Berta Raventós holds a MSc in Microbiology and a MSc in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. She received training in epidemiology and observational research, completing a PhD in Methodological Research and Public Health from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Berta has experience conducting multi-database epidemiological studies using real-world data, as well as contributing to the development of tools to analyze data mapped to the OMOP Common Data Model.

Her research interests focus on the secondary use of healthcare data for epidemiological research. At Erasmus MC, Berta is currently working within the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN EU®).

Publications

Raventós B, Fernández-Bertolín S, Aragón M, et al. Transforming the Information System for Research in Primary Care (SIDIAP) in Catalonia to the OMOP Common Data Model and Its Use for COVID-19 Research. Clin Epidemiol. 2023;15:969-986. Published 2023 Sep 13. doi:10.2147/CLEP.S419481

Raventós B, Català M, Du M, et al. IncidencePrevalence: An R package to calculate population-level incidence rates and prevalence using the OMOP common data model. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2024;33(1):e5717. doi:10.1002/pds.5717

Li X*, Raventós B*, Roel E, et al. Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological events: population based cohort and self-controlled case series analysis. BMJ. 2022;376:e068373. Published 2022 Mar 16. doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-068373

Raventós B, Abellan A, Pistillo A, Reyes C, Burn E, Duarte-Salles T. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eating disorders diagnoses among adolescents and young adults in Catalonia: A population-based cohort study. Int J Eat Disord. 2023;56(1):225-234. doi:10.1002/eat.23848

Roel E, Raventós B, Burn E, Pistillo A, Prieto-Alhambra D, Duarte-Salles T. Socioeconomic Inequalities in COVID-19 Vaccination and Infection in Adults, Catalonia, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022;28(11):2243-2252. doi:10.3201/eid2811.220614