Esther van Santbrink received her Master of Science in Medicine from the University of Maastricht in August 2022 and is now pursuing her doctorate at the neurosurgery department of Maastricht University Medical Center and Zuyderland Medical Center. She worked as a resident at the neurosurgery department between April 2023 and September 2023. She is now in the third year of her PhD trajectory. Her research is focused on the cervical spine, radiological imaging of the cervical spine, cervical disc height, image segmentation, and the influence of posture on cervical alignment.