💬 Biography
Ivan Bautmans (MSc PT, MSc MT, PhD) is a biogerontological expert focusing on physical training, sarcopenia and inflammation. As tenured full professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) he leads the Gerontology department and the Frailty & Resilience in Ageing Research Unit (https://fria.research.vub.be) and coordinates 2 major Research Programs 1) on Healthy Ageing and 2) on the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise in the aged. Heading the Research Master Gerontological Sciences (VUB, (www.vub.ac.be/en/study/research-master-gerontological-sciences) he lectures on healthy ageing & research methodology. Ivan Bautmans is Collen-Francqui Chair 2025 (KULeuven) and received 6 scientific prizes for work on muscle fatigue in frailty. He is board member of the Belgian Society for Gerontology & Geriatrics (www.geriatrie.be), founding board member of the Belgian Ageing Muscle Society (www.ageingmuscle.be) and co-chair of the Sarcopenia Special Interest Group of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (www.eugms.org). He is scientific advisor at SOMT University of Physiotherapy (NL, https://somt.nl/), visiting guest professor at Hanze University of Applied Sciences (NL, https://www.hanze.nl/nl) with whom he has an international joint research group (https://www.paratonia.org/) and collaborates extensively with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
