Date: Wednesday 7 september
Time: 14:15
Location: Silver Hall
LTC Wes Zimmermann MD, PhD, FECSM (1964) is a primary care sports medicine physician working for the Royal Netherlands Army in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is specializing in the treatment of overuse injuries of the lower extremities.
He is a fellow of the European College of Sports Medicine and holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of military medicine with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is a former international springboard diver and has a special interest in the medical aspects of Olympic springboard and platform diving.
Date: Wednesday 7 september
Time: 16:00
Location: Silver Hall
Prof Patrick Mullie (PhD)(1958) obtained after two years Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine (University Ghent, Belgium), a Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics (University College Leuven, Belgium) and a Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (University of Maastricht, the Netherlands). In 2010 he obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) and in 2013 a Post-PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology at the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon (France).
He is researcher at DG Health & Well-Being (Belgian Army) and at the Belgian Centre of Evidence Based Medicine – Cochrane (Belgium). He teaches Systematic Literature Analysis at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) and he is Research Director at the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon (France).
He is also Member of the Scientific Association of the Military Medical Society, the Belgian Health Council and the American Society of Nutrition.
Patrick published more than ten books about nutrition and health, and is author of more than 65 peer-reviewed publications. His main research topics are nutrition, hydration and energy expenditure during military exercises and operations. His passion is backpacking, with more than 85 hikes all over the world, including 30 in arctic environments. Patrick is married with Tine Devos, and father of four children. They live in the small town of Tienen, between Brussels and Liege.