Wendy Jacobs
Ph.D. Student
Department of Cancer
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Netherlands
Biography
She studied Communication Science at the VU University inAmsterdamand also graduated in Child Development and Education (Orthopedagogiek) at theUniversityofAmsterdam. Further, she completed several courses of the Bachelor Communication and Information Science at the VU University. In her PhD project she focus on health communication and she studied how to inform patients best on cancer treatment and side effects of treatment. My goal is to combine insights from language studies, psychology and communication science in trying to improve patient communication.
Research Interest
Cancer treatment and side effects of treatment.
