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During his farewell lecture, Professor of ophthalmology Carroll Webers received a royal honour and the MUMC+ honorary medal.

Research into the role of soil bacteria in preventing allergies by NUTRIM researcher Niels van Best of the Department of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention.

Climate, costs, AI and social media all influence medical decision-making. How do we ensure GPs make the best decision for patients with as little negative impact on society as possible?

The aim of the campaign was to make people more aware of the influence they themselves have on their risk of dementia. The initial results show that knowledge about risk factors has increased.

The promotion of public health is challenged by a complex interplay of socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental disparities. Ensuring equity in prevention is essential to achieve health and well-being for all.

The World Health Organisation has officially designated two research hubs within the Care and Public Health Research Institute at Maastricht University as WHO Collaborating Centres..

How can we improve diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of head and neck cancer? Francesco Missale studies this: from new microscopes and immunotherapy to tumour markers.

Lars Eijssen, Mike Gerards and David Barnett are all involved in implementing data science in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes in Biomedical Sciences. All three concur that data science is inevitable in this rapidly changing field.

Women experience side effects from medication twice as often as men. Yet doctors still prescribe the same dosage. This is because men and women process medication differently. Aurélie Carlier uses computer models to investigate these differences.

To generate research data, researchers collect blood, urine, saliva, or other bodily fluids from as many participants as possible. They could try to store this material themselves, but problems can easily occur. This is where biobanks come in.