David de Buisonjé
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. D.R. de Buisonjé
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5087
- d.r.de.buisonje@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7773-1130
David de Buisonjé conducts research on how financial incentives can stimulate health behavior. He is researcher at the Unit of Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology at Universiteit Leiden.
David de Buisonjé conducts research on how financial incentives can stimulate health behavior. He is researcher at the Unit of Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology at Universiteit Leiden.
Research on sustainable behavior change
What enables us to sustain healthy behavior? De Buisonjé's research revolves around this question. His goal is to achieve sustainable behavior change, for example among people with cardiovascular diseases. To accomplish this, he combines the use of wearable technology ( wearables) with financial incentives. He collaborates closely with commercial partners, healthcare providers, and governments to do observations and conduct experiments. His expertise lies at the intersection of product development, scientific research, and policymaking.
Healthy Society Map
Upon completing his dissertation, De Buisonjé began his role as project leader of the innovation project Healthy Society Map in 2021. In this project, he coordinates a multidisciplinary team of researchers, policymakers, public health advisors, and designers from the province of South Holland, the Municipal Health Services (GGD), and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus universities. The project aims to improve research and policy in the field of public health.
Short CV
Before starting his PhD project at Leiden University, De Buisonjé worked as a behavioral analyst at the digital health startup Selfcare in 2015. There, he collaborated with the company's founders, software programmers, and designers to develop and implement a digital platform for health behavior change.
During his PhD project, under the supervision of Andrea Evers and Hareld Kemps, De Buisonjé initiated a collaboration with the Centre for Digital Health Interventions at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Together, they developed a smartphone application used in two field experiments, which were also part of his dissertation. Additionally, he established a collaboration with Waybetter Inc., a company in the United States, to conduct research using their data.
De Buisonjé was elected as the spokesperson for PhD candidates in the executive board of the Department of Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology at Leiden University.
Collaborations
De Buisonjé has collaborated on various projects and programs. He has been involved in the BENEFIT project, the Healthy Society program (Medical Delta), and is a member of the Valorization Panel of Enduring Rewards at TU Delft.
Postdoc
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Gezondheids, Medische- Neuropsychologie
- Buisonjé D.R. de, Reijnders T.R., Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Santhanam P., Kowatsch T., Breeman L.D., Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R.A., Kemps H.M.C. & Evers A.W.M. (2024), Less stick more carrot?: Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: a randomized controlled trial, Psychology of Sport and Exercise 70: 102532.
- Buisonjé D.R. de (29 February 2024), Less carrot more stick: promoting health behavior change with deposit contracts (Dissertatie. Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Evers A.W.M., Kemps H.M.C. & Reijnders T.
- Buisonjé D.R. de, Reijnders T., Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Broek I. van den, Kraaijenhagen R.A., Janssen V.R., Kemps H.M.C. & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Cardiovascular disease patients’ views on using financial incentives for health behavior change: are deposit contracts acceptable?, Clinical eHealth 6: 60-75.
- Buisonjé D.R. de, Brosig F.T., Breeman L.D., Bloom E.L., Reijnders T.R., Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R.A., Kemps H.M.C. & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Put your money where your feet are: the real-world effects of StepBet gamified deposit contracts for physical activity, Internet Interventions 31: 100610.
- Skvortsova A., Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Buisonjé D.R. de, Kowatsch T., Santhanam P., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van & Evers A.W.M. (2022), Increasing the effectiveness of a physical activity smartphone intervention with positive suggestions: randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research 24(3): e32130.
- Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Reijnders T.R., Buisonjé D.R. de, Breeman L.D., Broek I. van den, Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R.A., Atsma D.E. & Evers A.W.M. (2022), Lifestyle support preferences of patients with cardiovascular diseases: what lifestyle support might work best for whom?, PEC Innovation 1: 100071.
- Buisonjé D.R. de, Reijnders T.R., Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Prabhakaran S., Kowatsch T., Lipman S.A., Bijmolt T.H.A., Breeman L.D., Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R.A., Kemps H.M.C. & Evers A.W.M. (2022), Investigating rewards and deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity behavior change using a smartphone app: randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research 24(10): e38339.
- Buisonjé D.R. de, Geer J.E. van der, Keesman M., Vaart R. van der, Reijnders T.R., Wentzel J., Kemps H., Kraaijenhagen R., Janssen V.R. & Evers A.W.M. (2021), Financial incentives for healthy living for patients with cardiac disease from the perspective of health care professionals: interview study, JMIR Cardio 5(2): .
- Bente B., Wentzel J., Groeneveld R., IJzerman R.V.H., Buisonjé D.R. de, Breeman L.D., Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R., Pieterse M., Evers A.W.M. & Gemert-Pijnen L. van (2021), Values of importance to patients with cardiovascular disease as a foundation for ehealth design and evaluation: mixed methods study, JMIR Cardio 5(2): 1-12 (e33252).
- Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Buisonjé D.R. de, Keesman M., Reijnders T., Van der Geer J.E., Janssen V.R., Kraaijenhagen R.A., Atsma D.E. & Evers A.W.M. (2021), Facilitators of and barriers to lifestyle support and eHealth solutions: interview study among health care professionals working in cardiac care, Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(10): e25646.
- Buisonje D.R. de, Ritter S.M., Bruin S. de, Horst J.M.L. ter & Meeldijk A. (2017), Facilitating creative idea selection: the combined effects of self-affirmation, promotion focus and positive affect, Creativity Research Journal 29(2): 174-181.