History

The PSAD Study Group was founded in 1995 by Emeritus Professor Frank Snoek.

You can read Professor Snoek’s reflections on the inception and progress of the PSAD Study Group here.

You From 1997 to 2022, the PSAD Study Group was an official study group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

In 2020, the 25th anniversary of the PSAD Study Group was commemorated with a special issue of Diabetic Medicine, including 14 papers providing a summary of advancements in the field of behavioural and psychosocial diabetes research over a quarter of a century.

Past chairs

1998-2004
Prof Frank Snoek

VU University Medical Center
The Netherlands

2004-2011
Prof Norbert Hermanns

Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy
Germany

2011-2014
Prof Frans Pouwer

Tilburg University
The Netherlands

2014-2020
Prof Arie Nouwen

Middlesex University
United Kingdom