Facts
- Professor in Health Communication, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University (2009- ).
- Professor in Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University (-2008)
- Endowed chair for the Dutch Cancer Society on Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (1998-2008).
- Honorary Research Consultant on Cancer Prevention to the Medical Research Council of South Africa
- Honorary Research Fellow in the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development program at the Human Sciences Research Council, Durban South Africa.
- Catharina Pijls Award for the dissertation "Smoking prevention in Dutch adolescents", November 29, 1990.
- Research agreement between the department of Health Education and the Dutch Smoking and Health Foundation
- Co-founder (with Prof. Dr. Anne Charlton) of ENYPAT
- Steering group member and member of Adivisory Board of the European Network for Young People Against Tobacco (ENYPAT)
- Brug, H. & De Vries, H. (1999). Special Issue Computer Tailored Education; Guest Editors for Patient Education and Counseling.
- Research Collaboration with Nelson Mandela School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, Durban, South Africa
- Co-editor Preventive Medicine, Psychology and Health, Health Education
- Visiting professor Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, RI,USA (2002), Un of Kwazulu Natal (Durban, South Africa), Un. Cluj (Romania) and Un. of Nicosia (Cyprus).