I do many things — and I rarely do them separately.
I research, teach, speak, create, and collaborate in ways that feel deeply connected.
Across everything I do, I bring the same core strengths: a sharp mind, deep curiosity, emotional intuition, and the drive to make complex things work — for real people.
What follows are just three of the ways in which I currently shape change.
Professor & Researcher
As a professor in biomedical data sciences, I work at the intersection of methodology, technology, and systems.
My research is eclectic — by design.
From genetics to immunology, from data infrastructures to healthcare innovation: I move across domains to find patterns others don’t see.
I ask questions.
Always.
I listen to people across roles — from patients to policymakers — and return insights that clarify complexity.
I translate abstract chaos into shared language: through whiteboard sketches, slides, and synthesis documents that spark real action.
Above all, I believe that data can save lives —
but only if we understand the systems we’re working in.
Speaker & Moderator
I love communicating.
Not just to share ideas — but to move people.
To spark thought, to stretch perspectives, and to open space for honest dialogue.
As a keynote speaker, panelist or moderator, I bring bold questions, innovative insight, and emotional depth.
I speak on topics like:
- Agents of change: who they are and why we need them
- Digital transformation in healthcare: vision, challenges, and opportunities
- Working with emotions in complex multi-stakeholder systems
I’m at home in lecture halls, strategy retreats, academic conferences and policy events —
but I always bring my full self.
Creator
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I believe in the power of art —
not just as beauty or expression,
but as a way to access something deeper: emotion.
Emotion is often overlooked in system change.
We talk in logic, structure, policy — but forget that action begins in the heart.
If we want to shift systems, we need to move the people inside them.
And emotion is what moves us.
Through visuals, storytelling, co-creation, and artistic collaborations,
I want to explore what data and diagrams can’t always show:
the human experience behind transformation.
Sometimes that means expressing my own emotions.
Sometimes it means creating work that resonates with others —
so they can feel, reflect, and act.
My blog is a place for reflection —
on change, on leadership, on the emotional side of making a difference.
And my podcast — The World of Liesbet — is where I speak with people who inspire me:
idealists, system thinkers, misfits, creatives.
The ones who don’t quite fit,
but end up building something better.
And I’m currently seeking collaborations with artists
to express what data and systems often fail to capture:
the human experience behind transformation.
