Orofacial Physiotherapist and post-doctoral researcher at the Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction clinic at the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Head of the master program Orofacial Physiotherapy, as well as lecturer, at the SOMT University of Physiotherapy, Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

Hedwig van der Meer is a physical therapist (2011; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences [HvA]) and clinical health scientists (2013; Utrecht University), who is specialized in Orofacial Pain and Disfunction, and headache disorders. In 2022 she successfully defended her PhD thesis “Temporomandibular Disorders and Headaches: Two Pains, One Face” at the University of Amsterdam. Now, she is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction at the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). Her research currently focuses on the interprofessional collaboration between physiotherapists and dentists. Hedwig combines her research with clinical work as an orofacial physical therapist, currently also at the ACTA. Additionally, she is actively involved in teaching by giving workshops, guest lectures and courses, all in the field of orofacial pain and disfunction and/or headaches. Furthermore, in 2021, she was part of the curriculum committee that wrote the new master program of Orofacial Physical Therapy at the SOMT University of Physiotherapy, and later she became the head of this master program.