Plenary Opening

Wednesday, June 2

About Maroeska Rovers | Director, Health Innovations Netherlands

Maroeska Rovers studied Health Sciences and completed her PhD at the Radboud University Nijmegen. After her PhD she was appointed as a postdoc at the MRC Institute of hearing Research in Nottingham, and in 2001 became an associate professor at the Julius Center of the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2012 she was appointed as a full professor in Evidence-based Surgery at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen. She has published over 250 scientific papers and obtained numerous (methodological and applied) research grants. Currently, Maroeska is one of the two (founding) Directors of Health Innovation Netherlands, but also remains an active professor of evidence based surgery at the Radboudumc, and scientific director of the Medical Innovation & Technology expert center (www.mitec.nl).

Maroeska’s ambition is to contribute to the development of effective, affordable and valuable innovations. Her international projects and multi-center studies have shown that she is able to further develop and implement innovations. She has received various prizes for her work and plays an active role in various (inter)national organizations. Twice a year she gives lectures to schoolchildren hoping to make them excited about science and technology.