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Firstly, to one of my dearest mentors, prof. Wolfgang Graier, who made me fall in love with science, even if I ‘betrayed’ you by leaving the world of fluorescent mitochondria, your contagious enthusiasm for science has never left me.

To Prof. Miriam Sturkenboom – dear Miriam, thank you taking a chance on me, and giving me this truly life-changing opportunity. I learned a lot from you, both professionally and personally. None of this would have happened were it not for you. To my co-promotors who were both true mentors; dear Sabine, we went through so many things together but you always supported and understood, while constantly trying to save me from myself. Thank you for finding the perfect balance between giving me the freedom to explore whatever topic I was interested in and offering a helping hand whenever I was struggling. To Preci –thank you for being such a guiding, comforting and inspiring presence in my life, no matter the distance between us. I hope I made you proud! To prof.dr. Bruno Stricker, prof.dr. H.G.M. Leufkens and prof.dr. E.P. van Puijenbroek, whose previous work inspired and guided me and formed a solid base of this thesis.

Thank you to all dear colleagues and friends in IPCI and Pharmacoepi group: Katia, Inge, Marjolein, Gwen, Daniel, Ann, Carmen, Osemeke, Nico, Maarten, Esme, Christel, Ruben and Peter, for sharing the frustration of research work. To Swabra, Caitlin and Ingrid, for sharing the room on 27th _{floor and} going through my bipolar moods every week and regularly supplying the keys whenever I lost them. To the colleagues in BIOS and to other colleagues in Medical Informatics, and to the Secretariat: Desiree, Tineke, Carmen, Petra, and Sander – thank you for your support. To Mees, Kris, Marius and Marcel - thank you for all the technical assistance.

Thanks from heart to my colleagues from CBG: Negar, Florianne, Laurens, Ineke, Menno, Quirine, Remy, Liana, Anouk, Fakhredin, Evelyn, Sara, Marcel, Maarten, Maria, Stephany, Anita, Ursula, Rianne, Esther, Inge, Daniel. Ik heb ontzettend veel van jullie mogen leren en ik heb het naar mijn zin met jullie, leuke samenwerking en de gezelligheid. You are all special! I especially miss the FT2 team, thank you for adopting me and for all the nice things we did together, at work and outside. To Fakhredin, thank you for the guidance and training and for taking the anxiety away with your calm tone. Menno, for always being there for my sometimes stupid questions and for the interesting discussions we always had.

To Joan and Joris, for the great support all these years, thank you for believing in me and giving me the freedom to do it my own way. You both took a great risk, I hope it was worth it!

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To Anja, my dearest friend in the Netherlands, for being always around and relentlessly trying to improve my organizational skills and failing gloriously. Probably the only thing you ever failed to accomplish beautifully. To Remy, for the wonderful talks, I love that we can speak about interrupted time series analysis and poetry in the same coffee break. You are one of a kind! And you always enlighten my day with your smile.

To Rosa, for the laughter and precious advice and for reminding me to enjoy life more.

To Oana, Leo, Laura, Gertjan and Robert- for the sleepless nights discussing politics, morality and other not so respectable subjects, for making me laugh and allowing me to cry next to you. And special thanks to Leo for constantly rescuing me from any cold station in the Netherlands I might happen to get lost at!

To my friends from Romania, we do not see each other often enough but you will always have a special place in my heart. To Marius, thank you for having been next to me for so long, for supporting me all throughout, for the unwavering love and strong character,

To my parents and the rest of my family Buna, Andreea, Radu, for always supporting me, even when you disagreed with my decisions, and for loving me every single moment. Special thanks to my parents for constantly sending Romanian food all over Europe. I am sorry for leaving you! I miss you every moment!

To Scott, for sharing with me the frustrations and joys of finalizing this book and this road and for daring to walk with me on new roads lying ahead.

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