Marike van der Schaaf

Marike van der Schaaf is a Full Professor specializing in Rehabilitation in Complex Care, focusing on improving patient recovery pathways across hospital-to-home transitions. Her work integrates telemedicine, physiotherapy, and patient-centered care design. She has collaborated internationally on projects addressing physical functioning in intensive care survivors and oncological surgery recovery.

Key research interests include optimizing post-surgical rehabilitation through digital health tools, enhancing physical activity during hospital stays, and reducing comorbidity barriers in elderly populations. She has led studies on telemonitoring in physiotherapy and barriers to early mobilization in intensive care units.

Her awards include recognition for abstracts on ICU treadmill rehabilitation and contributions to early ambulation protocols. Marike actively supervises student theses on topics like post-surgical self-efficacy and nutrition in oncological patients.