Henk-Frans studied pharmacy in Groningen from 1988 and obtained his pharmacy diploma in 1996. Immediately afterwards he started as a second pharmacist at the sister organization of SIR, the academic Pharmacy Stevenshof in Leiden and still works there. In 2001 he became managing pharmacist and since 2015 director.

In 1997 he took his first steps in the field of pharmaceutical practice research at SIR as a tutor in the SIR masterclass. In 2007 he started doctoral research in the field of medication assessment and medication on a roll (“Baxter”). On 29 May 2013, he obtained his doctorate for this research at Utrecht University. As a follow-up to this, he supervises the PhD research within SIR in the field of medication assessment (Sanne Verdoorn) and medication on a roll (Bram Mertens) as co-promoter.

Henk-Frans was a member of the SIG asthma/COPD of the KNMP from 1998 to 2000. From 1997 to 2001 he functioned as FTO Pharmacist-Coordinator (FAC) of the FTO regional team Rijnland&Midden-Holland of DGV (now IVM). . From 2010 to 2012, he participated in the working group that developed the multidisciplinary guideline “Polypharmacy in the elderly” and was the author of the chapter on medication assessment within this guideline.

Prof. Marcel L. Bouvy (1966) obtained his PharmD at Groningen University in 1992 and his PhD at Utrecht University in 2002. In 2009 he was appointed as professor of pharmaceutical care at the department of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology at Utrecht university. In this function he is chair of the Utrecht Pharmacy Panel for Education and Research (UPPER), which coordinates all internships and pharmacy practice research. Since 2016 he is member of the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board.

Marcel is active in several national and international committees and platforms aiming to improve the safe and effective use of medicines. He is past president of the research committee of ESCP, past president of the Scientific Section of Dutch Community Pharmacists (WSO), founding member of the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence (ESPACOMP) and member of the editorial board of the International Journal for Pharmacy Practice.

Marcel research activities focus on patient adherence, medication safety and include both observational work and evaluation of innovative pharmacy interventions. Marcel is (co-)author of >350 papers in peer reviewed and national pharmacy journals, both professional and consumer oriented book (chapters) on medicines and research reports.

· BSc(Pharm) from the University of British Columbia

· Residency at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver.

· Postgraduate Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from the State University of New York at Buffalo

· Postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular clinical trials in the Division of Cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (Supervisor: Dr. Salim Yusuf)

· MSc in Health Research Methods from McMaster University

Dr. Tsuyuki is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. He is also a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of the EPICORE Centre in the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Tsuyuki has received several awards for teaching and mentorship, as well as appointment as a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (FCSHP), the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), and the International Society of Hypertension (ISHF). In 2005, he was recognized as the Canadian Pharmacist of the Year by the Canadian Pharmacists Association.

Dr. Tsuyuki is currently the President of Hypertension Canada.

His research interests include interventional health services research and in the provision of support for other researchers and training the next generation of health researchers, which is provided through his research group, EPICORE Centre (www.epicore.ualberta.ca).

Martin is the the Director, Department of Medicine, ABDA - Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists; Director Pharmacy, German Institute for Drug Use Evaluation; Chairman, Drug Commission of German Pharmacists, and Adjunct Professor Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

He studied Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of Hamburg and received his PhD in pharmacology. He is Board Certified in Pharmacology (1989) and as a Drug Information Specialist (1993).

Research interests: medication effectiveness (adherence/safety) in cardiovascular and respiratory disease management, in particular, and drug utilization/ pharmacoepidemiology. He has published over 550 papers (>100 peer-reviewed) and presented appr. 480 talks and posters, all over the world.

He is a Honorary Member of the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) and received Fellowships from the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (FESCP) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FFIP). In 2013, he received the FIP Distinguished Practice Award and in 2020 FIP’s highest Pharmacy Practice, the André Bédat Award. In 2020, he received the 1st Prize for the Best Publication of the Working Group Chronic Heart Failure of the German Cardiac Society (DGK).