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Maarten van Smeden

Associate Professor

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Biography

Maarten van Smeden is a medical statistician, associate professor of epidemiologic methods and head of the research program methodology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands. His research is focused on the development and evaluation of statistical and data science methodology, with a particular focus on methodology related to the development, validation and implementation of prediction models. 

Research groups

Methods for AI and data science

Research aim

To develop and validate methods for data science, AI, statistics and causal inference and to improve medical research and patient care through impactful applications and collaborations.

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Recent publications

Accuracy of urgency allocation in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care Michelle Spek, Roderick P Venekamp, Esther de Groot, Geert-Jan Geersing, Daphne C A Erkelens, Maarten van Smeden, Anna S M Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Dorien L Zwart
BMC Primary Care, 2024, vol. 25
Diabetes and risk of acute coronary syndrome in callers with chest discomfort Michelle Spek, Daphne C A Erkelens, Coralie van Het Goor-van Wezep, Maarten van Smeden, Hester M Den Ruijter, Loes T C M Wouters, Roderick P Venekamp, Frans H Rutten, Dorien L Zwart
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2024, vol. 212
A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models Zoë S. Dunias, Ben Van Calster, Dirk Timmerman, Anne Laure Boulesteix, Maarten van Smeden
Statistics in Medicine, 2024, vol. 43, p.1119-1134
Safety of treating acute pulmonary embolism at home Dieuwke Luijten, Delphine Douillet, Kim Luijken, Cecile Tromeur, Andrea Penaloza, Olivier Hugli, Drahomir Aujesky, Stefano Barco, Joseph R. Bledsoe, Kyle E. Chang, Francis Couturaud, Paul L. den Exter, Carme Font, Menno V. Huisman, David Jimenez, Christopher Kabrhel, Jeffrey A. Kline, Stavros Konstantinides, Thijs van Mens, Remedios Otero, W. Frank Peacock, Olivier Sanchez, William B. Stubblefield, Luca Valerio, David R. Vinson, Philip Wells, Maarten van Smeden, Pierre Marie Roy, Frederikus A. Klok
European heart journal, 2024, vol. 45, p.2933-2950
Understanding random resampling techniques for class imbalance correction and their consequences on calibration and discrimination of clinical risk prediction models Marco Piccininni, Maximilian Wechsung, Ben Van Calster, Jessica L. Rohmann, Stefan Konigorski, Maarten van Smeden
Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2024, vol. 155
Association between lower extremity arterial calcification and coronary arterial calcification in a population at increased risk of cardiovascular disease Romain Meer, Anna G. Hoek, Emma J. Bouman, Teddo Doesburg, Petra J.M. Elders, P. A. de Jong, Joline Beulens, M. J. Cramer, H. M. Nathoe, M. G. van der Meer, G. J. de Borst, M. Teraa, M. L. Bots, M. van Smeden, M. H. Emmelot-Vonk, P. A. de Jong, A. T. Lely, N. P. van der Kaaij, L. J. Kappelle, Y. M. Ruigrok, M. C. Verhaar, J. A.N. Dorresteijn, F. L.J. Visseren,
BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 2024, vol. 12