After George Floyd was killed by an American police officer, many hundreds of thousands of people all over the world took to the streets to protest against racism. These protests also prompt self-reflection at UM: what is the current situation in terms of the use of race and racism in Dutch health...
Owning your own business is a dream for many people. You get to be your own boss, realise your creative vision and interact with a wide range of companies and individuals. Here at SBE, many of our students have gone on to lead lives as successful entrepreneurs following their studies. We caught up...
Maurice Zeegers is not only professor of Complex Genetics and Epidemiology, but also scientific director of the Maastricht research school CAPHRI (Care and Public Health Research Institute). And during these corona times, he also functions as research partner of the WHO Evidence Collaborative. A...
Marcel Aries, a neurologist and intensive care physician at the MUMC+, shares his experiences
Based at the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus, startup i-Med has secured a contribution of €10,000 from the ESZL (Economic Cooperation South Limburg)’s Kickstart Fund. i-Med is applying the subsidy toward the digital surgical loupe it has developed for a pilot using online education at the...
Oue (former) VHC colleague Nina Bartelink has won the “CaRe Award 2019” for her Cum Laude PhD thesis “Evaluating health promotion in complex adaptive school systems: The Healthy Primary School of the Future”.
People who need long-term care sometimes have to make fundamental decisions, e.g. on a preferred therapy or living situation. Karin van Leersum (RL Promoting Health and Personalised Care) and colleagues developed the online tool www.watikbelangrijkvind.nl together with clients, informal caregivers...
Analysis by researchers at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics found schools around the world reacted differently to communicating about the pandemic and were largely reactive, waiting for official announcements before making their own contribution.
The International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF) today announced the award of the 2020 Thomson Medal to Maastricht University’s Prof. Ron Heeren and Prof. Alison Ashcroft of the University of Leeds.