de Groot, Janke F

Janke de Groot, P.T., PhD is an Associate Professor in the Research group “Lifestyle and Health” at the HU University of Applied Sciences and a senior researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She worked as a physical therapist for 7 years in the United States. In 2010, she received her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Medicine of Utrecht University. For over 10 years, her research has focused on physical activity, fitness and health in children with chronic disease or physical disability. She currently she leads the Fit for the Future! consortium in the Netherlands, a project including both national research groups and pediatric physical therapist, all working together towards interventions to improve fitness and participation in physical activity in children with childhood disability or chronic conditions. In the last few years, she has become more interested in the role of society and organization of healthcare services on outcomes of healthcare interventions. At NIVEL, she is leads the group “Quality of Care”. Dr. de Groot has been awarded several large research grants in the last 10 years and published articles, book chapters and guidelines. She is member of the review board of Pediatric Physical Therapy as well as the Dutch association of Physical Therapy and the European Workgroup on Pediatric Work Physiology.