Prof Evert Verhagen

Evert Verhagen (born in 1976) is a professor specialising in human movement science and epidemiology. He holds a prestigious University Research Chair as a full professor at the Amsterdam UMC Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Movement Science Research Institute. Verhagen serves as the editor-in-chief of BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine and holds the position of director at the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, recognised as one of the 11 IOC research centers. Additionally, he is the Medical Research Advisor for UEFA. His research primarily focuses on the prevention of sports and physical activity-related injuries, covering areas such as monitoring, cost-effectiveness, and implementation challenges. Verhagen oversees the work of numerous national and international PhDs and post-docs and has contributed to over 360 peer-reviewed publications in these fields.