Impact Stories

Spoiler alert: there are a lot of things that you need to learn to make a startup a success! Discover how Anouk Post and Johannes de Boer are readying their med-tech invention to market.

How to make an impact with your research and what does it take to go from idea to product or service. Watch the video of Maaike van Rest. Maaike explains what has helped her to bring an idea to the market in the shape of a product.

There is not yet a vaccine against the second deadliest infection in the world after tuberculosis: HIV. This valorisation story is a prime example of how the valorisation of research results can lead to an application that has an enormous societal impact. Watch the video to hear the whole story from researchers Rogier Sanders and Godelieve De Bree of Amsterdam UMC!

In this video, HvA researcher Sepp Eckenhaussen explains how his practice-based research project led to the tool Etherport. What is special about this project is that the tool was transferred to and is managed by a collective of cultural organisations.

How to make impact with your research and what does it take to go from an idea to a product or service. Melvyn Roerdink is Associate Professor Technology in Motion at the Department of Human Movement Sciences (FGB) at VU and tells about the augmented reality queuing application, Holocue, he developed for people with Parkinson’s.

Scientist Arjan Griffioen leads cancer treatment innovation with lab and startup (Amsterdam UMC).  Could an innovative cancer treatment be used as a preventative vaccine? Arjan Griffioen and his team are determined to find out.

In this video, HvA researchers Ben Kröse and Margriet Pol share how their practice-based research project led to the rehabilitation support product Hipper and the establishment of the first HvA spin-off Hipper Therapeutics BV. Hipper is an innovative treatment protocol in which coaching and sensor technology are used in rehabilitation programs after hip replacement surgery. It offers rehabilitators and care providers an objective insight into the progress of the rehabilitation in the living environment.

Laura Rupp helps +100,000 students with their English.  Watch the video of Laura to hear more about asking for outside expertise, identifying stakeholders and personal perseverance.