Koen Maertens received his Master in Clinical Psychology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels (Belgium) in 2002. He worked as an assistant at the VUB (2003-2008). In 2008, he moved to OSCARE, an Organization for Burns, Scar Aftercare & Research and was promoted to Managing Director. He has published different papers as (co)author in various journals, and serves as a member (and former chair) of the European Burns Association (EBA) Prevention Committee, board member at Oscare, and the Belgian Burns Foundation, amongst others. His research topics mainly include: Psychology, Quality of Life in Burns, Proms/Prems, Health Literacy, Prevention. Awards - "Best Professionals Allied Medicine (PAM) poster award" - Innovation, Maertens K, Anthonissen M, Vanhullebusch T, Van Brussel M, Fauville JP, Jacquemin D, Jennes S, Lafaire C, Monstrey S, Van den Kerckhove E & Ponjaert-Kristoffersen I (2009). The psychosocial effects of short term thermal cure therapy in burn patients. 13th Congress of the European Burns Association (EBA) – Lausanne, Switserland, 2-5/09/2009   - "Best Professionals Allied Medicine (PAM) poster award", Maertens, K., Lafaire, C., & Ponjaert-Kristoffersen (2007). Vertical follow-up: a medical and psychological evaluation of children with burns, 12th Congress of the European Burns Association (EBA) – Budapest, Hungary, 12-15/09/2007