News
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The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has selected the project ‘Leading to Success: SMART Choices and SMART Tools’, submitted by project leader Dr. Mindel van de Laar , for funding in a competitive selection process to encourage open and online education.
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Heart failure, kidney failure and worn intervertebral discs – these are problems that in the future the body will have to be able to remedy itself.
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The Research Master Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) was accredited and received an exceptional score of ‘good’.
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Effective 1 May 2017, Judith de Jong, programme coordinator at NIVEL in Utrecht, has been appointed as endowed professor ‘Health Care System and Governance’.
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The universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and Oxford University Press (OUP) have been unable to reach a new agreement for access to academic journals. OUP made a proposal to the Dutch research universities of which the conditions, including Open Access, were not acceptable.
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According to Sander Streng, a researcher at Maastricht University, the hospital test used to determine whether someone has had a heart attack needs improving. His research focuses primarily on the protein troponin T and the hospital test aims to determine the concentration of this substance in the bloodstream.
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On 17 and 18 March 2017, the MACCH annual conference ‘Participatory Practices in Arts and Heritage’ took place in Maastricht. The event was attended by an international group of researchers and professionals from a diverse set of backgrounds, including academics, policy makers, legal and museum professionals.
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Professor André Knottnerus has received the Michael Berger Award. The award is a recognition of André’s outstanding international achievements in the field of evidence-based medicine and patient-centredness.
