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  • NRS science award

    Onno van Schayck and Annerika Slok received the NRS science award for their research about the Assessment of Burden of COPD tool.

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  • Prestigious ZonMw grant

    The ‘E-manager Chronic Diseases’ project, a collaboration between CAPHRI, TNO, NIVEL and the University of Twente, was awarded a prestigious grant within the Innovative Medical Devices Initiative (IMDI) program of ZonMw earlier this month.

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  • New Master in Emerging Markets strengthens UM’s expertise

    Emerging Markets is the latest specialisation in the bachelor’s programmes in International Business and Economics & Business Economics at Maastricht University. New as it may be, it is already popular. It has even spurred on the development of a follow-up programme to be launched next autumn: the...

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  • Geslaagd Symposium 'Toekomstmuziek in Anderhalvelijnszorg'

    Op 28 maart 2018 vond het symposium getiteld ‘Toekomstmuziek in Anderhalvelijnszorg’ plaats in het Gouvernement aan de Maas te Maastricht. Het symposium georganiseerd door de Academische Werkplaats Duurzame Zorg richtte zich op de vraag of er toekomstmuziek zit in Anderhalvelijnszorg. 

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  • Cum Laude for Robert Willemsen

    Congratulations to Robert Willemsen who defended his PhD thesis on assessing chest pain in primary care on 23 March 2018 and was awarded the distinction cum laude.

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  • The Lancet publication on low back pain

    Almost everyone will have low back pain at some point in their lives. It can affect anyone at any age, and it is increasing – disability due to back pain has risen by more than 50% since 1990.

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