Curriculum Vitae

Welling Oei
www.wellingoei.nl - http://linkedin.com/in/welling-oei
wellingoei@gmail.com
+31644780941

‘An enthusiastic epidemiologist with medical

background, infectious diseases research, teaching,
public health and organizational experiences’

Profile 1
An Indonesian born medical doctor who worked for international health agencies in the Tsunami affected
areas and pursued higher degrees in epidemiology of infectious diseases in the Netherlands. Experienced
in establishing collaboration with others from different cultural background, managing projects, and
writing competitive grants. A problem solver, positive thinker, result oriented and tactful communicator.

Academic background 2
2010-2015 PhD Applied infectious diseases modeling at Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2008-2010 MSc Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1998-2005 MD at Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta, Indonesia

Honors 3
2017 Van DIjk award from Sanquin Blood Foundation for the best thesis 2016
2009 Utrecht University representative for the Bright Students Conference in Milan, Italy
2008 Excellence Track (Xtrack) student for Graduate School of Life Sciences of Utrecht University

Employment experience 4
2017-2019 Postdoctoral researcher for Department of Public Health and for Department of
Dermatology of Erasmus Medical Center – Sophia’s Children Hospital, Rotterdam
• Review the literature on the natural history and management of Lymphatic Filariasis
• Develop a core outcome set for patients with congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN)
• Organize e-Delphi rounds and consensus meeting with CMN stakeholders worldwides

2016-2017 Assistant Professor/Junior Lecturer for MSc Epidemiology at the Julius Center, University
Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
• Create and implement a strategic plan for online courses
• Design, prepare, timely deliver, monitor and evaluate online courses including
Advanced Diagnostic, Prognostic, Clinical Trials, Study Design, Systematic Reviews,
Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases, Methodology in Health Economic
Evaluations, IPD Meta Analysis, and Nutritional Epidemiology
• Lecturer/content expert for Clinical Epidemiology online course
• Start the basic teaching qualifications (BKO)

2010-2015 PhD Candidate for the MITCH project (Modelling the Transmission of emerging Infections
in the Transfusion CHain) at the Julius Centre, UMCU.
• Conduct epidemiological studies (collect data, analyze, and present results)
• Develop decision support models
• Organize workshops and expert meeting
• Establish international collaborations
 2006-2007 Medical Officer for Indonesian Ministry of Health based in South Nias, Indonesia
• Provide health intervention and promotion/education for the remote community
• Improve program management of the health facility
• Take initiatives in providing trainings
2006 Reproductive Health Project Manager for Care International in Aceh, Indonesia
• Oversee the quality and timeliness of the project with 5-7 team members
• Manage the reconstructions of health facility including the financial, logistics and
procurement
• Implement community behavioral change programs
2005-2006 Health Information Unit Officer/National Consultant for the World Health Organization
• Coordinate health relief efforts internally and externally with health non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), local government, and other stakeholders
• Ensure that all stakeholders comply with development matrix, national and WHO
guidelines
• Investigate disease outbreaks, carry out health assessment, capacity building and
policy advocacy

Professional experience 5
2017 Write a proposal on ‘Modeling the transmission of drug resistant TB epidemic in Indonesia’
for Rubicon.
2014
“Vivamus porta
Write a proposal to Sanquin Blood Foundation on ‘Optimal risk management strategy for
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seddonors
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2014 Develop a statistical (GAM) model for the WHO Working Group ‘Estimating the need of
blood transfusion for developing countries’, Geneva, Switzerland

2012 Organize an expert meeting ‘Testing of the EUFRAT model prototype’ for experts in
transfusion safety and public health from the EU’
2011 Write the European Up Front Risk Assessment Tool (EUFRAT) project proposal to the ECDC,
successfully granted

Area of interest 6
Epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health, modeling, risk prioritization, economic evaluation

Software proficiency 7
Office, R, @Risk, SPSS, Mathematica, Berkeley Madonna, JMP, Beast, WinBugs, FIlezilla, WordPress

Language proficiency 8
Indonesian (native), English (proficient), Dutch (C1), Chinese (fair)

References 9
• Suzanne Pasmans (Professor in pediatrisch dermatologie) at Sophia’s Kinderziekenhuis- Erasmus
Medisch Centrum, Rotterdam. s.pasmans@erasmusmc.nl +31653524299
• Rob Scholten (Professor of Evidence Synthesis in Health Care and Director of Education for
Epidemiology) at the Julius Center, UMCU. R.j.p.scholten@umcutrecht.nl +31 88 75 696 30
• Mart Janssen (Principal Investigation Transfusion Technology Assessment/ Health Technology
Assessment) at the Julius Center, UMCU. m.p.janssen@umcutrecht.nl +31 650 251 433
• Roel Coutinho (Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Human and Animal
Origin) at Utrecht University. R.a.coutinho@umcutrecht.nl +31 653 225 181
• Anshu Banerjee (Senior Advisor Department of Reproductive Health and Research) at the WHO.
banerjeea@who.int +41 793 863 149

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2019 Oei W, Fledderus AC, Korfage I, Eggen CM, van der Horst CMAM, Spuls PI, Brinkmann SJH,
Wolkerstorfer A, van Kessel M, Pasmans S. Protocol for the development of core set of domains of the
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core outcome set for patients with congenital melanocytic nevi. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol.
2019 August 16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31419337

2017 Neslo REJ, Oei W, Janssen MP. Insight in calculated risk: An application to the prioritisation
of emerging infectious diseases for blood transfusion safety. Risk Analysis Feb 2017. Epub
ahead of print. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28229466
2016 Oei W, Zaaijer HL, Kretzschmar ME, Coutinho RA, Halabi Y, Jubithana B, Gerstenbluth I,
Maduro E, Tromp M, Janssen MP. Estimating the risk of dengue transmission from Dutch
blood donors travelling to Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean. Vox Sanguinis 2016; 110(4):
301-309. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26765798
2016 Oei W, Mapako T, van Hulst M, Kretzschmar ME, Janssen MP. Modelling the risk of
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transfusion transmission from travelling donors. BMC Infectious Diseases 16(1):143.
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2016 Oei W, Neslo R, Kretzschmar ME, Janssen MP. A consensus based tool for ranking the risk of
blood transmissible infections. Transfusion 2016; 56(8):2108-2114.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217225
2015 Lieshout-Krikke RW, Oei W, Habets K, Pasker-de Jong PCM. Travel behaviour and deferral of
Dutch blood donors: consequences for donor availability. Transfusion 2015; 55(1): 79-85.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25051992
2014 Oei W, Kretzschmar ME, Zaaijer HL, Coutinho R, van der Poel CL, Janssen MP. Estimating the
transfusion transmission risk of Q fever. Transfusion 2014; 54(7): 1705-1711.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456030
2013 Oei W, Janssen MP, van der Poel CL, van Steenbergen JE, Rehmet S, Kretzschmar ME.
Modelling the transmission risk of emerging infectious diseases through blood transfusion.
Transfusion 2013; 53(7): 1421-1428. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23113823
2012 Oei W and Nishiura H. The relationship between tuberculosis and influenza death during
the influenza (H1N1) pandemic from 1918-19. Computational and Mathematical Methods
in Medicine vol. 2012, Article ID 124861, 9 pages, 2012.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848231

Key presentations 11
2015 Nederlandse Vereniging voor Bloedtransfusie (NVB) Symposium. Estimating the risk of
dengue transmission from Dutch donors travelling to Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean
(oral presentation). Ede, the Netherlands.
2014 Meeting of the WHO working group “Estimating the need of blood transfusion for
developing countries” (invited speaker), Geneva, Switzerland.
2014 NVB Symposium. Modelling the transfusion transmission risk from travelling donors (oral
presentation). Ede, the Netherlands.
2012 International Plasma Fractionation Association Congress. The EUFRAT model (invited
speaker). Budapest, Hungary.
2012 Society of Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Conference. The EUFRAT model (workshop
presentation), Oslo, Norway.

2011 European Association of Tissue Banks Conference. The EUFRAT model (invited speaker).
Barcelona, Spain.

2011 ECDC expert meeting WNV Epidemic Surveillance Tool. The EUFRAT model (invited expert).
Stockholm, Sweden.

2011 European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE),

The EUFRAT model (oral presentation). Stockholm, Sweden.

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