1. Current Status, Position

Prof. Dr. Tinne Dilles is Chair of the international consortium 'Nurse and Pharmaceutical Care', in which experts collaborate internationally and interprofessionaly with the aim of improving nurses' contribution to pharmaceutical care. Tinne is also Chair of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Care at the University of Antwerp. She also teaches research methodology and statistics at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

2. Education

She holds a Master in Nursing Sciences. In 2011, she obtained her PhD in medical sciences at the University of Antwerp. Supported by the Heymans Institute for Pharmacology of the University of Ghent for her PhD, she developed a software programme that facilitates interprofessional medication review in nursing homes. During her PhD, she completed several specialised courses on pharmaceutical care and research methodology. 

3. Research Area

She is Principal Investigator of several research projects within the domain of pharmaceutical care, and more specifically on medication safety, medicines adherence, quality of prescribing and drug monitoring, people centered care, supporting patients in self-managing medicines and interprofessional integrated care.

4. Conflict of interest

None