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Alike van der Velden

Assistant Professor

Strategic program(s):

Infection & Immunity

Biography

After a PhD in molecular biology Alike switched careers in 2003 to medical science. Her research focus is on appropriateness of prescribing and use of medication in the primary care setting. Her activities also include trial organization and management, and she participates in education of medical students.

Her current research projects are:
RAAK: Rational prescribing of Antibiotics for children with respiratory tract infections (ZonMw, the Netherlands)
ALIC4E: Antivirals for Influenza like illness? An RCT of clinical and cost-effectiveness in primary care (within the FP7 PREPARE project)

Strategic program(s):

Infection & Immunity

Contact

avelden5@umcutrecht.nl
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Research groups

Infections in general practice

Research aim

To optimise prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and management of common infections in general practice.
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Epidemiology and clinical trials in infectious diseases

Research aim

To improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and to establish an international research infrastructure for a rapid scientific response in the face of a new infectious disease threat.
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Recent publications

All publications
Communication training for general practitioners aimed at improving antibiotic prescribing Dominique L A Lescure, Özcan Erdem, Daan Nieboer, Natascha Huijser van Reenen, Aimée M L Tjon-A-Tsien, Wilbert van Oorschot, Rob Brouwer, Margreet C Vos, Alike W van der Velden, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hélène A C M Voeten
Frontiers in medicine, 2024, vol. 11
Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing quality indicators Sharon E J D van den Eijnde, Paul D van der Linden, Alike W van der Velden
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2024, vol. 79, p.767-773
Did aetiology matter in illness duration and complications in patients presenting in primary care with acute respiratory tract infections early in the COVID-19 pandemic Roderick P Venekamp, Marinus J C Eijkemans, Nicolaas P A Zuithoff, Femke Böhmer, Slawomir Chlabicz, Annelies Colliers, Ana García-Sangenís, Lile Malania, Jozsef Pauer, Angela Tomacinschii, Theo J Verheij, Herman Goossens, Akke Vellinga, Christopher C Butler, Alike W van der Velden
European Journal of General Practice, 2024, vol. 30, p.1-8
Point prevalence audit surveys of respiratory tract infection consultations and antibiotic prescribing in primary care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland M. Shah, A. Fleming, T. M. Barbosa, A. W. van der Velden, S. Parveen, A. Vellinga
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2023, vol. 78, p.1270-1277
Initial symptoms and three months follow-up after acute COVID-19 in outpatients Katarina Hedin, Alike W. van der Velden, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Anna B. Moberg, Anca Balan, Pascale Bruno, Samuel Coenen, Eskild Johansen, Anna Kowalczyk, Peter Konstantin Kurotschka, Sanne R. van der Linde, Lile Malania, Jörn Rohde, Jan Verbakel, Heike Vornhagen, Akke Vellinga
European Journal of General Practice, 2023, vol. 29
The experiences of patients ill with COVID-19-like symptoms and the role of testing for SARS-CoV-2 in supporting them Melanie E Hoste, Marta Wanat, Nina Gobat, Marilena Anastasaki, Femke Böhmer, Sławomir Chlabicz, Annelies Colliers, Karen Farrell, Maria-Nefeli Karkana, John Kinsman, Christos Lionis, Ludmila Marcinowicz, Katrin Reinhardt, Ingmarie Skoglund, Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Akke Vellinga, Herman Goossens, Christopher C Butler, Alike van der Velden, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Sibyl Anthierens
European Journal of General Practice, 2023, vol. 29, p.1-9

External positions

Working group: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care - Up-to-date houden materialen SABEL, kwaliteitsindicatoren en nascholingen - SWAB

lid werkgroep surveillance antibioticagebruik - vergadering, teksten - SWAB

consultancy - meetings, ontwikkeling materialen t.b.v. verantwoord antibioticabeleid - Global Respiratory Infection Partnership