Full Professor Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Groningen, University  Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.

Educational Background in Physical Therapy (1988) and Movement Sciences (1992).

PhD in Rehabilitation Medicine (2004).

Main Research Topics and Projects are: Functional Capacity Evaluation, Vocational Rehabilitation, Pain Rehabilitation, Groningen Spine Cohort (2015-2028), Central Sensitization and physical functioning

Committee and Memberships and Academic Services

• Immediate past president Pain Alliance in the Netherlands (PA!N), IASP Chapter.
• Counsellor European Pain Federation EFIC (until 2022)
• Advisory member EFIC Societal Impact Pain (employment and rehabilitation).
• Advisory member Fit for Work Netherlands.
• Chair Local Advisory Committee and Member Scientific Program Committee IASP         World Congress 2024 Amsterdam.
• Member Scientific Program Committee IASP World Congress 2020 (online), 2022 (Toronto) and 2024 (Amsterdam).
• Co-chair IASP Presidential Task Force – Integration ICF and ICD in Pain Medicine.
• Member IASP Taskforce – Definition Interdisciplinary Pain Interventions.
• Chair EFIC Taskforce – Definition Multimodal Pain Therapy
• Editorial board member Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

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