Brecht Devleesschauwer
President at Belgian Association of Public Health (BAPH)
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolBrecht Devleesschauwer is a public health epidemiologist and leader with 11 years’ experience translating complex health data into policy-relevant insight. He holds dual PhDs (Veterinary Sciences and Public Health), an MVSc and a Master in Statistics, and combines quantitative rigor with domain expertise in burden of disease, zoonoses and foodborne illness. As Head of Service, Health Information at Sciensano, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Public Health and President of the Belgian Association of Public Health, he bridges research, surveillance and policy across national and global fora. He contributes to WHO’s FERG computational task force, applying advanced methods to estimate national and global disease burden. Comfortable in academic and operational settings, he has a track record of building interdisciplinary teams and practical analytic tools to inform control strategies. A lesser-known strength is his grassroots engagement with the R community, reflecting a hands-on approach to reproducible epidemiologic analysis.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Science, Mathematics, Science, Mathematics at KSO GlorieuxDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Public Health, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Public Health at Université catholique de LouvainMaster in Statistics, Biometrics, Great distinction, Master in Statistics, Biometrics, Great distinction at Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenMVSc, DVM, Veterinary Science - Research & Industry, Greatest distinction, MVSc, DVM, Veterinary Science - Research & Industry, Greatest distinction at Universiteit GentDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Veterinary Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Veterinary Sciences at Ghent UniversityShort courses, trainings & workshops, Short courses, trainings & workshops at Various locations
Dutch, French, English
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Github Skills (18)
r-package9
rmarkdown6
knitr6
statistics6
confidence-interval6
probability6
calculator6
r6
bookdown5
spatial5
literate-programming5
pandoc5
markdown5
leaflet4
htmlwidgets4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brechtdv/bd
Jul 2015 - Feb 2025
Contributions:24 pushes in 9 years 9 months
sciensanogit/BeBOD
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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