Saba Hinrichs-Krapels

Saba Hinrichs-Krapels is Head of Section for Policy Analysis in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at TU Delft and Associate Professor in Policy Analysis and Health Systems. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Delft Global Initiative and is Co-founder of the Institute for Health Systems Science. As (co)Lead of the “Children’s Hospital of the Future” ambition within Healthy Start, part of the Convergence Initiative, she works to reimagine pediatric hospitals as adaptive, resilient, and equitable systems—deeply connected to the infrastructures that support health, such as supply chains, energy networks, and digital care technologies. Drawing on implementation science, capacity planning, and system thinking, she leads interdisciplinary research spanning high-income and low-resource settings. Through strong collaborations with clinicians, designers, policymakers, and global partners, she works toward system-level change. Her vision places children at the heart of future health systems—ensuring that hospitals evolve to meet the complex challenges of tomorrow.Saba Hinrichs-Krapels is Head of Section for Policy Analysis in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at TU Delft and Associate Professor in Policy Analysis and Health Systems. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Delft Global Initiative and is Co-founder of the Institute for Health Systems Science. As (co)Lead of the “Children’s Hospital of the Future” ambition within Healthy Start, part of the Convergence Initiative, she works to reimagine pediatric hospitals as adaptive, resilient, and equitable systems—deeply connected to the infrastructures that support health, such as supply chains, energy networks, and digital care technologies. Drawing on implementation science, capacity planning, and system thinking, she leads interdisciplinary research spanning high-income and low-resource settings. Through strong collaborations with clinicians, designers, policymakers, and global partners, she works toward system-level change. Her vision places children at the heart of future health systems—ensuring that hospitals evolve to meet the complex challenges of tomorrow.