Willem van Mechelen, M.D.

PROF.DR., Doctor Honoris Causa Vrije Universiteit Brussel, (Principal Investigator), Fellow American College of Sports Medicine, Fellow EuropeanCollege of Sports Sciences, Honorary professor School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Honorary professor Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM), Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Honorary professor School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

1986 …2024

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Maartje van Stralen

Person: Academic

Hans Brölmann

Person: Academic

Henk de Vries

Person: Academic

Merijn Eikelenboom

Person: Academic

Paul Lips

Person: Academic

Gabe Sonke

Person: Academic

Hinke Martine Kruizenga

Person: Academic

G B Post

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Esther M.F. van Sluijs

  • University of Cambridge
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research

External person

E.V. Lambert

  • University of Cape Town

External person

I. Bakker

  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research

External person

Eivind Andersen

  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  • University of South-Eastern Norway

External person

Glyn C. Roberts

  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

External person

Richard Weiler

  • Fortius Clinic
  • University College London

External person

Cindy M. Gray

  • University of Glasgow

External person

Marlene N. Silva

  • University of Lisbon
  • Lusófona University

External person

Sally Wyke

  • University of Glasgow

External person

J. Bart Staal

  • Maastricht University
  • HAN University of Applied Sciences

External person

Mike I. Lambert

  • University of Cape Town
  • VU University Medical Centre
  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Wilhelmina E Hoogendoorn

  • Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

J. Snel

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Johannes Zwerver

  • University of Groningen

External person

Andreas Holtermann

  • National Research Centre for the Working Environment
  • University of Southern Denmark

External person

Stef P J Kremers

  • University of Limburg
  • Maastricht University

External person

Nicola Sewry

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Katherine Hunt

  • University of Southampton
  • University of Stirling

External person

C Karatzaferi

  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • University of California at San Francisco

External person

Nanette Mutrie

  • University of Edinburgh

External person

C. Readhead

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Dina C. Janse van Rensburg

  • University of Pretoria

External person

Laura C. Roden

  • University of Cape Town
  • Coventry University

External person

Coen D. A. Stehouwer

  • Maastricht University
  • Maastricht University Medical Center
  • Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN)
  • Maastricht UMC
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • VU Medisch Centrum
  • VU University Medical Hospital
  • Leiden University
  • University of Limburg
  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research

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Dale E. Rae

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Theo van Achterberg

  • KU Leuven
  • Radboud University Nijmegen

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E.M.M. de Vroome

  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

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Rienk Dekker

  • University of Groningen

External person

O. Røynesdal

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
  • NLA University College

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Niklas Krause

  • University of California at Los Angeles

External person

Irene van de Glind

  • Radboud University Medical Center
  • Radboud University Nijmegen

External person

W. Viljoen

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Bart W. Koes

  • Erasmus MC University Medical Center
  • University Medical Center
  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Erasmus Medical Center
  • Erasmus MC
  • VU Medisch Centrum
  • Maastricht University
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Monash University
  • Dartmouth College

External person

Christopher Bunn

  • University of Glasgow

External person

Clint Readhead

  • University of Cape Town
  • South African Rugby Union (SARU)
  • South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby)
  • South African Rugby Union

External person

D C Welten

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Richard Budgett

  • International Olympic Committee
  • Medical and Scientific Department

External person

Alex McConnachie

  • Institute of Health and Wellbeing
  • University of Glasgow

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Tanita Botha

  • University of Pretoria

External person

Elzette Korkie

  • University of Pretoria

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Ivan A Steenstra

  • University of Amsterdam
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Caroline F. Finch

  • Federation University Australia
  • Edith Cowan University

External person

D. van Heemst

  • Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
  • Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing

External person

Marit Sørensen

  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

External person

Carel T. Viljoen

  • University of Pretoria
  • University of Amsterdam

External person

Wayne Viljoen

  • South African Rugby Union (SARU)
  • University of Cape Town
  • South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby)
  • South African Rugby Union

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A J Sargeant

  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Amika S. Singh

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Neil K. Aaronson

  • Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • The Dutch Gynecological Oncology Group (DGOG)

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Heleen Paagman

  • HumanTotalCare Occupational Health Service
  • HumanTotalCare

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Lars Engebretsen

  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  • International Olympic Committee
  • Medical and Scientific Department
  • University of Oslo

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Hugo Pereira

  • University of Lisbon

External person

Remy A Hirasing

  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • Municipal Medical and Health Centre
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Kenniscentrum Overgewicht

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Johan de Jong

  • University of Groningen

External person

Estelle V. Lambert

  • University of Cape Town

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Miriam M R Vollenbroek-Hutten

  • Roessingh Research and Development

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Isabel Ferreira

  • University College London

External person

Steven N Blair

  • University of South Carolina

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Jannique G Z van Uffelen

  • University of Queensland

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Jason M. R. Gill

  • University of Glasgow
  • Veterinary and Life Sciences

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Leon Straker

  • Curtin University

External person

M. Catt

  • Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University

External person

V. Zuidema

  • Consumer Safety Institute VeiligheidNL

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Susi Kriemler

  • University of Zurich

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Shaun Treweek

  • University of Aberdeen

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Pedro J. Teixeira

  • University of Lisbon

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Kate Hunt

  • University of Glasgow

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Martin Schwellnus

  • University of Pretoria
  • University of Cape Town

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S. van Buuren

  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

External person

J. Evans

  • University of Manchester
  • University of Cambridge

External person

M. de Greef

  • Instituut voor Bewegingswetenschappen

External person

C.D.A. Stehouwer

  • VU University Medical Centre
  • Maastricht University
  • VU University Medical Center, Institute for Cardiovascular Research VU

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Carolien A. Wijsman

  • Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
  • Leiden University

External person

Anne M. May

  • Utrecht University

External person

Margo Mountjoy

  • McMaster University
  • Fina Bureau (Sport Medicine)

External person

Borja Ibáñez

  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • University of Valencia
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • CIBERCV

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Simon P. Mooijaart

  • Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
  • Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing
  • Leiden University Medical Centre
  • Institute for Evidence-Based Medicine in Old Age
  • Leiden University
  • Institute for Evidence-based Medicine in Old Age (IEMO)

External person

F. van der Ouderaa

  • Leyden Academy of Vitality and Ageing
  • Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing

External person

Wayne Derman

  • Stellenbosch University
  • University of Cape Town

External person

Helco van Keeken

  • University of Groningen

External person

Naveed Sattar

  • Veterinary and Life Sciences
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Milan

External person

Wim H. van Harten

  • Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Rijnstate Hospital
  • University of Twente
  • The Dutch Gynecological Oncology Group (DGOG)
  • Hospital Pharmacy

External person

R A Ferguson

  • Manchester Metropolitan University

External person

Gordon O. Matheson

  • Stanford University

External person

Mats Borjesson

  • International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
  • University of Gothenburg
  • Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
  • Karolinska Institutet

External person

Goof Schep

  • Maxima Medical Centre

External person

Marlene Schoeman

  • University of Pretoria

External person

S.A. Tomaz

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Gert-Jan de Bruijn

  • University of Amsterdam
  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Maastricht University

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Arne Ljungqvist

  • Medical and Scientific Department

External person

Inés García-Lunar

  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • Universidad Europea de Madrid
  • CIBER de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV)
  • University Hospital La Moraleja

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John P.A. Ioannidis

  • Stanford University
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • University of Ioannina

External person

Annie S. Anderson

  • University of Dundee

External person

I. Martin

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Irene van Kamp

  • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

External person

Leon M. Straker

  • Curtin University
  • University of Melbourne

External person

Christopher Gidlow

  • Staffordshire University

External person

S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra

  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Erasmus Medical Center

External person

Hugo V. Pereira

  • University of Lisbon

External person

Karim M. Khan

  • Centre for Mobility and Health
  • University of British Columbia
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine

External person

H. Morgan

  • University of Aberdeen

External person

Sandra Andrusaityte

  • Vytautas Magnus University

External person

Andreas Holtermann

  • National Research Centre for the Working Environment
  • Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
  • University of Southern Denmark

External person

Hein de Vries

  • Forensic Psychiatric Centre De Rooyse Wissel and Maastricht University
  • Maastricht University

External person

Susan Scheepers

  • University of Pretoria

External person

Kathrin Steffen

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

External person

Gert B. M. Mensink

  • Robert Koch-Institut

External person

Mai J.M. Chinapaw

  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Robert U. Newton

  • Edith Cowan University

External person

Alex McConnachie

  • University of Glasgow

External person

Carl Johan Sundberg

  • Karolinska Institutet

External person

Coen D.A. Stehouwer

  • Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)
  • Maastricht University
  • Department of Internal Medicine and School for Cardiovascular Diseases (CARIM)
  • VU University Medical Centre
  • Institute for Cardiovascular Research
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • Section Acute Medicine
  • Afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde
  • Endocrinologie
  • Department of Endocrinology
  • Leiden University

External person

Paula R. Pienaar

  • University of Cape Town
  • Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam and VU Medical Center

External person

Fredrik Bendiksen

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

External person

Graham Smith

  • Staffordshire University

External person

G.J. de Bruijn

  • University of Amsterdam

External person

Hanneke Kruize

  • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

External person

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen

  • Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)
  • Pompeu Fabra University
  • CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
  • CIBER Epidemiology y Salud Publica (CIBERESP)

External person

Matthew Philpott

  • European Healthy Stadia Network CIC

External person

Torbjørn Soligard

  • International Olympic Committee
  • Faculty of Kinesiology
  • University of Calgary
  • Medical and Scientific Department

External person

Erwin C. P. M. Tak

  • VU University Medical Center
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

External person

Rebecca Shultz

  • Stanford University

External person

A.N.H Weel

  • University of Amsterdam

External person

Martin Klügl

  • Harvard University

External person

D Y Popkema

  • Instituut voor Bewegingswetenschappen

External person

Robert E Sallis

  • Kaiser Permanente

External person

Margarita Triguero-Mas

  • Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)
  • Pompeu Fabra University
  • CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
  • CIBER Epidemiology y Salud Publica (CIBERESP)

External person

Ingrid M Bakker

  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research

External person

Corey Joseph

  • Monash Health

External person

C.D. Stehouwer

  • Leiden University

External person

Frank J. Van Lenthe

  • Erasmus MC University Medical Center
  • Utrecht University
  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

L. Adriaensens

  • Consumer Safety Institute VeiligheidNL

External person

Lars B. Andersen

  • Western Norwegian University of Applied Sciences
  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

External person

Rudi G. J. Westendorp

  • Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
  • Leyden Academy of Vitality and Ageing
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Leiden University
  • Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
  • Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing
  • Leiden Academy of Vitality and Ageing

External person

John Rooksby

  • University of Glasgow
  • Northumbria University

External person

Paul J. M. van Kesteren

  • Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

External person

Shigeru Makita

  • Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
  • Saitama Medical University

External person

Regina Gražulevičiene

  • Vytautas Magnus University

External person

Lene Thorsen

  • University of Oslo

External person

Frank Backx

  • Utrecht University

External person

Jennifer Wenzel

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Johns Hopkins University

External person

Victoria Palmer

  • University of Glasgow

External person

Mai Chin A. Paw

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • University of Zaragoza
  • EMGO institute for Health Care and Research

External person

Eivind Aadland

  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

External person

Anne M May

  • Utrecht University

External person

Katrine N. Aadland

  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

External person

Dennis R. Taaffe

  • Edith Cowan University

External person

David Rempel

  • University of California at San Francisco
  • University of California: Berkeley

External person

Simone Smuling

  • Huis voor de Sport in Groningen

External person

Audrey Jansen van Rensburg

  • Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

External person

Evelyn Cárdenas

  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III

External person

Thomas Fischbach

  • German Association of Paediatric and Adolescent Care Specialists

External person

Lukas Declercq

  • EUROPEACTIVE

External person

Kathleen A. Griffith

  • George Washington University School of Nursing
  • George Washington University
  • Evergreen Hospital Medical Center

External person

L. Hakkaart-van Roijen

  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

External person

José A. Casajús

  • University of Zaragoza

External person

Gail Baerecke

  • Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Players’ Fund
  • Sports Science Institute of South Africa

External person

Mark Fulcher

  • Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians
  • Auckland University of Technology

External person

Margarita Triguero-Mas

  • Pompeu Fabra University
  • CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
  • Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona
  • CIBER Epidemiology y Salud Publica (CIBERESP)
  • Barcelona Institute for Global Health
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona

External person

Tore Bonsaksen

  • Department of Occupational Therapy Prosthetics and Orthotics, Oslo, Norway
  • Faculty of Health Sciences, Sandnes, Norway

External person

Ruud J Bosscher

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Miriam Fernández-Gallardo

  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III

External person

Rhoda Schuling

  • Hanze University of Applied Sciences

External person

Wim Groen

  • Netherlands Cancer Institute

External person

Liselotte W. Wijsman

  • Leiden University

External person

Alexander L. Boerboom

  • University of Groningen

External person

Paula R. Pienaar

  • University of Cape Town
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

M. Bohus

  • Central Institute of Mental Health
  • Heidelberg University

External person

Ansgar Schwirtz

  • German Society of Sports Science

External person

M. Schootman

  • University of Iowa

External person

Sigmund A. Anderssen

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

External person

Bulent Ulkar

  • International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
  • Ankara University

External person

Stephan Kress

  • German Diabetes Association (DDG)

External person

Rogier M. van Rijn

  • Medical Center Haaglanden

External person

Dominique P. M. Stijnman

  • Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External person

Christopher Gidlow

  • Centre for Sport
  • Staffordshire University
  • Centre for Health and Development

External person

Nynke Smidt

  • University of Groningen
  • University of Amsterdam

External person

Nicole Probst-Hensch

  • Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
  • University of Basel

External person

Marc van Beurden

  • Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

External person

Mikio Hiura

  • Aomori University

External person

Natasha Jones

  • Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine

External person

Sharief Hendricks

  • Leeds Beckett University
  • University of Cape Town

External person

Kerri M Winters-Stone

  • Oregon Health and Science University
  • Knight Cancer Institute and School of Nursing

External person

Anoek de Joode

  • University of Groningen

External person

Anastasia N. Fischer

  • The Ohio State University
  • American College of Sports Medicine

External person

Femmy Muller

  • Achmea B.V.

External person

Karen Steindorf

  • DKFZ
  • German Cancer Research Center

External person

Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Oregon Health and Science University

External person

H.P.B.L. Rocca

  • Enrico Fermi Center
  • University of Catania

External person

Nikos Mourselas

  • PAL Technologies Ltd.

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