Edwin Van Den Heuvel PhD
Adjunct Professor, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology
Voluntary Professor, Biostatistics
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 358-2734evandenh@bu.edu

Sections
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology
Centers
Framingham Heart Study
Biography
Dr. Edwin van den Heuvel studied mathematics at the University of Amsterdam, where he also obtained his PhD in mathematical statistics. He has been working as a consultant on quality control and quality improvement, he has been a director of a statistical unit in a pharmaceutical company for more than eight years, and he has been a professor of medical statistics at the University of Groningen. He considers himself as an all-round research statistician with a broad range of expertise and he specializes in the analysis of complex structured data sets.
Education
Statistics, PhD, University of Amsterdam, 1996
Mathematics, MSc, University of Amsterdam, 1991
Publications
Vermeer J, Vinck T, de Louw B, Slingerland S, van 't Veer M, Regis M, Jansen JM, van den Heuvel E, Dekker L. Improving outcomes of AF ablation by integrated personalized lifestyle interventions: rationale and design of the prevention to improve outcomes of PVI (POP) trial. Clin Res Cardiol. 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 37000245.
Published on 3/29/2023Molenaar CJL, Minnella EM, Coca-Martinez M, Ten Cate DWG, Regis M, Awasthi R, Martínez-Palli G, López-Baamonde M, Sebio-Garcia R, Feo CV, van Rooijen SJ, Schreinemakers JMJ, Bojesen RD, Gögenur I, van den Heuvel ER, Carli F, Slooter GD. Effect of Multimodal Prehabilitation on Reducing Postoperative Complications and Enhancing Functional Capacity Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: The PREHAB Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36988937.
Published on 3/29/2023Molenaar CJL, Minnella EM, Coca-Martinez M, Ten Cate DWG, Regis M, Awasthi R, Martínez-Palli G, López-Baamonde M, Sebio-Garcia R, Feo CV, van Rooijen SJ, Schreinemakers JMJ, Bojesen RD, Gögenur I, van den Heuvel ER, Carli F, Slooter GD. Effect of Multimodal Prehabilitation on Reducing Postoperative Complications and Enhancing Functional Capacity Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: The PREHAB Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36988937.
Published on 3/9/2023van den Broek JM, Heydari S, Zhan Z, van 't Veer M, Sammali F, Overeem S, van den Heuvel ER, Dekker LR. Can body position be arrhythmogenic? Sleep Med. 2023 May; 105:21-24. PMID: 36940516.
Published on 3/9/2023van den Broek JM, Heydari S, Zhan Z, van 't Veer M, Sammali F, Overeem S, van den Heuvel ER, Dekker LR. Can body position be arrhythmogenic? Sleep Med. 2023 Mar 09; 105:21-24. PMID: 36940516.
Published on 1/13/2023Veringa A, Brüggemann RJ, Span LFR, Biemond BJ, de Boer MGJ, van den Heuvel ER, Klein SK, Kraemer D, Minnema MC, Prakken NHJ, Rijnders BJA, Swen JJ, Verweij PE, Wondergem MJ, Ypma PF, Blijlevens N, Kosterink JGW, van der Werf TS, Alffenaar JC. Therapeutic drug monitoring-guided treatment versus standard dosing of voriconazole for invasive aspergillosis in haematological patients: a multicentre, prospective, cluster randomised, crossover clinical trial. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2023 Feb; 61(2):106711. PMID: 36642232.
Published on 12/5/2022Griffith LE, McMillan J, Hogan DB, Pourfarzaneh S, Anderson LN, Kirkland S, Basta NE, van den Heuvel E, Raina P. Frailty and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-living middle-aged and older adults: an analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Age Ageing. 2022 Dec 05; 51(12). PMID: 36571783.
Published on 11/17/2022Zhan Z, de Bock GH, van den Heuvel ER. Comparison of analysis methods and design choices for treatment-by-period interaction in unidirectional switch designs: a simulation study. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022 Nov 17; 22(1):294. PMID: 36396984.
Published on 10/20/2022Noben L, Lempersz C, van den Heuvel ER, Zhan Z, Vandenbussche FPHA, Coumans ABC, Haak MC, Vullings R, Oei SG, Clur SAB, van Laar JOEH. The electrical heart axis in fetuses with congenital heart disease, measured with non-invasive fetal electrocardiography. PLoS One. 2022; 17(10):e0275802. PMID: 36264863.
Published on 9/29/2022Vasan RS, Song RJ, van den Heuvel ER. Temporal Trends in Incidence of Premature Cardiovascular Disease Over the Past 7 Decades: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Oct 04; 11(19):e026497. PMID: 36172970.