Arwen H. Pieterse, PhD is Associate professor in person-centered care at Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. She completed her studies in Cognitive Psychology at in 1998 and obtained her PhD from Utrecht University, The Netherlands in 2005. She was Research fellow of the Dutch Cancer Society (2008-2011). She is/has been PI on several grants to study doctor-patient communication during decision consultations, measuring shared decision making, and determinants of patient involvement in decision making. Most of her research focuses on cancer treatment decision making. She received the 2018 Jozien Bensing award from the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH). She is Associate editor of Patient Education and Counseling since 2017, and has (co-) authored >85 peer-reviewed international papers. She chaired the highly rated International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) 2022, Glasgow, UK.