About us

We are the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS). An initiative that brings together, within the Amsterdam UMC, two Dutch leading academic groups on research and clinical practice of athlete health protection. The ACHSS initiative is one of the 11 IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.

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In 2015, at a desk with a cup of vending machine coffee in hand, we laid the seeds for Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS). Our application to become one of the eleven global IOC Research Centers for prevention of injury and protection of athlete health was granted, and in 2016 we officially launched. Now, seven years later, we have grown in numbers and in partners. To celebrate our past years of athlete health research, we invite you to join us on a reflection and a look forward.

What better Way to do so than in a full day symposium?!

A day where our own team members can showcase their expertise and projects, flanked by international speakers that highlight pivotal athlete health topics for the coming decade. A day where science meets clinical & athlete practice. A day to engage, meet and discuss our mutual and drive motivation to protect athletes’ health.

Scroll down to explore the program.

This symposium will be held in a hybrid form. Anyone can join us in person in our new Amsterdam Institute of Sport Science building on the campus of the VU University in Amsterdam. If you are unable to join, you can simply login to our livestream and be part of the discussions from a distance.

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PROGRAM

WELCOME & OPENING

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

09:10 - 09:40

Managing the Athlete’s Healthy Performance

Amy Arundale - Red Bull Athlete Performance, Austria

Amy is a physical therapist and researcher. She completed her PhD on primary and secondary ACL injury prevention as well as career length and return to performance in soccer players. Today, Amy works as a physical therapist at Red Bull’s Athlete Performance Center in Thalgau, Austria. Working with soccer players as well as athletes across Red Bull’s vast athletic disciplines, she also presents and teaches frequently on topics related to return to sport and performance, ACL rehabilitation, on-field/court rehabilitation particularly related to motor learning, and tailoring rehabilitation to the demands of an athlete.

09:40 - 10:10

The Female Athlete’s Health

Kirsty Elliot-Sale - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Kirsty completed her undergraduate degree and PhD [Exercise Physiology] at Liverpool John Moores University. Her PhD examined the effects of female reproductive hormones on muscle strength and since then her work has primarily focused on female athletes. In addition to her research on female athletes, which includes the menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptives, the Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, her work in recent years has involved designing and implementing exercise interventions during and following pregnancy in a variety of populations including servicewomen (i.e., military personnel), athletes, and women with obesity.

10:10 - 10:40

Detecting and Responding to Harassment and Abuse in Sport

Tine Vertommen - Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium

Tine is a criminologist and holds a PhD in Health Sciences. She heads the Forensic Psychology research unit at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium and is affiliated as a researcher to the Social Epidemiology and Health Policy institute at the University of Antwerp. Her research focusses on the prevention of harassment and abuse in sport. Tine coordinates the International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport (IRNOVIS), is member of the Council of Safe Sport expert pool and works as a consultant to the IOC Safe Sport unit.