Wetenschappelijke achtergrond

• Medische sociologie
• Promotie Home care for persons with dementia, Radboud University Nijmegen (1993)
• Teacher and staff member vocational training General Practitioners (1989-2009)
• Directeur Radboud Alzheimer Centrum (2003)
• Principal investigator  Nijmegen Centre for Evidence Based Practice (2004)
• Leerstoel psychosociale aspecten van zorg voor kwetsbare ouderen (2007)
• Voorzitter Interdem pan-European research group on detection and timely INTERvention in DEMentia (2009)
• Honorary visiting professor School of Health of Bradford University. (2008)
• Lid Scientific Advisory Board of the European Joint Programming Initiative for Neurodegenerative Diseases (2010)
• Meer dan 150 wetenschappelijke publicaties
• 30 Promovendi
• Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (2011)