Dr. Joris Wijnker is a visiting researcher at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences – Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

PhD 2009 / Registered since 2009 as Specialist Veterinary Public Health (RDVA).

In addition he is serving in the Royal Netherlands Army as brigade-veterinarian with the Operational Support Command Land.

Joris is the initiator of the V-PWR project, a research project focussing on the application of assistance dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD.