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The Societal Impact Project stimulates students’ autonomous motivation to work on societal relevant problems. One of the topics this year is vaping.

Two researchers from Maastricht University play a key role in translating research into vaccine policy recommendations for COVID-19: Timo Clemens, Associate Professor health policy and governance, and Inge van der Putten, Assistant Professor at the department of Health Services Research.

Despite widespread awareness campaigns and well-known prevention strategies, the number of skin cancer cases continues to rise. It is now the most common form of cancer in the Netherlands, particularly among people over the age of 65. According to Caroline Coeckelbergh, alumna of the master’s...

Newly appointed professor Judith Sluimer (CARIM) talks about oxygen in heart functioning and the 'fresh air' the academic world needs.

The Dutch Research Council (NOW) has decided that within the so-called ENW Open competition XS research programme, 28 projects will receive funding. Three of those projects are headed by a UM scientist.

Sound interprofessional collaboration leads to better-perceived care, better healthcare outcomes, and sustainable employability of healthcare professionals. As a catalyst for improved healthcare, students need to prepare for interprofessional collaboration.

The research institutes M4I and MERLN, both part of Maastricht University (UM), are to become partners in a new national collaboration as of 1 January 2025. The Nijmegen-based laser and magnet lab HFML-FELIX will become an NWO Institute under the umbrella of the Foundation for Dutch Scientific...

Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to set up a scientific research team in the coming years for studies on bioprinted models of a human kidney and on female guest workers from...

Julien was admitted at the last second for the Medicine bachelor. A turning point that led him to research perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and specific type of bile duct cancer at MUMC+.

A new academic partnership between Maastricht University (UM) and Arbo Unie (AU) strengthens the efforts that are made towards healthy workplaces and lifestyles for workers.