Maarten van den Berge, MD PhD, is a pulmonologist and associate professor at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. He is a clinical scientist involved in both clinical and translational research with a focus on integrative multi-omics approaches to unravel the mechanisms involved in pathogenesis of obstructive pulmonary diseases. Ass. Prof. van den Berge is a member of the ERS and director of the ERS Clinical Research Collaborations (CRC). He has published more than 200 manuscripts in international peer-reviewed journals.