Welcome to the webpage of the Division of Epidemiology and Biometry (EuB) within the Faculty of Medicine.

News:

• The team is changing: 
  • Mr. Walsemann has been working with us as scientific researcher Epidemiology since the 1st of July 2024 . He will initially focus on evaluations and work on teaching in the medical curriculum  - we are looking forward to it!
  • There are currently two permanent researcher positions in biometrics (E14, advising clinical studies in the KKS; E13, project advising with a focus on young clinical scientists). Both positions involve a reduced teaching load and scientific involvement in our department. Please contact us if you are interested!
  • An advertisement for a postdoc in biometry is also now open (successor to Mr. Otto-Sobotka). This position will also be permanent, but will be advertised for a limited period (E14). Please contact us if you have any questions. 
  • Ms. Neuser is currently on maternity leave.
  • Ms. Beckhaus has returned full-time to pediatric oncology. We thank her for her outstanding support in teaching!
  • Ms. Tiles-Sar has completed her joint PhD and project period with us and is now back in Groningen full-time. 
• We have moved - you can now find us in building V03 in the A-wing on the second floor - best to enter through the foyer. 
  • We had already changed departments at the beginning of 2023 - Epidemiology and Biometry are now clinical-theoretical subjects in the Department of Human Medicine. 
  • The secretariat has been staffed by Ms. Schrand since the beginning of September 2023. 

Projects:

• We are looking forward to new projects - feel free to contact us.
• The EU project MIDDEL has been successfully completed. Publications are in progress. 
• The ISS project has been completed, and a first paper has been accepted for publication. 
• The Cochrane Reviews PsychIBD, Aza and Uste have also been completed and are currently undergoing peer review or revision.  

Clinical Epidemiology: A Daydream?

    "To the pure clinician, the clinical research published in general medical journals is no longer really understandable, because the design and the analyses have become too complicated. To the pure methodologist, it may not be evident how particular findings fit with background clinical and basic science knowledge. .....If we want to preserve and reinforce proper judgements about the theory and practice of medicine—including the use of ‘big data’ and the use of ‘personalised medicine’—we need people with both types of knowledge in one head"

Vandenbroucke 2017

"Zwei Dinge sind zu unserer Arbeit nötig: Unermüdliche Ausdauer und die Bereitschaft, etwas, in das man viel Zeit und Arbeit gesteckt hat, wieder wegzuwerfen"

Albert Einstein.