arrow_back
Laura Zwaan
Spreker

Dr. Laura Zwaan is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Medical Education Research Rotterdam (iMERR) at Erasmus MC, The Netherlands. Trained in cognitive psychology and epidemiology, she leads a research group dedicated to advancing understanding of diagnostic reasoning and diagnostic error, with a growing focus on human–AI collaboration in clinical decision-making. Her work combines a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods to study how clinicians make diagnostic decisions and how these processes can be optimized to strengthen diagnostic safety and accuracy. Dr. Zwaan has received multiple research grants and awards, including and Veni and Vidi research grant and the Mark Graber Award, in recognition of her contributions to improving diagnostic safety.