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Roderick Venekamp

Associate Professor

Strategic program(s):

Biography

Roderick Paul Venekamp was born on the 21th of June 1983. After his graduation as MD in 2008, he started to combine his GP vocational training with a PhD programme at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the UMCU. During this combined programme he also successfully finished a master programme Epidemiology Postgraduate at the UU Graduate School of Life Sciences.

At present, he works as a GP which he combines with an Associate Professor position at the Julius Center. He is principle investigator of the primary care infectious disease reseach group which aims to further improve the evidence base for common infections in primary care.

He is member of the evidENT team at the University College London (UCL) thereby contributing to the strong links between UMCU and UCL.

He is an active reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration and has joint the editorial team of the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Group as an Editor in 2014.

He has participated in the 2014 revisions of the practice guidelines on Acute Otitis Media in Children, Otitis Media with Effusion in Children and Acute Rhinosinusitis issued by the Dutch College of GPs.

He is member of the clinical practice guideline Authorisation committee of the Dutch College of GPs and serves as member of the Vaccinations committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands.

He is chair of chamber A/O of the MERC NedMec.

Research groups

Infections in general practice

Research aim

To optimise prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and management of common infections in general practice.

Go to group

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

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
Acute remote home monitoring of acutely ill patients with COVID-19 Karin Smit, Rick T. van Uum, Stella Rijks, Alma C. van de Pol, Abeer Ahmad, Roderick P. Venekamp, Frans H. Rutten, Dorien L.M. Zwart,
BMC Health Services Research, 2024, vol. 24
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the accuracy of telephone triage of callers with shortness of breath and/or chest discomfort in Dutch out-of-hours primary care Michelle Spek, Anna S M Dobbe, Dorien L Zwart, Daphne C A Erkelens, Geert-Jan Geersing, Esther de Groot, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp
European Journal of General Practice, 2024, vol. 30
Acute Respiratory Infections Fuel Cardiovascular Disease Florien S. van Royen, Roderick P. Venekamp, Patricia C.J.L. Bruijning-Verhagen, Frans H. Rutten
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024, vol. 84, p.2468-2470
The Role of Language in Remote Healthcare Triage Michelle Spek, Marije van Braak, Daphne C A Erkelens, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp, Dorien L Zwart, Esther de Groot
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2024, vol. 81, p.1639-1662
Early-Life Risk Factors for Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Carotid Stiffness in Adolescence Isabelle A van der Linden, Rozan Roodenburg, Sanne L Nijhof, Cornelis K van der Ent, Roderick P Venekamp, Sabine E I van der Laan, Henk S Schipper
JAMA network open, 2024, vol. 7

Fellowships & Awards

2013 SBOH Academisation Prize for the best scientific article written by GP trainee

2017 ZonMw/NWO Veni

External positions

Vast lid Gezondheidsraad Commissie Vaccinaties - Huisarts-lid Gezondheidsraad Commissie Vaccinaties - Gezondheidsraad

lid van de commissie Goed Gebruik Geneesmiddelen - Beoordelen van en advisering rondom ZonMw subsidieaanvragen - ZonMw

Kamervoorzitter METC NedMec - Voorzitter van kamer A/O METC NedMec - METC NedMec

Lid Faculty Vaccinology Masterclass - Lid Faculty Vaccinology Masterclass - Lid Faculty Vaccinology Masterclass

Board of Directors International Society of Otitis Media - Board of Directors International Society of Otitis Media - International Society of Otitis Media

HIDHA - Huisarts - Huisartsenpraktijk

Lid diverse NHG-Standaarden, Behandelrichtlijnen en Multidisciplinaire richtlijnen - Lid diverse NHG-Standaarden, Behandelrichtlijnen en Multidisciplinaire richtlijnen - NHG

Editor Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections group - Editor Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections group - Cochrane