dr. Rianne van Boekel PhD

Over Rianne van Boekel

Regina (Rianne) L.M. van Boekel RN, PhD is a skilled nurse, educator, epidemiologist, and researcher who earned her PhD from Radboud University, the Netherlands, in 2017. Currently serving as an associate professor at the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Palliative Medicine at Radboud University Medical Center, her research centers on acute postoperative pain management, as well as the prediction pain and pain services.

Actively engaged in various research projects, Rianne aims to bridge the gap between research and public society. Notable projects include her involvement with the Radboud research team at Lowlands 2016 and the Great National Research on the Sensitivity of Pain in The Netherlands (2017).

Additionally, Rianne holds a senior researcher position at the Lectorate Emergency and Critical Health Care of the Knowledge Centre of Sustainable Healthcare, School of Health Studies at HAN University of Applied Sciences. She initiated a two-year post-graduate program for pain nurse consultants at HAN in 2011 and remains actively involved in its development.

Rianne's commitment to advancing pain nursing is evident through her presidency of the Dutch Association of Pain Nurses from 2015 to 2021, an organization she founded in 2006. Under her leadership, she oversaw the establishment of the Pain Nursing area of expertise and domain within the Nurses’ Quality Register. Furthermore, Rianne collaborated with European colleagues to develop the Core Curriculum for the European Diploma in Pain Nursing for the European Pain Federation EFIC, published in 2019. She is also a registrar for the exam. Since 2026, she is the Deputy Director of the EFIC Academy Programme.

Beyond her (inter)national contributions, Rianne served as the president of the multidisciplinary Working Group tasked with preparing the quality indicator Hospital-wide Pain Management for the Healthcare Inspectorate. She also held positions as a board member of the Dutch Pain Society and the Pain Alliance in the Netherlands (P.A.I.N.). Currently, she serves as the president of the SIG Acute Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

Recognized for her contributions, Rianne has received numerous (personal) scholarships and awards. She is a member of several national and international scientific committees, where she provides valuable expertise and guidance.

Opleiding

• Masteropleiding Epidemiologie (EMGO) VU Amsterdam, diploma behaald in 2013
• Vervolgopleiding Intensive Care Verpleging SVG Nijmegen, diploma behaald in 2001
• HBO-Verpleegkunde, HAN Nijmegen, getuigschrift behaald in 1996
• Gymnasium beta, Titus Brandsma Lyceum Oss, diploma behaald in 1991

Onder­scheidingen

• 2025: Publieksprijs: Transitionele pijn service: preventieve netwerkzorg onder verpleegkundige leiding, verwachtingen en ervaringen van patiënten
• 2024: Publieksprijs congres V&VN Pijnverpleegkundigen posterpresentatie Transitionele pijn Service
• 2022: Waalprijs
• 2019: Radboud Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren Jubileumprijs 2019
• 2018: nominatie VIVA400 Knappe koppen award
• 2018: Anna Reynvaan Wetenschapsprijs
• 2017: X2 Ambition Award
• 2014: TOPP stuk-award

Nevenfuncties

• 2023-heden: Zorgmanager Radboud Expertisecentrum Pijn en Palliatieve Geneeskunde
• 2022-heden: Chair Special Interest Group (SIG) Acute Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
• 2022-heden Adviseur bestuur V&VN Pijnverpleegkundigen
• 2021-heden: Nurse track leader scientific educational board EFIC Academy (Academy board)
• 2021-2024: namens V&VN PV: lid van richtlijnwerkgroep update richtlijn “postoperatieve pijn” bij Orde van Medisch Specialisten. Voorzitter: Jörgen Brühn
• 2019-heden Postdoc en senioronderzoeker lectoraat Acute Intensieve Zorg/Kenniscentrum Duurzame Zorg HAN
• 2016-2022: Voorzitter multidisciplinaire werkgroep prestatie-indicator “Ziekenhuisbreed Pijnmanagement” in opdracht van de Inspectie voor Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd (IGJ)
• 2017-2020 Themaleider Vroege herkenning en behandeling van pijn Radboudumc
• 2011-2022 Hoofddocent (Opleider trainer adviseur 1) aan HAN VDO Nijmegen

Expertise

• pijn rondom operatie
• predictie van pijn
• acute pijnservice/transitionele pijnservice
• verpleegkunde en pijn
• pijnmeting
• acute pijn
• epidemiologie