Dr. Karien Mostert is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physiotherapy, University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa (SA). She obtained a PhD (UP, 2013), Masters in Business Administration (UP, 2003), and a Masters (Physiotherapy) (UP, 2001). In addition to clinical experience in different hospital settings, she was involved in policy development in Disability, Chronic Diseases and Geriatrics at the National Department of Population Development. In 1995 she joined UP, where she coordinates the physiotherapy community-engagement portfolio. Her areas of research include community-based and interprofessional education, public and planetary health. She is a member of the African Health Professions Education and Leadership (AHPEL) community, the Environmental Physiotherapy Association, and co-author of the EPT Agenda 2023 (https://eptagenda2023.com/), which works towards the inclusion of planetary health into physiotherapy education. She is a previous joint winner of the Best Presentation (African Region) at a World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress.