Bob C. Mulder studied Health Psychology at the Open University. He subsequently started his PhD research at the Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS) in 2009 in the Strategic Communication chair group. He received his Ph.D. in 2014 for his thesis 'Communicating with the chronically ill: Effective self-management support in health care'. He is particularly interested in self-management of interpersonal communication, chronic diseases, and influencing health behavior.