Hans Berkhof is head of the Biostatistics Unit of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VUMC Amsterdam. He has 20 years expertise in statistical and modeling research. He is responsible for the methodology and statistical data analyses of several HPV screening trials, and is leading the cost-effectiveness modeling analyses performed by VUmc. He is also manager of CoheaHr (www.coheahr.eu), a European consortium of epidemiologists, clinicians, and modelers. The goal of Coheahr is to build a European evidence base on HPV-related diseases and intervention strategies that facilitates evidence-informed decision-making.