Prof. dr. Sicco Bus, PhD is a human movement scientist and professor of clinical biomechanics and works at the Department of Rehabilitation medicine with a research focus on the lower-extremity biomechanics of diabetic foot disease and injury prevention. He has acquired research grants, has led multiple multicentre nationwide trials on the diabetic foot, and has participated in EU projects. Bus has completed project management training, organizes multiple national conferences each year, is chair of the prevention and offloading working groups and sits on the editorial board of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) that is tasked with writing clinical guidelines. Sicco is the main applicant and project coordinator for DIALECT