Dr Gert Jan Wijlhuizen is a cognitive psychologist, senior project manager and a specialist in, among other topics, cycling safety (bicycle infrastructure, behaviour), public health and road safety, the elderly and consequences of injury. Gert Jan has coordinated several projects in which instruments for safety assessment of road infrastructure – for cyclists and motorized traffic – were developed and implemented.
In 2009, Gert Jan Wijlhuizen obtained his PhD at Leiden University on the thesis Physical activity and falls in older persons: development of the balance control difficulty homeostasis model.
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