Netherlands
I am a healthcare data specialist, epidemiologist and researcher. With my analytical thinking skills, strong interest in data and love for structured and organized work, I contribute to the data processing of healthcare data as a junior data specialist. We turn millions of rows of information into usable research data sets; ready to form the basis for policy advice or a scientific publication.
As a researcher (PhD candidate) at the geriatrics department, I contributed to two large projects: - Forto: studying early indicators of frailty and loss of intrinsic capacity in geriatric inpatients. In this project, I work on the development and validation of a digital, smartphone-based hand grip strength test. The goal is to register this new device as a medical device. My research contributes to that registration. My tasks in this study are broad: writing a protocol for the ethical committee, collecting and analysing the data, and writing papers. I learned diverse (research) skills, such as project management, data management, statistical analysis in R (ICC, multilevel regression analysis, survival analysis), presenting at a conference, collaboration with international interdisciplinary partners, and supervising bachelor's and master's students. - PreColo: cost-effectiveness study on prehabilitation of frail colorectal patients undergoing surgery. I collected the data by speaking extensively with our research participants (50 participants, 6 time points per participant).
Improving the effectivity of the project 'Researcher in the Classroom' (Onderzoeker in de Klas) by studying teaching methods and student's fascination. Furthermore, I worked on implemention of the improvements within the project 'Researcher in the Classroom'.
Title: The role of hormones in TLR4-dependent pain in arthritis Studying pain differences between men and women on cellular/cytokine level using PBMC isolation, primary cell culture with hormonal stimulation, RNA isolation, and QPCR.
Title: Multiparametric characterization of CD4+ T cells specific to two immunodominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens