Vilans, Center of Excellence for Care and Support; Netherlands

Endowed Professor at Tilburg University/TIAS Business school in The Netherlands, chair Innovation of Organization and Governance of Integrated Care.

Besides her professorship, Mirella is CEO of Vilans, the National Knowledge Organization for care and support (Utrecht, the Netherlands). Vilans bridges science, practice, policy and education by running national large scale innovation and implementation programs and by hosting frequently visited national knowledge platforms. Mirella’s expertise is focused on person-oriented integrated care between people and organizations in networks and alliances and what other governance modes are needed, and how to develop and implement them. This includes themes like leadership, supervision (internal and external) and accountability as ingredients of good governance for integrated care.

Mirella is the chair of the National Governance Innovation Advisory Committee of the BoZ and the chair of the Scientific Advisory board of the NVTZ (National Association of supervisors in health care). She is a Supervisory Board member of the RIBW Brabant (mental health care) and supervisory board member of the Rivierenland Hospital in Tiel. She serves as a member of the Committee of Experts of the National Association for Dissabilities (VGN).

On the international level Mirella is editor of the International Journal for Integrated Care, Advisory Group member of WHO’s Integrating the Health and Care Workforce group and member of the Critical Friends Group of the UK Center for Evidence IMPACT.

www.vilans.nl or www.vilans.org
www.tias.edu