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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

Charlson comorbidity index has no incremental value for mortality risk prediction in nursing home residents with COVID-19 disease Anum Zahra, Maarten van Smeden, Petra J.M. Elders, Jan Festen, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Karlijn J. Joling, Anouk van Loon, Kim Luijken, René J.F. Melis, Simon P. Mooijaart, Karel G.M. Moons, Geeske Peeters, Harmke A. Polinder-Bos, Fenne Wouters, Anne de Hond
BMC Geriatrics, 2025, vol. 25
The Harms of Class Imbalance Corrections for Machine Learning Based Prediction Models Alex Carriero, Kim Luijken, Anne de Hond, Karel G.M. Moons, Ben van Calster, Maarten van Smeden
Statistics in Medicine, 2025, vol. 44
Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models Richard D. Riley, Gary S. Collins, Laura Kirton, Kym I.E. Snell, Joie Ensor, Rebecca Whittle, Paula Dhiman, Maarten Van Smeden, Xiaoxuan Liu, Joseph Alderman, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Jay Manson-Whitton, Andrew J. Westwood, Jean Baptiste Cazier, Karel G.M. Moons, Glen P. Martin, Matthew Sperrin, Alastair K. Denniston, Frank E. Harrell, Lucinda Archer
BMJ, 2025, vol. 388
Probast+ai Karel G M Moons, Johanna A A Damen, Tabea Kaul, Lotty Hooft, Constanza Andaur Navarro, Paula Dhiman, Andrew L Beam, Ben Van Calster, Leo Anthony Celi, Spiros Denaxas, Alastair K Denniston, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Georg Heinze, André Pascal Kengne, Lena Maier-Hein, Xiaoxuan Liu, Patricia Logullo, Melissa D McCradden, Nan Liu, Lauren Oakden-Rayner, Karandeep Singh, Daniel S Ting, Laure Wynants, Bada Yang, Johannes B Reitsma, Richard D Riley, Gary S Collins, Maarten van Smeden
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2025, vol. 388
Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care Michelle Spek, Dorien L Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C A Erkelens, Anna S M Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp
BMC Primary Care, 2025, vol. 26
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