Maria Bäck

CV

• 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Unit of Physiotherapy, Linköping University
• 2014-16 Post-doc, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Unit of Physiotherapy, Linköping University
• 2012 PhD in medicine, Institute of medicine, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg
• 2008 Specialist competence in cardiovascular diseases
• 2005 Master of Science in physiotherapy, University of Gothenburg.
• 2001 Bachelor of physiotherapy, University of Gothenburg

Field of teaching

Teaching at the Physiotherapy program and at advanced levels, mainly lectures, workshops and examinations in the fields of cardiovascular disease, exercise, physiology and behavioural medicine. Supervision of masters degree-projects and PhD students.

Selection of merits

• Reviewers in scientific journals
• Member of examination boards
• Invited speaker to national and international congresses and educational courses
• SWEDEHEART steering group member
• Coordinator of the national network of physiotherapists working in cardiac rehabilitation
• Physiotherapist representative in the National system for knowledge driven management within Swedish healthcare as member of the national working group for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease
• Chair (2012-2018) and past chair (2019-2020) of the Swedish Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professions within Cardiology
• Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
• Board member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professions (ACNAP) within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Chair of the ESC Task Force on Allied Professionals, led by ACNAP
• Co-chair together with Professor Dominique Hansen of the ESC Task Force on Physiotherapy and Sport Scientists Network, led by European Association of Preventive Cardiology
• Member of the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation section of the Association of Preventive Cardiology within the ESC