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Anneke Damen

Assistant Professor

Biography

Anneke Damen is a clinical epidemiologist specialized in systematic reviews and meta-analysis of prognostic models.

She studied biomedical sciences at the Radboudumc and specialized in epidemiology and pathobiology. She did several internships at the Radboudumc, the National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening, and at Sanquin blood supply.

In 2014, Anneke started working as a PhD student at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, under supervision of Prof. Carl Moons, Prof. Rob Scholten, Dr. Lotty Hooft, and Dr. Thomas Debray. Her project focused on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of prediction model studies. She combined her PhD project with the postgraduate master Clinical Epidemiology. Furthermore, she worked as affiliated researcher for Cochrane Netherlands. Here she was active as a teacher on several courses and worked on projects for the Belgian health care Knowledge centre and Zorginstituut Nederland.

Anneke currently works as an assistant professor for Cochrane Netherlands and is the coordinator of the Cochrane Prognosis Methods Group.

Recent publications

Prediction models developed using artificial intelligence Maerziya Yusufujiang, Constanza L Andaur Navarro, Johanna Aa Damen, Toshihiko Takada, Geert-Jan Geersing, Lotty Hooft, Ewoud Schuit, Karel Gm Moons, Valentijn Mt de Jong, Maarten van Smeden
Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2026, vol. 10
Comparative Efficacy of all Available Pharmaceutical Therapies for Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease Matthijs Versteegh, Demy L. Idema, Simone Huygens, Kevin Jenniskens, Marieke Pierik, Tessa Römkens, Fiona van Schaik, Peter Wahab, Linde F. Huis in't Veld, Mike Kusters, Kim van der Braak, Lotty Hooft, Johanna A.A. Damen
Gastro Hep Advances, 2026, vol. 5
Amstar-pf Michael L Henry, Neil E O'Connell, Richard D Riley, Karel G M Moons, Beverley J Shea, Lotty Hooft, Johanna A A Damen, Nicole Skoetz, Sarah B Wallwork, G Lorimer Moseley
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2025, vol. 391
Network meta-analysis of prediction models using aggregate or individual participant data - A scoping review and recommendations for reporting and conduct Maerziya Yusufujiang, Johanna A A Damen, Demy L Idema, Ewoud Schuit, Karel G M Moons, Valentijn M T de Jong
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2025, vol. 188
Write Your Abstracts Carefully - The Impact of Abstract Reporting Quality on Findability by Semi-Automated Title-Abstract Screening Tools I Spiero, A M Leeuwenberg, K G M Moons, L Hooft, J A A Damen
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2025, vol. 188
Evaluation of semi-automated record screening methods for systematic reviews of prognosis studies and intervention studies Isa Spiero, Artuur M. Leeuwenberg, Karel G.M. Moons, Lotty Hooft, Johanna A.A. Damen
Research Synthesis Methods, 2025, vol. 16, p.975–989