Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, is the largest University Medical Center of the Netherlands, with around 14,000 staff members. Its mission is to contribute to a healthy population and to excellence in health care through research and education. Its research portfolio includes clinical research, biomedical research, and health science research. The Department of Public Health has around 150 staff members, and its main goal is to support evidence-based public health through research and education. Among the public health areas studied by the Department are social determinants of health, medical demography, occupational health, cancer screening, infectious disease control, and medical decision-making. It has a particularly strong track record in quantitative research, including mathematical modelling.