Paula van Dommelen
Dr. Paula van Dommelen is a senior scientist and statistician. Her main focus has been on the development of technological innovations and data science to protect and improve child health worldwide. This includes the development of innovative statistical, personalized child health care applications, frameworks for decision support systems, youth health care guidelines, implementation strategies, and research on mental and physical child health.
She studied many aspects of child growth and development, such as growth chart construction, growth curve analysis, factors relating early growth and development to later outcomes, and the early detection of disorders related to growth and development. She developed and implemented a guideline for preventive child healthcare professionals in order to improve early detection of pathological disorders associated with short or tall stature. She developed digital health solutions for the management of growth disorders in pediatric patients receiving growth hormone therapy.
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