Rob de Bie studied physiotherapy (graduated 1987, Deventer), human movement sciences (graduated in 1991, Maastricht University) and epidemiology (registered in 1992), obtained his PhD in 1998 and has been Associate Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Maastricht University, the Netherlands from 1999 -2003. He holds the chair physiotherapy research since December 2003 (full professor).He teaches Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence Based Medicine to students from the university and at international courses and universities, and was visiting scholar at the school of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney from 2003-3008, and the faculty of medicine, university of Zurich from 2007 - 2011. His research focuses on diseases of the musculoskeletal system and its co-morbidities, especially in the rehabilitation and physiotherapy setting and he has won several research awards. He has written many articles on methodology and systematic reviewing. From 2008 - 2016 he was education director for Health at the faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. He is currently chair of academic skills in the medicine curriculum at Maastricht University.