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Prof. Shyama Ramani of UNU-MERIT has been voted one of the #100 Women Achievers of India in the category of ‘Hygiene and Sanitation’.

Katie Kuschminder, a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University's UNU-MERIT research institute, was awarded a Rubicon grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Having in-depth conversations with young people can help prevent problems associated with cannabis use.

Deep brain stimulation or DBS has been shown to be effective in treating memory loss, at least this appears to be the case in rats. 

Thanks to relatively new MRI techniques, patients with rectal cancer may benefit from an improved selection process for organ-sparing treatment. These techniques were also used to determine whether this treatment offers a safe alternative to standard surgical procedures for patients with rectal...

Gijs Goossens (Department of Human Biology) has been awarded the prestigious Senior Fellowship 2015 from the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation for the project 'Intermittent hypoxia exposure: a novel strategy to improve insulin sensitivity in humans'.

Dr. Elhaseen Elamin Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum (MUMC) / NUTRIM ontvangt de Career Development Grant voor zijn onderzoek waarin hij mini-darmen gaat kweken uit stamcellen van patiënten met de ziekte van Crohn. 
 

Prof. Wim Saris receives the award for his advisory role for UCD’s Institute of Food and Health, on December 10th at the Fitzgerald Debating Chamber at UCD, where he will deliver his Memorial Lecture. 

A total of 400,000 new jobs are expected in the Netherlands until 2020, which represents a growth rate of approximately 0.8% per year.

At Maastricht UMC+, research is being carried out to determine whether or not axillary lymph nodes should always be removed in breast cancer patients.