Robbert Sanderman is Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. His research is focused on psychological and social adaptive processes in patients diagnosed with a chronic somatic disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes, heart failure, and COPD) and eHealth interventions. He has supervised 70 PhD projects, co-edited several handbooks on chronic disease, and co-authored over 450 publications (articles, book chapters, and books). He has been on the boards of numerous societies in the field and is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society.

Karen Morgan is a Professor of Health Psychology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is currently the President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin, Malaysia Campus. She has co(authored) over 100 international publications and book chapters, as well as 13 National Reports and policy briefs and is Co-editor in Chief of EHPS journal Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine. She is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society. Her research focuses on ageing, quality of life and population health, in particular the health of vulnerable populations.