Biography
David Blok is an academic researcher at the Erasmus Movez Lab. In June 2018, he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Introducing systems approaches to health behavioral research”. His current research focuses on developing and applying complex system methods, in particular agent-based modeling, to study health behaviors in the context of (online) social networks. Next to his work at the Erasmus Movez Lab, he also has a position as a senior scientist of infectious disease modeling at the Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC.
Research interests: health, health behaviors, complex systems, agent-based modeling
- d.j.blok.1@erasmusmc.nl
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Assistant professor | Behavioural Change
- d.j.blok@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Andreia Vasconcelos, Jonathan D. King, Cláudio Nunes-Alves, Roy Anderson, Daniel Argaw, Maria Gloria Basáñez, Shakir Bilal, David J. Blok, Seth Blumberg, Anna Borlase, Oliver J. Brady, Raiha Browning, Nakul Chitnis, Luc E. Coffeng, Emily H. Crowley, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Derek A.T. Cummings, Christopher Neil Davis, Emma Louise Davis, Matthew Dixon, Andrew Dobson, Louise Dyson, Michael French, Claudio Fronterre, Emanuele Giorgi, Ching I. Huang, Saurabh Jain, Ananthu James, Sung Hye Kim, Klodeta Kura, Ana Lucianez, Michael Marks, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Graham F. Medley, Edwin Michael, Antonio Montresor, Nyamai Mutono, Thumbi S. Mwangi, Kat S. Rock, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Misaki Sasanami, Markus Schwehm, Simon E.F. Spencer, Ariktha Srivathsan, Robert S. Stawski, Wilma A. Stolk, Samuel A. Sutherland, Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuente, Sake J. De Vlas, Martin Walker, Simon J. Brooker, T. Deirdre Hollingsworth, Anthony W. Solomon & Ibrahima Soce Fall (2024) - - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78 (Supplement_2), S83-S92 - doi: -
- Ananthu James, Luc E. Coffeng, David J. Blok, Jonathan D. King, Sake J. De Vlas & Wilma A. Stolk (2024) - - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78 (Supplement_2), S131-S137 - doi: -
- Petra Kukkaro, Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, David J. Blok, Wim H. van Brakel, Annemieke Geluk, Aparna Srikantam, David Scollard, Linda B. Adams, Mathias Duck, Sunil Anand, Andie Tucker, Israel Cruz, Vrr Pemmaraju, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Kingsley Asiedu & Christopher Hanna (2024) - - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102 (4), 288-295 - doi: -
- David J. Blok, Bojan Simoski, Thabo J. van Woudenberg & Moniek Buijzen (2023) - - JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6 (1) - doi: -
- Amanda G. Carvalho, Carolina Lorraine H. Dias, David J. Blok, Eliane Ignotti & João Gabriel G. Luz (2023) - - Geospatial health, 18 (2) - doi: -
- A. T. Taal, J. G. Barreto, G. dos Santos de Sousa, A. Medeiros da Rocha, N. N. Lima Ferreira, J. A. Menezes da Silva, D. C. Hinders, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus & D. J. Blok (2023) - - BMC Infectious Diseases, 23 (1) - doi: -
- Anneke T. Taal, Akshat Garg, Suchitra Lisam, Ashok Agarwal, Josafá G. Barreto, Wim H. van Brakel, Jan Hendrik Richardus & David J. Blok (2022) - - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (12) - doi: -
- Anna Borlase, Epke A. Le Rutte, , Soledad Castaño, David J. Blok, Jaspreet Toor, Federica Giardina & Emma L. Davis (2022) - - The Lancet. Global health, 10 (11), e1600-e1611 - doi: -
- A. T. Taal, D. J. Blok, A. Handito, S. Wibowo, Sumarsono, A. Wardana, G. Pontororing, D. F. Sari, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus & C. R.S. Prakoeswa (2022) - - BMC Infectious Diseases, 22 (1) - doi: -
- David Blok & Sake De Vlas (2022) - - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 155 (1), 7-10 - doi: -
World Health Organization
- Start date approval
- april 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2025
- Place
- NEW DELHI
- Description
- Lid van technical advisory group (TAG) leprosy
