Maria Bäck, PhD, associate professor, senior lecturer. BSc in physiotherapy 2001, PhD in 2012. I am an associate professor, senior lecturer and researcher at Linköping University, Sweden, and hold a clinical position at the cardiac rehabilitation unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. My current research projects target evaluating the effects of physical activity, telerehabilitation and behavioural medicine interventions with the aim of optimizing availability, efficiency and goal fulfilment in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. I am a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and actively contribute to the ESC by being a board member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professionals (ACNAP), and member of the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology.