Jo Nijs

PT, PhD

Pain Science

Bio

Prof. Dr. Jo Nijs is professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), physiotherapist/ manual therapist at the University Hospital Brussels, holder of a Chair on oncological physiotherapy funded by the Berekuyl Academy, the Netherlands, and Visiting Professor at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). He is the Scientific Chair of the executive committee of the Pain, Mind, and Movement Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and holder of the Chair ‘Exercise immunology and Chronic Fatigue in health and Disease’ funded by the European College for Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy. The primary aim of his research is to improve care for patients with chronic pain.

He is ranked 2nd in the world among chronic pain researchers (1st in Europe), received the 2017 Excellence in Research Award from the JOSPT (USA), and the 2020 Francqui Collen Chair awarded by the University of Hasselt, Belgium.