Evert Verhagen

Professor of Sports & Health Amsterdam UMC | Co-chair ACHSS IOC Research Center | Medical Research Advisor UEFA | EiC BMJOpenSEM

Amsterdam

Evert Verhagen

Professor of Sports & Health Amsterdam UMC | Co-chair ACHSS IOC Research Center | Medical Research Advisor UEFA | EiC BMJOpenSEM

Amsterdam

Bio

As a full professor at the Amsterdam UMC and the Amsterdam Movement Science Research Institute, I have dedicated my career to the prevention of sports and physical activity-related injuries. My passion extends beyond academia. As the Editor in Chief of BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine, I shape the dialogue in the realm of sports research. I also proudly co-chair the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports and serve as a Medical Research Advisor for the Union of European Football Associations. These roles allow me to drive excellence and foster innovation in the pursuit of optimal health and safety for athletes.

On the Road

Specialist Areas

Sports Medicine

Epidemiology

Injury Prevention

eHealth

Leadership

Bio

On the Road

Specialist Areas

Sports Medicine

Epidemiology

Injury Prevention

eHealth

Leadership

Employment History

Medical Research Advisor – Union of European Football Associations, Nyon
2023-present

Professor – Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam
2018-Present

Co-director – Amsterdam Institute of Sport Science, Amsterdam
2016-2023

Consulting Research Director, Performance Medicine – Cirque du Soleil, Montreal
2016-2019

Associate Professor – EMGO + institute / VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
2011-2017

Assistant Professor – EMGO + institute / VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
2006-2010

Coordinator Epidemiology & Local Health Policy – GGD Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden, Spijkenisse
2006

Post-doctoral Researcher – EMGO + institute / VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
2004-2006

Education

Oxford University, UK
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
2019

Said Business School, Oxford University, UK
High Performance Leadership
2019

VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
MSc Epidemiology
2000 – 2005

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
phD, Faculty of Medicine
2000-2004

VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
MSc Humman Movement Sciences
1994 – 1999

St. Pauluslyceum, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Pre-university education
1988 – 1994

Publications

My ORCiD

362

indexed publications

publications as first author

108

publications as last author

H index

Selected Publications

Isabel Moore, Kay M Crossley, Kari Bo, Margo Mountjoy, Kathryn Ackerman, Juliana da Silva Antero, Jorunn Sundgot Borgen, Wendy Brown, Caroline Bolling, Benjamin Clarsen, Wayne Derman, Paul Dijkstra, Amber Donaldson, Kirsty Elliott-Sale, Carolyn Emery, Lene Haakstad, Astrid Junge, Nonhlanhla Mkumbuzi, Sophia Nimphius, Debbie Palmer, Mireille van Poppel, Jane Thornton, Rita Tomás, Phathokuhle Zondi, Evert Verhagen. Female athlete health domains: a supplement to the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. Br J Sports Med, 2023.

Open

Evert Verhagen, Allard van der Beek, Jos Twisk, Lex Bouter, Roald Bahr, Willem van Mechelen. The effect of a proprioceptive balance board training program for the prevention of ankle sprains: a prospective controlled trial. Am J Sports Med, 2004. 32(6): p. 1385-93.

Open

Caroline Bolling, Willem van Mechelen, Roeline Pasman, Evert Verhagen. Context Matters: Revisiting the First Step of the ‘Sequence of Prevention’ of Sports Injuries. Sports Med, 2018. 48(10): p. 2227-2234.

Open

Evert Verhagen, Kasim Bay. Optimising ankle sprain prevention: a critical review and practical appraisal of the literature. Br J Sports Med, 2010. 44(15): p. 1082-8.

Open

Ingrid Vriend, Vincent Gouttebarge, Caroline Finch, Willem van Mechelen, Evert Verhagen. Intervention Strategies Used in Sport Injury Prevention Studies: A Systematic Review Identifying Studies Applying the Haddon Matrix. Sports Med, 2017. 47(10): p. 2027-2043.

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Honours & Awards

Recognition as an IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health
2015, 2019 & 2023

Fellow of Sports Medicine Australia
2019

Recognition as High Performance Partner by the Dutch National Olympic Committee
2019

University Research Chair, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2018

ZonMw Pearl, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Researchand Development: ‘Versterk je enkel’ project
2016

Societal Impact Award, EMGO Institute
2012

Fellow of the European College of Sports Sciences
2010

Asics poster prize ‘Injury Prevention’. ACSMS 2010 3- 6 November 2010, Port Douglas, Australia. Title: The impact of compliance on sports injury prevention effect estimates in randomized controlled trials.
2010

2nd place, teacher of the year awards. Faculty of Medicine of the VU University medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2009

3rd place, teacher of the year awards. Faculty of Medicine of the VU University medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2008, 2007

Van Walree’ travel grant. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2004