Andries Marees
Analist Consultant Hulpmiddelen at Zilveren Kruis
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAndries Marees is a biostatistician and analytic consultant with 10 years of experience applying statistical genetics and data science to life sciences and healthcare policy. He combines deep expertise in GWAS, rare variant and eQTL analyses with practical software skills (Plink, Unix, R, Python) and has led method development, pipelines and a supercomputer for multidisciplinary research teams. His academic track record includes a PhD in statistical genetics, co-investigator roles on over €7M in grants, and visiting positions at USC, QIMR and Paris Descartes, translating complex genetic findings into publications and actionable insights. In healthcare roles at Zilveren Kruis he now turns genetics-grade analytics toward care procurement and policy for medical devices and outpatient pharmacy. He also built one of the more referenced GitHub tutorials for genome-wide association studies, reflecting a commitment to reproducible, teachable workflows. Colleagues describe him as a teacher-analyst who bridges rigorous methods and clear communication across research and policy contexts.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Biomedical Sciences, Master, Biomedical Sciences at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamVWO diploma, VWO diploma at GSG SchagenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistical genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistical genetics at Universiteit van Amsterdam
Dutch, English, French, German
Github Skills (8)
genetics10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
plink10
population-structure10
unix10
gwas10
r10
Github contributions (3)
MareesAT/GWA_tutorial
Nov 2015 - Jan 2020
A comprehensive tutorial about GWAS and PRS
Contributions:127 commits, 117 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
bioinformaticsgeneticsgenomicsgwasplink
Contributions:10 commits, 4 pushes in 3 months
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