| Name: |
Prof.dr. G.M. (Karel) Moons, MD PhD |
| Function: |
Professor of clinical epidemiology |
| Department: |
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
Theme Research Methodology and Biostatistics |
| E-mail address: |
k.g.m.moons@umcutrecht.nl |
| Phone number: |
+31 (0) 88 75 59368 |
| Fax number: |
- |
| Visiting address: |
UMC Utrecht
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
Room: STR 7.131 |
| Correspondence: |
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
Room: STR 6.131
PO Box 85500
3508 GA Utrecht
The Netherlands |
Biographical sketch
Karel G.M. Moons is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. He is heading the department ‘Methodology and Biostatistics’. He studied Health Sciences at the University of Nijmegen and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology at Erasmus University, Rotterdam (Thesis: Diagnostic research: theory and application).
After his PhD (1996), he was appointed Associate Professor and subsequently full Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (in 2005) at the Utrecht University. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in 2002.
Since 2005 he became appointed Adjunct Professor at VanderBilt University, Nashville, USA and visiting Professor at Tokai University, Japan.
He is a member of various research committees, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, and of the local Medical Ethical Committee. Karel Moons is scientific reviewer of various medical journals, and associate editor of Clinicial Chemistry.
Interests and focus Karel Moons has been a (principal) investigator in many epidemiologic studies. His experience covers the full range of epidemiologic study design and data analysis, varying from diagnostic test evaluations, prognostic (biomarker) studies to therapeutic trials and causal studies.
His main focus concerns the methodology of diagnostic and prognostic research. His major expertise is testing and introducing innovations for design and analysis for development, validation and implementation of so-called diagnostic and prognostic prediction models or rules.
Topics include deep vein thrombosis, heart failure, preoperative risk assessment, bacterial meningitis, herpes zoster, coronary bypass surgery and cognitive decline.
He teaches graduate and postgraduate students in all aspects of epidemiologic research, throughout the world. He has published over 130 scientific papers and book chapters and obtained numerous (methodological and applied) resarch grants, including personal grants.
Key publications Please visit his personal page at the
Julius Center website.