Yvonne Heerkens, PhD

Yvonne is a human movement scientist. She had done a PhD in rehabilitation and worked as a professor in Occupation and Health at the HAN University of applied sciences in Nijmegen till her retirement in 2020. She combined this with being a senior researcher Terminology & Technology at the Dutch Institute of Allied Health Professions in Amersfoort.
Her specialties are the development and application of classifications, like the ICF, for allied health professions, the influence of work related environmental factors and personal factors on the work participation of people with a chronic disease, and the development of quality standards for the provision of assistive products.