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  • The value of data

    In May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect. Applicable to the entire EU, its aim is to protect the individual rights of citizens while guaranteeing free and secure movement of personal data within the EU. According to André Dekker, professor of Clinical Data...

    GDPR
  • A life of learning

    Jan van Manen held many positions during his four decades in the police force. At the ripe age of 55, the Master in Forensics, Criminology and Law at Maastricht University (UM). His next goal: to obtain his PhD on the role of video reconstruction in criminal procedure.

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  • The musical, athletic psychologist

    If it wasn’t academia, she could easily have had a successful career in music or sport. Fun and substance are the two words she uses most – the guiding principles behind all her choices. She’s never been into career planning. This year Anita Jansen, professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology and...

    Anita Jansen UMagazine1
  • Hemker’s brains

    A look back at the PhD training in 1981 of Marja van Dieijen, president of MUMC+, with Coen Hemker, professor emeritus of Biochemistry

    Marja van Dieijen and Coen Hemker