Profile

Stef van Buuren is statistical consultant at TNO Quality of Life in Leiden with a broad knowledge of quantitative issues in public health. Van Buuren holds a chair as Professor in Applied Statistics in Prevention at the University of Utrecht, and is the originator of various new statistical tools..

Technical expertise

	Response Conversion, statistical tool for improving comparability of statistics at the EU level
	Multiple Imputation of multivariate missing data, MICE imputation program
	Child growth, reference curves, worm plot, Fourth Dutch Growth Study, obesity
	Applications of Item Response Theory (IRT) models in a public health context, adaptive testing
	Simulation models for long-term effects of screening and preventive interventions

Thematic expertise

	Child health, prevention, screening
	Human growth, obesity
	Hypertension
	Disability measurement
	Diabetes
	Food preference

General expertise

	Project co-ordinator of European projects
	Project leader of projects on a national level
	Management
	Project acquisition
	Editorial duties, statistical refereeing
	Organisation of scientific meetings