Jenny van der Steen, MSc, Ph.D., FGSA, is an epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Netherlands at Leiden University Medical Center and a senior researcher at Radboud university medical center, researching how to improve care for older people, in particular persons with dementia and their family caregivers. She received a Master’s degree in Food Technology, specialization in Toxicology from Wageningen University & Research in 1995, and in 2002, a Ph.D. in medicine from Amsterdam UMC about dementia and pneumonia in 2002. She authored the European Association for Palliative Care white paper on palliative care in dementia with recommendations for practice, policy, and research. The research focuses on end of life, non-pharmacological interventions, and advanced care planning. It uses quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, employing international comparative and parallel methodological work. She has been awarded national and European career awards and prizes.