Maastricht University's (UM) interfaculty educational innovation project Study Smart is one of the three winners of the Dutch Education Premium 2025. This was announced on Tuesday during the Comenius festival in The Hague.
Two Maastricht University professors are to receive the most prestigious European research grant for individual researchers: an ERC Advanced Grant, worth over €2.5 million. They are Lorenzo Moroni (MERLN) and Alexander Sack (FPN).
It has long been known that in some psychiatric disorders certain parts of the brain show slight abnormalities. However, it was unclear whether these brain changes are caused by the illness itself, by medication, or by smoking. In a recent study, scientists at Maastricht University and Amsterdam UMC...
As of 1 July 2025, Professor Anique de Bruin will take on the role of Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education (SHE)
Is improving healthcare only a task for our healthcare and academic staff? At first glance, you would say so. But sometimes there are colleagues within our health faculty who experience care themselves, and feel an urge to contribute to it from a patient perspective. You find this quality in Diana...
The Societal Impact Project stimulates students’ autonomous motivation to work on societal relevant problems. One of the topics this year is vaping.
Two researchers from Maastricht University play a key role in translating research into vaccine policy recommendations for COVID-19: Timo Clemens, Associate Professor health policy and governance, and Inge van der Putten, Assistant Professor at the department of Health Services Research.
Despite widespread awareness campaigns and well-known prevention strategies, the number of skin cancer cases continues to rise. It is now the most common form of cancer in the Netherlands, particularly among people over the age of 65. According to Caroline Coeckelbergh, alumna of the master’s...
Newly appointed professor Judith Sluimer (CARIM) talks about oxygen in heart functioning and the 'fresh air' the academic world needs.
The Dutch Research Council (NOW) has decided that within the so-called ENW Open competition XS research programme, 28 projects will receive funding. Three of those projects are headed by a UM scientist.
