van Zaalen, Yvonne

As Associate Professor at Fontys University Eindhoven, Dr. van Zaalen is responsible for scientific research and education related to health innovations and technology with a specific interest on interprofessional collaboration, cocreation and self-management.  As a speech-language scientist, she did her PhD on differential diagnosis in fluency disorders (including imaging techniques). Dr. van Zaalen has years of experience in leading national and international clinical research projects in the research area of communication, functioning and participation. She was project manager of a RAAK-PRO project (Praten kan ik niet, …. maar communiceren wil ik wel!) in which functioning and participation of children with developmental physical and communicative problems were addressed. As an associate professor at Fontys University of allied health sciences, she is location manager within two Horizon2020 projects related to ageing and social participation. Dr. van Zaalen is author of ten books in the field of research, ethics, health care and interprofessional collaboration.