Vincent Grote is the head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research. His research interests lie in the identification of key factors and underlying mechanisms that are essential for outcome measurements and/or optimized treatment quality. The perspectives and needs of patients and practitioners play a central role in this. As a doctor of psychology and medical scientist with many years of research experience, he investigates ways to improve treatment measures and framework conditions in secondary and tertiary prevention in order to enable more years of healthy life.