Member International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG). Since 2008, she is associate editor of the Gerontechnology journal.
Recent Publications
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Henk Brink,W.P. Krijnen,Marcel G.L.C. Loomans,Mark P. Mobach,Helianthe S.M. Kort
Positive effects of indoor environmental conditions on students and their performance in higher education classrooms: A between-groups experiment
Science of the Total Environment (2023) -
Helianthe S.M. Kort,Marcel G.L.C. Loomans
Exploring the effects of indoor air quality on sleep and sleep quality of older people
Gerontechnology (2022) -
Henk Brink,Marcel G.L.C. Loomans,Mark P. Mobach,Helianthe S.M. Kort
A systematic approach to quantify the influence of indoor environmental parameters on students' perceptions, responses, and short-term academic performance
Indoor Air (2022) -
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans,Marije te Kulve,A.C. Boerstra,Helianthe S.M. Kort
Effectiveness of personalized ventilation in reducing airborne infection risk for long-term care facilities
42nd AIVC Conference - 10th TightVent Conference - 8th venticool Conference (2022) -
Eugene Mamulova,Henk Brink,Marcel G.L.C. Loomans,Roel C.G.M. Loonen,Helianthe S.M. Kort
A Multi-Domain Approach to Explanatory and Predictive Thermal Comfort Modelling in Offices
REHVA Journal (2022)
Current Educational Activities
Ancillary Activities
- President, International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG)
- Lector Technologie voor Zorginnovaties, Hogeschool Utrecht
- program committee member, ZonMW
- Member of the program commitee, ZonMW
- Toezichthouder, Amstelring
- Board Member, NWO-Regie-orgaan Practice-based research