News

Saturday 4 February marks the start of a custom training programme in Maastricht for international cardiologists specialising in cardiac arrhythmias (MUMC+ news).

High-intensity interval training is an effective treatment method for patients with chronic lung disease (MUMC+ news, PhD conferral Emmylou Beekman).

Vera Baadjou has won the Alice G. Brandfonbrener Young Investigator Award from the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). Vera is engaged in research on prevention of physical complaints in music students. 

Bram Kroon accepts chair during inaugural lecture 'Medication alone is not enough' (MUMC+ news).

 

Maria Jansen, Professor of Population-Focussed Health Policy and programme leader of the Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health Limburg, has been nominated for the province Limburg.

Damage to small blood vessels in prediabetes (mumc+ news).

People with impaired kidney function have a higher risk of developing memory problems and even dementia, according to an analytic study by researchers Kay Deckers and Sebastian Köhler. Both researchers work at Maastricht University's Alzheimer Centre Limburg (ACL).

Children of parents with a mental illness or substance abuse problems (abbreviated as COPMI and COSAP, respectively) have a high risk (50–66%) of developing the same problems. This has an impact on their health, wellbeing, social network and overall functioning.

Mike Gerards is currently working at The Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio). His project focuses on the identification and functional characterization of novel genes involved in mitochondria (more specifically in mtDNA replication) and screening these genes for mutations in patients.