Current position and affiliations
2000 – present: speech-swallow therapist and assistant professor (2015) at Radboud University Medical Center, department of Rehabilitation, Nijmegen

Previous positions and affiliations
1990 – 2002: lecturer aphasia, dysarthria and dysphagia at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven
1982 – 2000: clinical speech-language therapist at Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort

Scientific education
2011: PhD Medical Sciences – Radboud University Nijmegen
2005: MSc Clinical epidemiology and biostatistics – University of Amsterdam

Professional education
1982: BA Speech-language therapy - HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Awards
2011: Award of Achievement: 2e place Scientific Oral Presentation. Dysphagia Research Society
2005: Branco van Danzig award for the book 'Evidence-based logopedie'. Dutch Association for Logopedics and Phoniatrics

Memberships
Dutch Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (NVLF)
Dysphagia Research Society (DRS)
European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD)
International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS)