Rinie Geenen is full professor at the Department of Psychology at Utrecht University, Utrecht, and Altrecht Psychosomatic Medicine, Zeist, the Netherlands. He was teaching psychology in Utrecht from 1994 to 2022. Before that time, he was a researcher at UMC Utrecht and PhD candidate at Tilburg University. His current research comprises biopsychosocial mechanisms of chronic diseases. He is involved in the development of international guidelines for the management of pain and chronic fatigue. As a volunteer, he contributes to national and European patient associations
Teaching psychology since 1994
Giving lectures during the corona pandemic (November 23th, 2020)
Online PhD defense Erik-Jonas van de Griendt (May 20th 2020)
The FES (Dutch association for fibromyalgia) published a book with a selection of 50 columns that were published in FES Magazine from 2002 to 2019 (September 21th 2019)
PhD defense Hanneke Kalisvaart (June 28, 2019)
Task force 'Improving Quality of Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis and associated comorbidities' (Paris, January 2019)
Attention for chronic fatigue in people with Sjögren’s syndrome in workshops, lectures and articles: October 2017 – April 2018 (photograph by Rob Feber)
Kickoff arthritis campaign to enhance validation of the patient with a rheumatic disease (Noordbeemster, October 11, 2017) : https://kweekbegrip.reumafonds.nl/
Meeting with EFNA members at the European parliament (Brussels, April 12, 2017)
Honorary member Dutch Fibromyalgia Association (Ede, May 28, 2016)
Inaugural lecture at Utrecht University (Utrecht, November 16, 2007)
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Chair
Subject of chairs as a professor: Psychosocial aspects of rheumatic diseases (2006-2016); Psychology of patient-centered care (from 2016)
Inaugural lecture date
16.11.2007