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241 Appendices A ABOUT THE AUTHOR MaartenCuyperswasbornon July28, 1984 inEindhoven,TheNetherlands. Hecompleted secondary education at the Bisschop Bekkerscollege in Eindhoven in 2001 (cum laude), and subsequently obtained his Bachelor´s degree at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven in 2005. He completed the Master programs in Marketing Management (2009) and Social Psychology (Economic Psychology track, 2012) at Tilburg University. He wrote his first Master´s thesis on the patient evaluations of the care provided by the (out-of-office) general practice centers in Brabant, and his second Master´s thesis focused on medical decisions when facing health risks. After graduating, he worked for one year as a researcher at Bernhoven hospital in Uden before starting his PhD research at Tilburg University in 2013. His research focused on implementation and evaluations by patients and care providers about a patient decision aid to support treatment choice in early prostate cancer, and was conducted in close cooperation with the Elisabeth-Tweesteden hospital in Tilburg. During his PhD project he obtained his University Teaching Qualification and Good Clinical Practice certification. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Primary and Community care of the Radboud university medical center in Nijmegen.