Guest Lecture

Carlotte Kiekens is a Belgian Physical and Rehabilitation (PRM) physician, working in Italy since 2020, after 30 years at University Hospitals Leuven. She is currently working as a researcher at the IRCCS Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio Hospital, and the Italian Scientific Spine Institute (ISICO), both in Milan.

Carlotte is the director of Cochrane Functioning, Disability, and Rehabilitation. She has been the chair of the International Society of PRM-World Health Organisation (WHO) Liaison Committee till 2024. She published over 240 PubMed papers and 22 book chapters.

Stefano Negrini is professor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy. He directs the Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Laboratory at the Research Hospital Galeazzi Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and is Scientific Director of ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute). Amongst other, he is a member of the Scientific Board of the European Society of PRM (ESPRM) and active in ISPMR. He was Founder and Director of

Cochrane Rehabilitation, Functioning and Disability (2016–2026) and Chief Editor of the European Journal of PRM (2004–2020).