Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Epidemiology & Radiology at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, and Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Health Decision Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston.

Her vision is to optimize medical decisions by combining the best-available quantitative evidence on risks and benefits from diverse sources and integrating patient values, preferences, quality of life, and costs. She has contributed to methodological advances in the field of medical decision making and applied the methods in the fields of medical imaging, cardiovascular disease, and lifestyle interventions. She has been honored with awards from the Swiss Society of Radiology, the Society of Medical Decision Making, the Radiology Health Services Research Society, and the Dutch Society of Epidemiology.

Her passions include mathematical modelling, piano improvisation, music composition, contemporary dance, aikido, and playing with her grandchildren.