She is chair of the International Headache Society (IHS) Clinical Guideline Committee and the Women’s Leadership Forum. In addition she is board member and chair of the Scientific Committee the Dutch Headache Society. She chaired the Headache Treatment guideline Committee for the Dutch Neurology Society, and was committee member for the International Headache Classification, and board member of the IHS. She has published ≈350 scientific papers and book chapters on headache, migraine, and hereditary neurovascular syndromes. She received a prestigious personal grant from the Dutch Research Council (VIDI).