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  • Early Career Research Prize for Eefje de Bont

    Eefje de Bont, PhD candidate and GP trainee at the Department of Family Medicine, was awarded the Early Career Research Prize from the Society for Academic Primary Care.
    Prize for Eefje de Bont
  • Grant for Manuela Joore

    1.5 million for research into the optimal use of new DNA diagnostics in prescribing cancer drugs
  • Food as medicine

    Dr Alie de Boer – a food scientist at University College Venlo, a satellite campus of Maastricht University – recently published an article in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Based on a comprehensive literature study, she revealed the importance of omega 3 fatty acids and...
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    Food as a medicine
  • Doctor with research skills

    In March 2016, now 25-year-old Sophie Joosten completed her master’s programme in Medicine with an exceptional thesis on renal cell carcinoma. During her research, she discovered biomarkers that can help predict the survival of patients with kidney cancer. She received this year's Thesis Prize for her...
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    Thesis prize winner Sophie Joosten
  • "There are too few leaders within the EU"

    The signing of the Maastricht Treaty marked the first step towards the establishment of the European Union (EU) as we know it today. Now, 25 years later, it is time to take stock. Sophie Vanhoonacker, professor of Administrative Governance specialising in EU foreign and security policy, is deeply...
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  • 25 years of the Maastricht Treaty: party or hangover?

    The signing of the Maastricht Treaty marked the first step towards the establishment of the European Union (EU) as we know it today. Now, 25 years later, it is time to take stock. If it were up to Luc Soete, professor of International Economic Relations, Brussels should be given more power.
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    Luc Soete on 25 jaar EU
  • ECL ECToH Young Professional Award for Gera Nagelhout

    Gera was chosen as winner of the award because of her excellent research on socioeconomic differences in smoking and her knowledge-transfer efforts to translate tobacco control research to practice.
    Award for Gera Nagelhout