Sophie Vanbelle

Sophie Vanbelle is an Associate Professor in Methodology and Statistics at Maastricht University's Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Her research develops statistical models for reliability and agreement measurement, particularly for intensive longitudinal data.

Education:

• PhD: Agreement between raters (University of Liège, 2009)
• MSc: Mathematics (ULiège) & Biostatistics (UHasselt)

Research Focus: Specializes in multilevel data analysis, Bayesian statistics, and agreement studies for categorical and longitudinal data. Current projects include reliability quantification for intensive longitudinal datasets and optimization of research designs.

Professional Contributions: Associate Editor for Statistical Modelling journal. Leads multiple research projects including a Global PhD partnership grant (KULeuven) and ASPASIA grant for study design optimization in reliability research.