Anouk Kruiswijk
Position: Work Package 3
Who am I & what do I do?
My name is Anouk Kruiswijk and I am a senior consultant at KPMG The Netherlands. I started my career as a PhD student at the Leiden University Medical Center where I worked at the intersection of clinical research and artificial intelligence. After my PhD, I transitioned into consultancy, allowing me to combine academic research with real-world implementation and strategy. I very much enjoy working at the boundary of these two worlds!
What am I up to during INDICATE?
Together with my colleague Mark van Driessen, I am responsible for Work Package 3 within INDICATE. In this role, we advise the project on how to set up a sustainable INDICATE ecosystem beyond the project phase. This includes designing the legal entity, developing governance structures, defining clear roles and responsibilities, shaping a viable business model, and outlining a realistic implementation roadmap. Our goal is to ensure that INDICATE can grow into a durable European infrastructure that continues to create value after the project ends.
What motivates me to be part of INDICATE?
With my background as a researcher, I know how crucial high-quality and accessible data is for research and for improving patient care, but also how challenging it can be to access the right data, especially across hospitals and national borders. At the same time, I have often seen valuable initiatives struggle or come to a halt once the project phase ends. INDICATE brings together academia, healthcare practice, industry and consultancy, and that combination motivates me greatly. I strongly believe that by connecting these worlds, we can turn INDICATE into a truly sustainable and impactful infrastructure that helps to further improve patient care.
What do I expect to accomplish within INDICATE?
Within INDICATE, I hope to help build a future-proof organisational and governance foundation that enables long-term collaboration, trust and scalability. Success for me means that INDICATE does not end as a project, but continues as a stable platform that supports research, innovation and patient-centred care across Europe.
How does my background or expertise contribute to the goals of INDICATE?
My strength lies in bridging research and practice. By combining an academic background in medical AI with consulting experience in governance, strategy and implementation, I aim to help translate ambitious clinical and technological goals into workable structures that function in real-world healthcare settings. This combination allows me to connect different perspectives and contribute to INDICATE’s goal of creating a trustworthy, sustainable European ICU data infrastructure.
