I am a general practitioner from the Netherlands and since 25 years I have worked in a health center in Hoorn Kersenboogerd. I am a PdD student at Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, the topic of my research is the role of central sensitization in patients with persistent physical symptoms and chronic pain. The goal of my research is to provide general practitioners with tools to improve their care for patients with persistent physical symptoms. I focus my research on the explanatory model of central sensitization. We conducted a systematic review on CS and a Delphi study to choose tests to apply in general practice. We trained GPs in explaining CS and evaluated their experiences with focusgroups and interviews. Now we added tests to the explanation and we will evaluate whether these tests have added value, both for GPs as for patients.

Dr. Antonietta Denaro did her master degree at the University of Palermo (Italy). Currently, she is working as a family medicine specialty registrar at the Health Unit "USF Santo Condestável" in Lisbon (Portugal).

Inspired by her master thesis on needs and experiences of women and partners facing an unwanted pregnancy, Claartje Dijkstra continued her research career in the field. She is currently combining two research positions. In the Netherlands, Claartje is working as researcher at Fiom, the Dutch expertise centre for unwanted pregnancies and kinship. Her research focuses on the registration of unwanted pregnancies, anticonception and psychosocial problems by general practitioners. In Austria, she works as a researcher at abortion clinic GynMed in Vienna, where she focuses on women travelling for a termination of pregnancy within Europe. In February, Claartje will graduate her medical studies in the Netherlands and will start working as a medical doctor in Vienna.

I am a young GP and I have been working in UCSP Montijo for 2 years. I am a mother of a young girl of 3 years old and I have worked as a Covid19 healthteam for 8 months in 2020. Now I divide my time between my patients and Covid19 work.

Prof. Doherty is currently a Senior Medical Manager at GSK in Wavre, Belgium, with responsibility for medical information and medical education in the vaccine science/above-brands group. He has particular interest in vaccination for older adults, healthy aging and vaccines as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship. Prior to joining GSK, Prof. Doherty worked for the Danish public health service at the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen, and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. During this period, he also held adjunct professorships at the Gade Institute for International Health, at the University of Bergen in Norway and St. John’s School of Medicine in Bangalore, India. He has also been a Gates Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Aeras/NIH, and a WHO Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At GSK he continues to work with colleagues on ongoing clinical field studies, to publish in peer-reviewed journals, to work as an editor on various immunology journals, to work participate in WHO working groups, and to lecture and teach externally in immunology and vaccinology.

Second-year resident of General and Family Medicine in Portugal.

Universidad Juárez del estado de Durango Aug 2008 – dic 2013 General Medicine Universidad Autónoma de ciudad Juárez mar 2016 – feb 2020 Speciality in Family medicine Intern – Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. jan 2013 – dec 2013 Area: gynecology, surgery, cardiology, internal medicine, orthopedics, urology, emergencies, delivery care, pediatrics Social Service – general doctor and rural clinic mar 2015 – feb 2016 director - IMSS Prospera. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Canutillo, Dgo, Mx. Segment: general medicine, pregnancy control of indigenous women, adolescent care, prevention of malnutrition in children and pregnant women, emergencies, prevention of cervical cancer, health promotion. Speciality social service – IMSS BIENESTAR, mar 2019 – jun 2019 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guachochi, Chih. Mx. Segment: programm Medición Integrada para la Detección Oportuna MIDO®, servicio de atención integral a la salud (SAIS) programm, emergencies, attention to indigenous people, diabetes mellitus, obesity, high blood pressure intensive programm. Family doctor: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro since Mar 2020. Social at Hospital General de Zona no. 23 Unidad de Medicina Familiar. Teacher of introducción a la clínica I feb-jul 2018 y aug 2018 jan 2019 at Universidad de Durango campus cd. Juarez *Member of Consejo Mexicano De Certificación en Medicina Familiar A.C. dec 2019 – dec 2024 personal facts: mother of one child 4 years old. I love Nature and Jiujitsu.

Bereket Duko is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Population Health, Curtin University, Western Australia and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Ethiopia. He is an energetic young researcher in the area of prenatal epidemiology. His research interests are longitudinal studies on maternal and child health, mental health epidemiology, systematic review and meta-analysis. He is also interested in longitudinal studies that link prenatal alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use to mental health, substance use and physical health problems in offspring. Since 2015, he has published over 45 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He has committed to supporting research through acting as an Associate Editor, Guest Editor and potential reviewer for epidemiological studies. His commitment to excellence has been recognized by a high distinction medal for his postgraduate studies, Curtin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship and the Raine Study Top-up Scholarship award.