Evalua is a part of Terveystalo-group since 2019. Terveystalo is the biggest occupational health service provider in Finland. (Terveystalo in brief)
The company first started in 2003 in Finland. The subsidiary Evalua Nederland B.V. was established in 2009 as a spin-off company of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.
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Dr. Simo Taimela is the founder and CEO of Evalua International and a co-founder and director of Evalua Nederland B.V. Simo has vast experience in assessing well-being and health of employees and in advising companies thereof. He combines his academic expertise with practical managerial experience. For example, Simo has been involved in designing the occupational health processes with major multinational clients.
Simo is a medical doctor (MD) He also has a PhD in sports medicine and an eMBA. Currently Simo holds academic seats as an adjunct professor in epidemiology and a research director of the FICEBO study group at Helsinki University. Simo has since 1994 been working primarily outside the academia in different managerial positions.
Prof. Willem van Mechelen is the co-founder and director of Evalua Nederland B.V. Willem has an extensive international network of contacts, experience and expertise through his research collaborations, board memberships of professional organisations, editorships, membership of grant and evaluation committees, conference presentations, honorary professorships, and through staff, postdoc and PhD-student exchange.
Willem is a board certified occupational physician and a registered epidemiologist. He is Doctor Honoris Causa at the Free university of Brussels. Currently, he is employed by the VUmc in Amsterdam as the professor of Occupational and Sports Medicine. He has been the head of the Department of Public and Occupational Health of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam (VUmc) and the director of the Amsterdam Public Health research institute. He was also the chairman of the Research Centre Body@Work TNO VUmc.
Prof. Han Anema is a senior advisor in Evalua Nederland B.V. Han has vast research experience on the effectiveness and cost-benefit of work disability prevention programmes and integrated care involving clinical and occupational healthcare. He has been involved in producing many national clinical guidelines and he is the editor of the recent ‘Handbook of Work Disability’ published by Springer.
Han is both a board certified occupational physician and an insurance physician. He holds an appointment as professor regarding the academic development of occupational medicine and insurance medicine at VUmc. Han is also in charge of VUmc’s Academic Workplaces with UWV, Tata Steel and Arbo Unie.
Prof. Allard van der Beek is a senior advisor in Evalua Nederland B.V. Allard has vast research experience on worksite health promotion, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions, exposure assessment, and the aetiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and work stress.
Allard is a PhD in human movement sciences and a registered epidemiologist. He is holding a tenured position as professor of occupational epidemiology at VUmc. Allard is the head of the Department of Public and Occupational Health of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam (VUmc). He is also the co-director of the research program ‘Societal Participation and Health’ of the Amsterdam Public Health research institute.