Prof. Erwin van Wegen PhD
Associate Professor Rehabilitation Medicine
VUmc, Netherlands
Dr. van Wegen is senior researcher in motor control, learning and rehabilitation in movement disorders. His research over the years has focused on the coordination of locomotion and balance in relation to neurorehabilitation, specifically in Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, MS and the elderly. Dr. van Wegen is currently employed at the VU University Medical Center (dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine) and member of the MOVE research institute amsterdam. He is local coordinator in several national and international multicenter grant projects (EU, ZonMW, Hersenstichting). In addition, he islecturer and coordinator of several Bachelor and Master courses in Medicine and Human Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dr. Van Wegen is also deputy-treasurer of the Dutch Society of Neurorehabilitation (www.dsnr.nl).