Gert Van Valkenhoef
Head Of Data
Leeuwarden, Frisia, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolGert Van Valkenhoef is a data and software leader with 19 years of experience building tools that support systematic review, meta-analysis, and evidence-based decision making in medicine. Currently Head of Data at Cochrane, he progressed through roles combining hands-on development, cloud and infrastructure management, and technical leadership for research-grade software. His background bridges an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and a PhD in Medical Sciences, giving him rare fluency in both formal methods and practical clinical decision-support systems such as ADDIS. Gert has substantial academic research experience (post-doc and work with ClinicalTrials.gov) coupled with long-term responsibility for delivering reliable, auditable platforms for evidence synthesis. He is known for turning complex methodological requirements into usable software and for maintaining focus on reproducibility and clinical impact. Based in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, he brings a steady mix of research rigor and production engineering to health-data challenges.
19 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Medical Sciences, PhD, Medical Sciences at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenMSc, Artificial Intelligence, MSc, Artificial Intelligence at University of GroningenHigh School (VWO), Science and Technology, High School (VWO), Science and Technology at Farel College
English, Dutch
Github Skills (79)
javascript10
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system-information10
aggregate10
r-package10
java10
meta-analysis10
spring-boot10
libreoffice10
spring10
meta10
preference10
sampler9
golang9
gerrit9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
gertvv/yadas
Mar 2010 - Jan 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 3 years 11 months
gertvv/gemtc-web
Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 38 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
r-packageuser-interfacemetameta-analysisnetwork-meta-analysis
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