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Trained as an occupational physician (OP) and worked
in the field for 14 years. Then I shifted to freelance
journalism and had my own business for 10 years. After
that I stepped into the (academic) world of knowledge
generation and transfer in the field of work and
health. Occupational diseases became are my major
topic: how to recognize them, how to monitor them and
how to prevent them in the first place. Being an OP as
well as a journalist gave me the qualifications to be
responsible for knowledge dissemination to
professionals as well as employers, employees and
policymakers. The close collaboration with the
scientific community made me aware of the challenges
and fun of doing research. I started PhD research on
OSH vigilance, recognition and reliable diagnosis of
work-related diseases in workers and physicians.
Specialties: occupational health, occupational
diseases, knowledge dissemination, editing, writing,
evidence based medicine, developing websites
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