Our Doctoral Candidates
Abhilasha Akerkar
Ulcer risk stratification in high-risk patients with diabetes.
Alice Cardon
Diabetes distress and health literacy in foot ulcer development and self-care and interventions to improve outcome.
Victoria Milbourn
Biomechanical factors in Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy and deformity
Alessandro Vicentini
From ulcer healing to remission: imaging and biomechanics of tissue properties in association with foot ulcer risk in diabetes.
Touria Ahaouari
Decreasing risk for developing diabetic foot ulceration with personalised feedback on daily physical activity.
Onur Okcu
A state of the art and clinically applicable shear force measuring system.
Kamran Shakir
From healing to remission: offloading in the transition phase to permanent footwear.
Hadi Sarlak
The best factory-made shoe for the moderate to high-risk diabetic patient.
Isabella Gigante
Data-driven optimisation of custom-made footwear for the high-risk person with diabetes.
Niloofar Sedighi
Offloading with additive manufactured insoles using optimally tested designs.
Sergio Catalano
Smart wearable technology for long term pressure, adherence and activity monitoring.
DIALECT Management
Prof. Sicco Bus
Chair
Dr. Jaap van Netten
Deputy Chair
Prof. Dr. Hans Savelberg
Training Chair
Laurian Jongejan
Project Manager