Jean Muris was appointed to Full Professorship in 2014, initially as a Strategic Chair in Asthma and COPD in Primary Care at the research school CAPHRI, but this was transferred to a key domain Chair position in General Practice in 2017. After completing his studies in medicine at the University of Maastricht in 1983, he immediately continued his education in General Practice Training and primary care research. In 1985, he participated in an experimental research doctoral program that the Dutch College of General Practitioners recognized. During this time and extending to 1993 he also worked as a General Practitioner, serving health care center Withuis in Venlo and from 1993 until 2023 as an Academic GP for Health Care Centre Geulle. His PhD completed in 1993. Currently, his research focuses on educational research in primary care specialist training and methods to help stop smoking and manage respiratory diseases, with a particular emphasis on asthma and COPD. He is a board member of the national expertise group of GPs on asthma/COPD and holds a seat on the board of Governors of the Netherlands School of Public Health and Care. He is an associate editor at Huisarts & Wetenschap, the Dutch journal for General Practice and at the European Journal of General Practice.