News

The wholesale removal of armpit lymph nodes (axillary lymph node dissection) in women with recurring breast cancer turns out to be unnecessary in many cases (MUMC+ news).

The TOMA (Tomsk-Maastricht) Double Master Program (DDP) of Maastricht University and Tomsk State University (Russia) have been awarded the Rusprix Award.

Prof. Nicolaas Schaper has received the American Diabetes Association's 2016 Roger Pecoraro Award.

Prof. Marc Willemsen, Dr Gera Nagelhout, Prof. Hein de Vries and Drs. Karin Hummel from the Department of Health Promotion together with a group of international researchers have received a grant of 80.478 euro from the European Commission in order to participate in the EUREST-PLUS project.

Foundation for the future: epilepsy education (inaugural lecture Marian Majoie, press release Kempenhaeghe)

On 2 June 2016 Jako Burgers was appointed as extraordinary Professor Promoting Personalised Care in Clinical Practice Guidelines. 

The workshop brings broad research support at MUMC+ one step closer.

Since its recent start, a study on rewards for smoking cessation by the department of Family Medicine has caught a lot of attention in the national media. 

Last May Prof. Ruud Kempen (Department of Health Services Research) was appointed as the President of the Dutch Society of Gerontology (NVG-KNOWS).

Prof. Ruud Kempen and Prof Jos Schols were installed by the Health Council of the Netherlands as members of the committee that will develop recommendations for the Ministry of Health with respect to the research agenda and knowledge infrastructure in the area of disability and self-management in old...