Bettina Hansen

Bettina Hansen is a Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology at Erasmus MC. Her research primarily focuses on epidemiology, with a specialization in liver diseases and infectious diseases. She has supervised 9 research works and authored over 337 publications.

Her research interests encompass hepatic conditions including primary biliary cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation, and antiviral therapies. Her work employs advanced epidemiological methods to analyze disease patterns and treatment outcomes across global populations.

Recent publications have investigated the efficacy of direct-acting antivirals in reducing liver cancer recurrence, autoimmune hepatitis syndromes post-transplantation, treatment protocols for rare cholestatic disorders, and global epidemiological patterns of steatotic liver disease through systematic reviews and meta-analyses.