Wilma J. Nusselder, PhD is assistant professor at the Erasmus Medical Centre, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She has a master in Demography (University of Groningen) and human geography and a holds PhD from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her main interest is in population health, including: health expectancy, disability, mortality, socioeconomic differences in health and health impact assessment.

Together with Johan Mackenbach, she was coordinator of the DYNAMO-HIA project, funded under the EU Public Health program. She has been co-investigator of the EU-funded LIFEPATH, EHLEIS and Euroreves projects and of several projects funded by Netspar.