Maria Hunink
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy
Department of Health Policy and Management
Myriam Hunink is a medical doctor, researcher, and educator. She is primarily based at the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and has an Adjunct appointment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Positions
Adjunct Professor, Health Decision Sciences and Health Policy,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NL
Director Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES), Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NL
Visiting Professor, UMIT, Hall in Tirol, AT
Overarching research aim
To integrate quantitative evidence with patient-centered outcomes in order to guide patients, physicians, and policy-makers in their decision making
Research interests
Methodology:
Personalized prediction
Randomized controlled trial design
Modeling heterogeneity and uncertainty
Analyzing the value of future research
Applications:
Prediction and prevention of cardiovascular disease
Assessment of diagnostic imaging tests and image-guided therapies
Evaluation of lifestyle interventions
Reduce chronic stress and prevent burnout among healthcare professionals
Education and degrees
1995 Board-certification Epidemiology, NL
1989 Doctoral degree (PhD) (decision analysis), Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
1988 Board-certification Radiology, NL
1988 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences, USA
1984 Medical Doctor (MD), University of Leiden, NL
1980 Bachelor (BSc) (applied mathematics), University of Leiden, NL
Awards and Honors
2019 – Radiology Alliance Health Services Research Achievement Award
2018 – Career Achievement Award, Society for Medical Decision Making
2017 – Honorary corresponding member, Swiss Congress of Radiology
2006 – Distinguished Service Award, Society for Medical Decision Making
1993 – PIONIER Award, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Current Teaching
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston:
Methods for Medical Decision Making (RDS288)
Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Erasmus MC:
Clinical Epidemiology (CE02)
Advanced Clinical Trials (EWP10)
Advanced Topics in Decision Making in Medicine (EPW02)
Book
Hunink MGM, Weinstein MC, Wittenberg E, Drummond MF, Pliskin JS, Wong JB, Glasziou PP. Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-69047-9
