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Sandy Quaden will be the School of Health Profession’s new Managing Director. Sandy starts on Monday, April 17th. Here you can read Sandy’s brief introduction to our community.

On January 25, the NUTRIM Clinical Research Unit (CRU), where patient-related research on nutrition and metabolism takes place, was officially opened at Maastricht UMC+.

Scientists Daniel Keszthelyi and Anna Beckers from Maastricht University (UM) are to receive a prestigious European grant for early career researchers: the Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

On 10 November, de Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs 2021 will be awarded. From 64 entries from universities, university colleges and university hospitals in the Netherlands, ten studies have been nominated, including two by UM researchers! Watch the promo videos of Henry Otgaar (FPN) and Luc van Loon (NUTRIM)...

What she eats matters less to her than who her tablemates are. Ronit Shiri-Sverdlov, professor of Inflammation and Metabolic Health, is happiest when eating at home with her family. The chef is whoever feels like cooking, the food is whatever they happen to have on hand.

Two UM researchers have each received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council NWO. This grant gives young and highly promising researchers the opportunity to gain international research experience.

The UM research institute GROW and the Maastricht UMC+ Oncology Centre and have together been accredited as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).

The next few weeks we'll present academics, students and alumni talkin about the upcoming Dutch elections in times of corona. This week Jeroen Kooman, director of EDLAB

Research program to fundamentally improve the early detection, prevention and treatment of lung disease.