Ruben
Ruben (registered travel nurse).
Ruben has been working with us as a travel nurse since November 2023. After working in the hospital for several years, he opted for a new approach from nursing; traveler advice.
Ruben himself traveled through Asia with his backpack for six months in 2018 and that is where his love for (world) travels originated. In the future he hopes to discover more of South America, among others.
Pieter van Thiel
Pieter van Thiel was a tropical doctor in Malawi for 5 years and subsequently specialised as an internist-infectiologist at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam. After this, Pieter was a staff member of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine AMC and a consultant on tropical diseases for the Dutch Ministry of Defence. Currently, he holds a guest appointment at the AMC, as a consultant for the Tropical Centre, mentor of master’s degree medical students and member of the medical examination committee. In addition, he teaches various courses including the travel medicine refresher courses, the Dutch Tropics course and the military tropics course. Pieter is also chairman of the Quality Concilium of the LCR (Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Reizigersadvisering), member of the Concilium for the training of tropical doctors and member of the Committee of Experts on Immunisations of Military Personnel (CDIM). He works as chief physician of vaccinatiecentrum.nl and as an internist at a number of institutions. Several weeks a year, he works as supervisor/internist/teacher at the University of Malawi’s teaching hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. He obtained his PhD in the field of leishmaniasis.
Lisanne
Lisanne (registered travel nurse).
Lisanne has been working at vaccinatiecentrum.nl since the end of 2022 and completed her training as a travel nurse in mid-2023. She mainly works at our location in Utrecht.
During the fourth year of her Bachelor of Nursing, Lisanne completed an internship with us. Afterwards, she went on a two-month trip through Thailand and Bali. At the end of 2025, she returned to Thailand for another month, and she still has many other tropical destinations on her wish list.
She especially enjoys traveling with only a departure and return flight booked, deciding along the way where each day will take her.
Ellen
Ellen (quality)manager.
Ellen is the (quality) manager of vaccinatiecentrum.nl. She joined vaccinatiecentrum.nl in May 2018 and deals with quality and personnel policy, procedures, protocols, and improvement processes. She monitors the quality offered by vaccinatiecentrum.nl. Ellen enjoys travelling within and outside Europe and prefers to do so by backpack.
Mirjam
Mirjam has been working as operator at vaccinatiecentrum.nl since april 2024.
She also works in the art sector.
Mirjam loves traveling by train, daydreaming as she gazes out the window at the ever-changing landscapes in countries like Sweden, France, England, Scotland and Germany.
Peggy
Peggy is our office manager. All working days of the week you can contact her for all questions by mail or phone. Should you fail to make an appointment via the website, you can always call on Peggy via our central telephone number.
Sharona
Sharona (registered travel nurse).
Sharona started working for vaccinatiecentrum.nl in 2019 as an intern. After she graduated nursing school, she started working at vaccinatiecentrum.nl.
In 2017 Sharona moved to Australia for her study to do a semester abroad. In 2019 she made a road trip through West Canada, since then her bucket list with destinations is growing.
While traveling she loves to be in nature, and she likes to learn more about the culture of the country she is visiting.
Nienke
Nienke (registered travel nurse).
Nienke started working for vaccinatiecentrum.nl in 2012. In 2017 Nienke moved to Houston, Texas in the USA, where she lived and worked as a CrossFit L2 coach.
She recently moved back to the Netherlands and was welcomed back at vaccinatiecentrum.nl. Nienke works in Utrecht.
Nienke has travelled a lot, she visited Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Emirates, Turkey, Morocco, Namibia, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Dutch Antilles, Bahama’s and different countries in Europe.
Judith
Judith (registered travel nurse).
Judith started working for the vaccinatiecentrum.nl since April 2018. As a kid, she always dreamed of becoming a tour guide. Instead, she became a nurse. Before she started at the vaccination centre, Judith worked as a district nurse for five years. Now, as a travel health specialist nurse, she can combine the best of both worlds.
Yvon
Yvon (registered travel nurse)
Yvon has worked as a traveller’s nurse since 2010 for vaccinatiecentrum.nl. From 1992 to 1994, Yvon took the Second-Degree Teacher Training Programme in Nursing at the University of Applied Sciences in Leiden. This was followed by the Tropical Training Programme at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam in 1995. From January 1996 to January 1999, Yvon worked as a nursing teacher at St Francis Hospital Katete in Zambia through Memisa Medicus Mundi. Yvon visited the tropical countries of Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Seychelles and Costa Rica