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Strengthening methods of diagnostic accuracy studies
Ochodo, E.A.
Publication date 2014
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Ochodo, E. A. (2014). Strengthening methods of diagnostic accuracy studies. Boxpress.
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Acknowledgements
I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to:
My husband and best friend, Dedan: For your immense support and encouragement throughout my PhD period.
My parents and siblings: For constantly cheering me on.
My supervisors:
My promotor, Patrick Bossuyt: For your committed supervision and mentorship.
My co-‐promotor, Mariska Leeflang: For your good daily supervision. Thanks for always being there for me even on short notice!
Hans Reitsma: From you I learnt to pay attention to details. Thank you
for your guidance.
My paranymphs, Gowri and Annefloor: For your warm friendship, support and interesting experiences we shared during conference trips abroad.
My colleague, Parvin Tajik: For being a great inspiration to me.
My collaborating team:
From the Julius Center, Utrecht; Carl Moons, Joris de Groot, Christiana
Naaktgeboren:
From the Dutch Cochrane Centre; Rob Scholten, Lotty Hooft, Miranda
Langedamn, Rene Spijker:
From you I learnt the importance and power of collaboration. Thank you for this!
My fellow PhD students, Jungfeng Wang, Daniel Korevaar, Jambe Musoro,
Umesh Nandal, Shayan Shahand, Michel Hof, Eric van Iperen, Rosa Sloot; I
treasure the experiences we shared together. Thank you for your friendship and for showing me the way.
Corien Meijer and Annette van der Graaff: Thank you for helping me
transition from AMC to Cape Town and for helping me organize my PhD defence.
