Matthijs Berends
Medical Epidemiologist Microbiologist, Senior Researcher at AMR Healthcare Network Northern Netherlands
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMatthijs Berends is a medical epidemiologist and clinical microbiologist with a PhD in microbial epidemiology and eight years of experience translating complex data into actionable insights on antibiotic resistance. He leads medical epidemiology teams at UMCG and Certe while advising regional AMR surveillance efforts and serving on national working groups, blending research, policy, and operational roles. His research focuses on predicting, treating, and preventing resistant infections, grounded in deep expertise in clinical breakpoints (EUCAST/CLSI), microbial taxonomy, and statistical methods. During his PhD he developed an R package for antimicrobial resistance analysis that is now used in over 175 countries, reflecting a rare combination of open-source impact and domain specialization. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, reproducible workflows that make surveillance faster and more reliable, and he brings advanced training in statistics and data visualization to tackle real-world clinical problems. Based in Groningen, he combines academic rigor with hands-on public-health implementation across regional and national networks.
9 years of coding experience
Advanced Statistics & Data Visualization, Advanced Statistics & Data Visualization at Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgPostgraduate Degree, Clinical Epidemiology, Postgraduate Degree, Clinical Epidemiology at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical microbiology, microbial epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical microbiology, microbial epidemiology at University of GroningenLife Science & Technology, Life Science & Technology at Medical Biology
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certe-medical-epidemiology/certemail
Oct 2021 - Apr 2026
R package for working remotely with emails, using Microsoft 365
Contributions:5 PRs, 72 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 6 months
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msberends/microorganisms
May 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 9 months
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