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Less than 1% of Dutch children eats 150 gram vegetables per day, as recommended by the WHO. Therefore, it should become custom to eat vegetables during breakfast and lunch.

On 1 November, Maastricht University has appointed Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), as honorary professor on behalf of national research school CaRe (Netherlands School for Primary Care Research).

David Townend, endowed professor of Law and Legal Philosophy in Health, Medicine and Life Sciences: Governance and Regulation in a Changing Science Landscape

Irma Everink is a PhD candidate in the CAPHRI Research Line Ageing and Long-Term Care. She was selected for this award for her abstract on ‘ Effects of an integrated care pathway within geriatric rehabilitation: preliminary results’.

Major subsidy for personalised treatment of degenerative joint conditions (MUMC+ News).

Silke Metzelthin, Rixt Zijlstra, Erik van Rossum, Annemarie Koster, Silvia Evers and Ruud Kempen – affiliated with three different CAPHRI research lines – have successfully applied for a four-year ZonMw grant to test the (cost-) effectiveness of the ‘Stay Active at Home’ programme.

Large-scale research survey with more than 180,000 Dutch people published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Andrea: Swimming went smoothly. During biking I had to be cautious because of the rain. The first two rounds of the mrathon I was okay, but during rounds three and four I had a hard time. Then, finally, the very last kilometers through the city centre, it was like I was growing wings, and all went well...

Paul Hofman, Professor of Forensic and Post-mortem Radiology: “We need more investigations into the cause of death”

On 2 June 2016 Jako Burgers was appointed as extraordinary Professor Promoting Personalised Care in Clinical Practice Guidelines.