Professorship Antroposophic Healthcare

Professor

Name: Erik Baars

Position: Professor of Anthroposophic Healthcare

Specialist area: Anthroposophic Healthcare

Research projects: Eurythmy therapy and hay fever, external therapy, hay fever care programme, monitoring infrastructure

Publications: Erik Baars has over 150 publications to his name. Major themes include: anthroposophic healthcare, health through self-regulation, trauma and dissociation, the holism-reductionism issue, care farms and holistic methodology. A selection of his publications can be found on the research group's general publication page.

Contact details: baars.e@hsleiden.nl / 071 5188 289

Linkedin/Twitter: twitter.com/#!Lectoraat AG

Honors and Awards:
"Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award" (category 'clinical research') provided by the European Society of Integrative Medicine for the article 'Patients whose GP knows complementary medicine tend to have lower costs and live longer' in the European Journal of Health Economics (Kooreman & Baars, 2011)

Work experience:
2007 - present: Professor of anthroposophic healthcare, University of Applied Sciences, Leiden
2000 - present: Senior researcher in healthcare, Department of Healthcare & Nutrition, Louis Bolk Institute
2000 - 2007: Department manager / Section leader, Department of Healthcare & Nutrition, Louis Bolk Institute
1997 - 2002: Coordinator and researcher, Cats Polm Institute (research institute in the field of chronic traumatization)
1994 - 2000: Office manager and coordinator, Foundation for Anthroposophic Medical Research
1993 - 2007: Medical doctor, Bernard Lievegoed Clinic (anthroposophic psychiatric hospital)
1991 - 1993: Medical doctor of internal medicine, William Zeylmans van Emmichoven Clinic
2011 - present: Scientific co-director ESCAMP

Education:
2011: Doctoral thesis (PhD) (Wageningen University)
2001: MSc in Epidemiology (Free University, Amsterdam)
1991: Medicine (University of Amsterdam)