Jan van der Meulen PhD FFPH

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Background

I studied medicine at the University of Groningen (1985), and I received a PhD (neurology / medical physics) from the University of Utrecht (1989). Since 1990, I have worked as a clinical epidemiologist in the Netherlands and the UK. I joined the School in January 2000. I became the Director of the Clinical Effectiveness Unit of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in April 2001. I advise the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on research and audit since 2006.

Teaching

I am involved in the Public Health MSc. I am the organiser of the Proposal Development module. I also contribute to the Basic Epidemiology and Reviewing the Literature modules. In addition, I organise courses on critical appraisal of the literature and statistics for The Royal College Surgeons of England.

Research

The central theme of my research is the study of determinants of variation in processes and outcomes of surgical care ("epidemiology of the quality of surgical care"). As Director of the Clinical Effectiveness Unit of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, I am involved in a number of large-scale studies of the outcomes of surgical services in the UK.

Other topics of my research include methods for case-mix adjustment, continuous monitoring of outcomes, the usefulness of routine databases for clinical audit as well as clinical and cost effectiveness of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.

Previous work looked at the effects of the fetal environment on the development of disease later in life.

Selected publications

• Cromwell, D.A.; Mahmood, T.A.; Templeton, A.; van der Meulen, J.H.; Surgery for menorrhagia within English regions: variation in rates of endometrial ablation and hysterectomy. BJOG, 2009; 116(10):1373-9
• Sibanda, N.; Copley, L.P.; Lewsey, J.D.; Borroff, M.; Gregg, P.; Macgregor, A.J.; Pickford, M.; Porter, M.; Tucker, K.; van der Meulen, J.H.; on behalf of the Steering Committee of the National Joint Registry (NJR) for England and Wales, .; Revision Rates after Primary Hip and Knee Replacement in England between 2003 and 2006. PLoS Med, 2008; 5(9):e179
• Armitage, J.N.; Sibanda, N.; Cathcart, P.J.; Emberton, M.; van der Meulen, J.H.P. Mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention: database analysis British Medical Journal, 2007; 335(7631):1199-+
• Hardoon, S.L.; Lewsey, J.D.; van der Meulen, J.H.; Continuous monitoring of long-term outcomes with application to hip prostheses. Stat Med, 2007; 26(28):5081-99
• Grocott, M.P.; Browne, J.P.; Van der Meulen, J.; Matejowsky, C.; Mutch, M.; Hamilton, M.A.; Levett, D.Z.; Emberton, M.; Haddad, F.S.; Mythen, M.G.; The Postoperative Morbidity Survey was validated and used to describe morbidity after major surgery. J Clin Epidemiol, 2007; 60(9):919-28
• Dawwas, M.F.; Gimson, A.E.; Lewsey, J.D.; Copley, L.P.; van der Meulen, J.H.; Survival after liver transplantation in the United Kingdom and Ireland compared with the United States. Gut, 2007; 56(11):1606-13
• Brown, C.T.; Yap, T.; Cromwell, D.A.; Rixon, L.; Steed, L.; Mulligan, K.; Mundy, A.; Newman, S.P.; van der Meulen, J.; Emberton, M.; Self management for men with lower urinary tract symptoms: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 2007; 334(7583):25
• Lowe, D.; Van der Meulen,J.H.; Browne, J.P.; National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit Tonsillectomy technique as a risk factor for postoperative haemorrhage Lancet, 2004; 364(9435):697

Full publications listing (since 2001)