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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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  • 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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  • ITEM joins TEIN network of cross-border organisations

    Expertise Centre ITEM is glad to have become a member of TEIN (Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network), the network for cross-border institutes and universities. With its membership, they will strengthen its cooperation with other institutes and universities in border regions.

    Signing TEIN membership declaration Prof. dr. Anouk Bollen ITEM and Georg Walter Euro-Institut
  • 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.

    Cum Laude for Robert Willemsen
  • Legislative change needed to prevent 'marital captivicty'

    A legislative change is needed to prevent 'marital captivity', says attorney Pauline Kruiniger of Maastricht University (UM) in a final report published this week on the MARICAP study titled Niet langer geketend aan het huwelijk ('Breaking the chains of marriage').

    Pauline Kruiniger
  • 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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  • Ana Ramalho wins WUN Research Mobility Programme grant

    Ana Ramalho (Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property Law) has been awarded a grant within the framework of the WUN Research Mobility Programme. She will be conducting research in collaboration with the University of Auckland. The topic of the project is "Reconciliation of intellectual property...

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