The Board meets online every 6 months. This board will consist of members from the Patient Board and Scientific & Clinical Board (also see: how these Boards interrelate), as well as additional experts with relevant expertise.

The primary responsibilities include:

Harmonize the perspectives of patients and scientists and resolve differences in insights.
Monitor progress, dissemination, and implementation of grants.
Advise on community outreach.
Advise the team and the Foundation Board on issues that may arise. The Foundation Board makes the final decisions.

Advisory Board members

Vivienne Matthies-Boon
Socrates Professor “Humanism, Europe and Global Justice” & Associate Professor at Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religion Studies, Radboud University.

Prof. dr. Vivienne Matthies-Boon is Professor by Special Appointment in the Department of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Radboud University. She coordinates the Research Centre for Philosophy and Society at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. She leads the Ethics Platform within the National Network of Excellence for Post Covid (PCNN) and coordinates an ethics committee that advises and guides the establishment of Long Covid outpatient clinics in the Netherlands. She is interested in themes of vulnerability, (in)justice, existential crisis and politics related to Long Covid patients. She studies the experiences of Long Covid patients and actively contributes to the public debate in the Netherlands about Long Covid.

Renske van Wijk, PhD.
Coordinator External Collaborations at Technical Medical (TechMed) Centre University of Twente

Renske holds a PhD in Health Sciences and a BASc in Physical Therapy. She works as coordinator external collaborations at the research institute Technical Medical Centre of the University of Twente. She strives for more societal impact of research by better understandings and more collaboration between academia and society. Her work includes expanding the network with societal partners and citizens, strengthen regional collaborations and support in building multidisciplinary consortia and collaborations.

Professor Jouke Tamsma, MD, PhD
Medical Director, TechMed Centre at the University of Twente & Leiden University Medical Centre

Jouke is Medical Director of the TechMed Centre at the University of Twente and at the Leiden University Medical Centre in The Netherlands. He also works as a medical specialist in internal and vascular medicine and he serves on various supervisory boards in healthcare. Driven by personal experience in his family, Jouke is committed to strive for better inauguratie, resources and support for those affected.

Michele van Vugt, MD, PhD
Infectious Diseases Specialist and Professor at Amsterdam UMC