Aisha Cortoos
Dr. Aisha Cortoos received her Master in Psychology in 2004 (VUB), her PhD in Biological Psychology in 2009 (VUB) and her postgraduate in systemic psychotherapy in 2013 (IPRR). In 2008 she started as a sleep psychologist at the sleep lab of the University Hospital Brussel. Together with her colleagues in Antwerp and Leuven, and in collaboration with the Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (BASS), she developed the landscape of insomnia treatment in Belgium.
As a Postdoctoral fellow she collaborated with the Royal Military Academy (RMA) on projects regarding sleep, fatigue and performances. Currently she is a voluntary scientific collaborator at the VUB (Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy Research Group – MFYS), and at RMA (Vital Signs and Performance VIPER) and is part of the teaching staff for several trainings organised by the BASS. She is the founder of Brainwise, which focuses on bringing the science about maintaining a healthy brain for peak performances to the public. She gives lectures and workshops in companies and for other healthcare professionals and sees clients with sleep complaints, chronic fatigue, stress and burnout.
"When Better Minds CEO Elke Geraerts introduced Aisha to guide Umicore through its mental wellbeing program, we immediately knew this would become a hit. With Aisha’s knowledge and experience, we developed Umicore’s (evidence-based) mental wellbeing model as a basis for a 3 hour interactive workshop. Starting with Umicore’s Management Board, Aisha has facilitated numerous mental wellbeing workshops throughout the organisation. Invariably, participants praise her knowledge, insights while underlining her talent to guide the audience through the often animated discussions, challenging comments and many questions raised. Thanks to Aisha’s commitment and involvement, I can truly state that awareness among management on the importance of mental wellbeing as a key-condition to be successful as an organisation is undisputable."
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