Jorik
Jorik (nurse)
Jorik did an internship at the vaccination center at the beginning of 2025. After that, he stayed on and now mainly works at the locations in Utrecht and Wageningen.
In his free time, Jorik spends a lot of time making music. At the beginning of 2026, Jorik traveled to Iceland and really enjoyed it. Long-distance tropical trips have not worked out for Jorik yet, but they are definitely on the planning list.
Birgit
Birgit (nurse).
Birgit started at vaccinatiecentrum.nl in 2024 as an intern and joined the team as a registered nurse in 2025. She is currently pursuing advanced training to become a travel nurse, which she hopes to complete in February 2026.
As a child, Birgit went camping and travelled with her family through many European countries, often complaining about the long hikes she had to do. As an adult, she set off travelling with a backpack. She prefers the colder parts of the world, such as Scotland and Scandinavia. And yes, hiking in nature has now become one of her favourite activities.
Irma
Irma (registered travel nurse).
Irma (registered travel nurse) was born and raised in Java, Indonesia. She has been working as a travel health advisor since October 2017. After a 1.5-year break, she resumed her work as a travel health advisor in 2025 at the vaccinatiecentrum. Irma has visited countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia.
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.