Sidney Rubinstein

Prof. Sidney Rubinstein is an Endowed Professor in the Department of Health Sciences (Musculoskeletal Health Section) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds multiple endowed professorships including AMS - Musculoskeletal Health and APH - Methodology. His roles include chairing the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) Research Committee and serving as vice-chair of the WFC Global Patient Safety Task Force, representing >100,000 chiropractors globally as a WHO-recognized NGO.

Education: PhD in Health Sciences from VUmc Amsterdam (2008), focusing on adverse events in neck pain chiropractic care. Extensive clinical practice as a registered epidemiologist and chiropractor in Soest.

Research: Focuses on musculoskeletal health, particularly neck and low back pain. Key areas include systematic reviews/meta-analyses, spinal manipulative therapy efficacy/safety, and optimizing healthcare practices. Current projects include the BACE-C cohort study (elderly low back pain), DECISION discrete choice experiment, and cost-trajectory analyses. Collaborations with institutions like Karolinska Institute and CQ University Australia.

Teaching: Over 10 years of teaching at BSc/MSc/PhD levels, notably coordinating the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis course (2012-2022). Active in evidence-based care training programs like the AMC review course.

Grants/Advising: Principal Investigator on major projects such as Improving care for low back pain (€ funding, 2023-2027) and Cochrane reviews updates. Supervised 3 PhD theses.

Labs/Teams: Research embedded within Amsterdam Movement Sciences, focusing on translating evidence into clinical practice and global policy advocacy for patient safety.