Chris Arts appointed Associate Professor
As of 1 May 2016, Dr Chris Arts has been appointed Associate Professor Translational biomaterials research.

As of 1 May 2016, Dr Chris Arts has been appointed Associate Professor Translational biomaterials research.
Maurice Zeegers has been Scientific Director of the CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care for six months now: “This is an organisation with motivated and very talented researchers.”
In the InSciTe posture project (Projectleader Dr Paul Willems) the radiopaque UHMWPE technology (which is now FDA approved) will be tested in clinical patients for the final assessment of safety and efficacy.
John Penders (NUTRIM/CAPHRI) was awarded a Vidi-grant for his research project ‘Unwanted souvenirs’.
Jany Rademakers, endowed professor of Health Literacy and Patient Participation: “Not all patients can assume an active role.”
Dr Mickael Hiligsmann, Assistant Professor in Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment at CAPHRI, was announced the winner of the ESCEO Medal of Excellence.
Van de circa 8000 kinderen die jaarlijks in Limburg worden geboren hebben er ongeveer 300 een aangeboren afwijking. Dat is 3,84 procent of 38 op de 1000 kinderen.
Hoe kunnen verantwoordingtechnieken inwonersinitiatieven versterken, in plaats van te hinderen? Daarover gaat de publicatie "Uw inititatief past niet in ons kader. En wat doen we nu?"
Dr Annemarie Koster (Associate Professor at the Department of Social Medicine) was installed by the Health Council of the Netherlands as a member of the committee that will develop the new Dutch physical activity guidelines on behalf of the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport.
The ‘Revalidatiefonds’ awarded a grant for a subproject of the COAD study to Prof. Rob Smeets and Laura Beckers of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.