Katia Verhamme is Associate Professor of Use and Analysis of observational data. Katia graduated as medical doctor from the University of Ghent and trained as General Practitioner. Within the department of medical informatics, she is leading the pharmacoepidemiology group and is an expert on multi-database studies. Since her PhD graduation as pharmaco-epidemiologist from the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Katia has successfully developed a research group conducting pharmaco-epidemiological research, using electronic patient records as compiled in various observational health care databases. She has a specific interest in the field of respiratory pharmaco-epidemiology and has successfully coordinated multiple Post-Authorisation Safety Studies requested by the EMA. She was/is principal investigator of international studies investigating the management of chronic respiratory conditions in real life. She is also guest professor Pharmaco-epidemiology at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Ghent.