Jaap van Netten

Senior Researcher · Amsterdam UMC · company speakers →

Jaap van Netten, PhD, is a human movement scientist from the Netherlands, specialized in clinical research on foot disease. His research focus is on the interplay between biomechanics and behaviour in the prevention of foot ulcers and amputation. This includes real-life and laboratory gait and activity analyses, communication strategies, footwear optimization and e-health solutions for disease detection and behaviour changes. Van Netten has research and clinical experience from academic and non-academic research settings in the Netherlands and Australia. He works as senior researcher at Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands. He coordinates, supervises and performs numerous research projects on diabetic foot disease. Additionally, he is vice-chair of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF), responsible for writing the international guidelines on diabetes-related foot disease. Nationally he chairs Academic Workplace HOMELAND, a consortium aiming to stimulate knowledge uptake and exchange between academia and (clinical) practice.

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