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… availability in brain health related data, effective methods to predict the conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are still lacking. As currently available and emerging therapies have the greatest impact when provided at the earliest disease stage, the prompt identification of subjects at high risk (e.g. MCI patients) for conversion to full AD is of great importance in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Preliminary Results The best model showed a high performance in the cross-validated training set (AUC = 0.876) as well as in the test set (AUC = 0.88). Correspondence to:
 Nadine Rouleaux, Maastricht University
 Nadine.rouleaux@maastrichtuniversity.nl Michel Dumontier, … tests; Assesment of cognitive functioning Data Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 
 550 MCI patients 197 AD converters 353 AD non-converters 
 Models Logistic regression Support Vector Machine K-Nearest Neighbor Decision Tree Random Forest Python 3, sci-kit learn Model Training 10-fold cross-validation, 10 repetitions 100 hyper-parameter Random Search Model Validation Validation of the model in an independent test set or clinical samples is required. The translation from prototype …

… data Recording data Structured data (e.g., questionnaires, Demographic data, structured interviews etc.) Task-experimental data Unstructured data (e.g., unstructured interviews, transcripts, body data, diaries etc.) Rough estimate of when the data will become static (rule of thumb: date of acceptance paper): Note: this form can only be used if the study fully fits within the approved research line. Description of the single study, please don’t elaborate in details. Only one page … text is red, only minimal changes to suit your target readers are permitted. · Text in orange is information for the researcher. Information Letter This model can be used for all types of research. If you have a deceptive 'cover story', check the Online Application form for further conditions that you need to fulfil. · Include always the above Maastricht University Logo · Title study + Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience · ERCPN reference code: · Purpose: Brief description of the study … monetary reward) , include also the following text in this section: Based on Dutch national law, Dutch research participants fall under a tax free volunteering reward. For this reward to remain tax free, research participants are not allowed to earn more than € 210,- per month or € 2.100,- per year. If you do earn more than € 210,- per month or € 2.100,- per year, it could be that you will be asked for additional personal information on request of the Dutch tax agency. The additional information …

… GLOBAL HEALTH Maastricht University & Partners Agnes Meershoek March 16, 2019 Why Global Health ? WHY GLOBAL HEALTH? 1. Changing nature of globalization 2. Changing nature of Public Health 3. Health of people anywhere is increasingly shaped by global processes 4. “Ingenuity gap” Changing nature of … • IS global: environment and health • RIVM : anti microbial drug resistance Formal Aspects • 1 FULL year (60 ECTS) • Full, full, full time • English Costs involved • Regular UM tuition fee • Travelling costs • Additional costs for living and boarding when abroad (in Manipal and Bangkok very cheap; in Hamilton and Bogota comparable to Maastricht) • UM subsidizes Manipal Symposium Quality Assessment International re-accreditation 2015 Overall assessment GOOD (only very few Master programs receive … NL, abroad) • Business/industry: Medtronic, Arion • NGOs: Amref flying doctors, Health in Action, King’s college London Sierra Leone partnership, KNCF/TB fund • WHO, UN and other international organisations (policy advise, research) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ Ministry of health Netherlands, Germany etc • GTZ Germany; Tropical Inst. Antwerp THANK YOU !! Questions? …