Gertjan Verhoeven

Data Scientist / Policy Advisor

Dutch Healthcare Authority

Biography

I am a research scientist at the Dutch Healthcare Authority and extramural fellow at Tilburg University, working on health policy and statistical methods. I have a background in experimental physics, with a PhD in Biophysics.

Interests

Bayesian Statistics
Health Policy
Causal Inference
Machine Learning

Education

PhD in Biophysics, 2008

Leiden University

Recent Posts

Visualizing Blood Bowl Gnome roster development during League play

In the board game Blood Bowl, coaches develop their teams over a series of matches. In this post, we use the fumbbl_replays Python …

Apr 29, 2025 4 min read Data science, Blood Bowl

Introducing the fumbbl_replays Python package for Blood Bowl

The fumbbl_replays package is a Python utility package for the board game Blood Bowl. It allows users to plot board positions, either …

Jul 25, 2024 19 min read Data science, Blood Bowl

Statistical computing on a shoestring: Stan in the Azure cloud using Cloud-init

Automating deployment of an inexpensive Linux R/Stan development environment in the Azure public cloud.

Jan 15, 2024 25 min read Linux, Statistics, Cloud Computing

The Super League: Tournament Blood Bowl online

Yet another Blood Bowl post! This one is to introduce the Super League, the ultimate tournament-style Blood Bowl available online.

Sep 21, 2023 7 min read Blood Bowl, Statistics

Visualizing Blood Bowl Tournament rosters

Yet another Blood Bowl post! This one is to warm up to the upcoming World Cup, analyzing variation in Tournament Roster choices.

Feb 27, 2023 9 min read Blood Bowl, Clustering, Statistics

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