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Since its recent start, a study on rewards for smoking cessation by the department of Family Medicine has caught a lot of attention in the national media. 

Special collaboration to unravel genetic backgrounds of cardiovascular disease (News Maastricht UMC+).


 

On 25 May 2016 at the yearly Deans and Directors of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Retreat at the National School of Public Health in Athens, Katarzyna (Kasia) Czabanowska was voted an ASPHER President Elect. 

Prof. Ruud Kempen and Prof Jos Schols were installed by the Health Council of the Netherlands as members of the committee that will develop recommendations for the Ministry of Health with respect to the research agenda and knowledge infrastructure in the area of disability and self-management in old...

Researchers at Maastricht UMC+ used contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate a link between blood-brain barrier leakage and Alzheimer's disease.

The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, visited the project Healthy Elementary School of the Future in Parkstad.

This year, the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility/ ITEM will start investigating the effects of certain national and European laws and regulations for border regions.

MCEL member prof. Marjan Peeters has published two new articles in Climate Law

Dr. Vigjilenca Abazi presented at the European Parliament the draft directive for whistle-blower protection across the European Union.

On 30 May the new Student portal went online. This one-stop location for accessing and managing their personal university information was developed in close collaboration with students.