Roy is chairing the Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care and professor of general practice and a visiting professor at the University of Hasselt. His passion is to find out best ways to deliver primary healthcare to people and the community. Research interest are: *continuity of care (focus on out of hours care, chronic and interdisciplinary care), *the importance of the (natural) environment for health, *medical education research. He has over 30 years of experience in an Interdisciplinary primary care practice (encompassing general practitioners, assistants, nurses, psychologists, social health workers) ) in a rural training practice at the border of Belgium and the Netherlands. This provides him with knowledge of key issues for research. Regional and international networks support his current work. ResearcherID: H-7302-2016