Prof. Maria Jansen wins ‘Woman in the Media Award’ 2016 Limburg
Maria Jansen, Extraordinary professor ‘Population-Oriented Health Policy’ at Maastricht University, has won the Limburg Woman in the Media Award. According to 43 percent of the voters Jansen did the best job with presenting herself in the media in 2016.
The prize is awarded by the media platform ‘Vaker in de Media’ and speakers agency ‘ZijSpreekt’, who help female role models and experts to get more media exposure. According to the voters, Maria Jansen is very good at connecting policy, research and practice in the field of health in an accessible way, and she does so with great enthusiasm.
The jury argued that Jansen knows how to translate scientific research to society; she improves quality of life in Limburg through research and regional cooperation. Lawyer Francoise Landerloo ended up in second place (17%) and Karin van der Ven, manager of Jules, was third (11%).
This is the first time that the organisation has bestowed awards per province. Regional journalists made a list of ten role models per province and the public could vote who succeeded the best in presenting herself in the media. Over the past few weeks, 18,629 people cast their vote via vrouwindemedia.nl.
Video: Jansen's TedTalk from 2012
In this TedTalk Maria Jansen asks us: Would you leave your comfort zone without being nudged? Nudging means kindly being seduced into new behavior. When we talk about health we often still focus on disease and getting better. We remain in our comfort zone, the world of disease.