Axel Budde

Axel Budde

Shiny Developer Epidemiologist/Psychologist

Biography

I am a psychologist whose interests include epidemiology, methodology, statistics, and programming in R.

Interests
  • Epidemiology
  • Methodology & Statistics
  • R Programming
Education
  • PhD Candidate in Epidemiology (expected completion: 2024)

    University of Bonn, Germany

  • MSc in Psychology (With Honours), 2004

    University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Netherlands

  • Diploma in Criminal Science, 1997

    University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), Pau, France

Skills

shiny Shiny
Data Science
R

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Charlotte Fresenius Hochschule University of Psychology
External Lecturer
October 2023 – Present Düsseldorf, Germany

Lectures:

  • Introduction to psychology and its history
  • Introduction to research methods in psychology and psychotherapy
 
 
 
 
 
University Hospital Bonn (UKB) Department of Palliative Medicine
Research Associate
February 2023 – September 2023 Bonn, Germany

Launched website for the visualization of Serious Health Related Suffering (SHS):

  • Developed R Shiny app
  • Deployed app in the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
 
 
 
 
 
University Hospital Bonn (UKB) Institute for Virology
Head of Staff Unit
October 2020 – December 2022 Bonn, Germany

Managed team of local staff unit within the Network University Medicine (NUM):

  • Provided administrative and organisational support to multicentre research projects with UKB involvement.
  • Administratively co-oordinated multicentre research projects with UKB involvement.
  • Authored and co-authored scientific publications.
 
 
 
 
 
University Hospital Bonn (UKB) Clinic for Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
Research Associate
June 2018 – September 2020 Bonn, Germany

Co-ordinated research project sponsored by German Cancer Aid:

 
 
 
 
 
Axel Budde
Advanced training “Mastering Software Development in R Specialization” and self-employment
January 2017 – May 2018 Cologne, Germany

Developed R Shiny apps:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Co-ordinated EU project Children Affected by Parental Alcohol Problems in Europe (ChAPAPs):

  • Prepared intermediate and final project reports.
  • Initiated, conducted, and published a pan-European onliny study.
  • Gave seminar on psychopharmacology.
  • Managed project contract and budget.
  • Organised workshops, Capacity building trainings, project meetings, and an international symposium.
  • Communicated with the European Commission.
 
 
 
 
 
Noldus Information Technology GmbH
Regional Sales Engineer
November 2006 – July 2007 Berlin, Germany
Sold software for behavioural research and gave product trainings.
 
 
 
 
 
Noldus Information Technology bv
Regional Sales Engineer
November 2005 – October 2006 Wageningen, The Netherlands
Sold software for behavioural research and gave product trainings.
 
 
 
 
 
Citicorp S.A.
Customer Service Representative
March 2005 – July 2005 Barcelona, Spain
Provided phone service to credit card clients in Belgium in Dutch, French, German, and English.

Accomplish­ments

Coursera
Building Data Visualization Tools by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
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Coursera
Building R Packages by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
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Coursera
Advanced R Programming by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
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Coursera
The R Programming Environment by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
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Recent Publications

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Estimates of protection levels against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Germany before the 2022/2023 winter season: the IMMUNEBRIDGE project
Despite the need to generate valid and reliable estimates of protection levels against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe course of …
SARS-CoV-2 sero-immunity and quality of life in children and adolescents in relation to infections and vaccinations: the IMMUNEBRIDGE KIDS cross-sectional study, 2022
The study evaluates the effects on sero-immunity, health status and quality of life of children and adolescents after the upsurge of …
Grundimmunität gegen SARS-CoV-2 in der deutschen Bevölkerung
Hintergrund: Während der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie wurden in einigen Ländern von Beginn an nationale populationsbasierte Seroprävalenzstudien …
Estimates of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Germany before the 2022/2023 winter season - the IMMUNEBRIDGE project
Despite the need to generate valid and reliable estimates of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe course of COVID-19 for …
Erratum to ‘Linking EORTC QLQ-C-30 and PedsQL/PEDQOL physical functioning scores in patients with osteosarcoma’ [Eur J Cancer 170 (2022) 209-235]