Karin Volkers, PHD, studied human movement sciences after which she did her PhD with Erik Scherder in clinical neuropsychology. She has been working at Philadelphia Care Foundation (Philadelphia) since 2011 where she started as a health policy officer. In 2013 she started setting up a centre for knowledge management and scientific research at Philadelphia. Now she represents Philadelphia in 12 scientific consortia, is chairwoman of the science council and co-promoter of 3 PhD students who are doing research at Philadelphia on DigiContact (professional 24/7 digital support) for ambulatory people with intellectual disabilities (ID), Integrated Emotion-Oriented Care for older people with ID and the effects of making music with people with ID and Challenging Behaviour. Since 2020, she is also a senior researcher at RadboudUMC Primary Care Medicine – Medicine for people with intellectual disabilities, where she is involved in a proactive health study for people with ID.