Andre Dekker

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I am a medical physicist and professor of Clinical Data Science at Maastricht University, Maastricht UMC+ and Maastro Clinic. I am furthermore the Chief Scientific Officer of Medical Data Works B.V.

As one of the senior staff members, I participate in all our group’s research topics which are:

1) federated FAIR data infrastructures
2) AI for health outcome prediction models and 
3) applying AI to improve health of patients and citizens. 

We work in oncology, cardiology, bowel disease, physiotherapy, diabetes and Alzheimer's.

One of our scientific breakthroughs has been the development of a FAIR data sharing and federated learning infrastructure that does not require data to leave the hospital - called the Personal Health Train (www.personalhealthtrain.nl). This has reduced many of the ethical and other barriers to share health data. We have shown this approach works in many cancer centers worldwide.

My previous positions include Manager of Research and Education, head of IT and head of Medical Physics.