Maurits van Tulder

Prof. Maurits van Tulder is a Full Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and departments including AMS - Musculoskeletal Health, APH - Methodology, and APH - Societal Participation & Health. He holds a PhD in Epidemiology (1996) and specializes in musculoskeletal health, epidemiology, and healthcare cost analysis. His research focuses on low back pain, cost-effectiveness evaluations, and health technology assessment. He advises the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto and has supervised 24 PhD theses. Key contributions include systematic reviews on pain management and healthcare economics. He led the ZonMw-funded project on cost-effectiveness in chronic back pain (2012-2016) and contributes to peer review for journals like Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.