Drs. Kjell van der Walle

Kjell van der Walle graduated as a pharmacist from KU Leuven in 2023, completing his master’s thesis entitled “The Cost-Effectiveness of Etanercept Tapering in Patients with Established Rheumatoid Arthritis in Terms of Disease Control”. During his university studies he conducted research in the Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology department at MUMC+, focusing on the safety of parenteral medication administration. After graduation, he returned to the department to work as a pharmacist. Since 2024, he started working on his PhD alongside the hospital pharmacy training program. His current research focusses on identifying, preventing, and mitigating prescribing cascades.

Supervisory Team

• Promotors: Dr. Fatma Karapinar-Çarkit
                         Prof. Dr. Petra Denig
• Co-promotors: Dr. Fabiënne Magdelijns
                                Dr. Yannick Nielen

Participations, projects and additional duties:

• Patient Perspectives on Prescribing Cascades (P3C): "A Qualitative Study in the Netherlands"
• Prescribing Cascades
• Raising awareness and improving knowledge of healthcare providers regarding adverse drug reactions and prescribing cascades
• Developing tools to support patients in recognizing and reporting adverse drug reactions
• Analysing prescribing cascade patterns in clinical databases