Jos Kleijnen PhD

Dr. Jos Kleijnen did both his medical study and his PhD in Maastricht, where he worked for 6 years in the department of Epidemiology pioneering the methods of doing systematic reviews, in those days on topics of food supplements and alternative medicine. He then moved in 1993 to the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam to work as a clinical epidemiologist with clinicians and health professionals on their various research projects. In 1994 Jos founded the Dutch Cochrane Centre and because its first director. In 1998 he was tempted to take on the position of professor and director at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York in the UK. He remained in that job until 2005, when he left to start his own company Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd, also based in York, UK. In 2011, while still remaining in York as the main base, he was appointed in a part-time position as professor of systematic reviews in health care at CAPHRI. Jos has been a keen contributor to the Cochrane Collaboration since its inception in 1993, and is also a strong supporter of the Joanna Briggs Institute in Adelaide, Australia, where he holds a position as clinical professor. Finally, Jos also served on the GIN Board from 2003-2005.