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Within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, the study programmes are grouped under three educational domains: ‘Health’, ‘Medicine’, and ‘Biomedical Sciences’ (BMS). Each domain has its own Education Programme Committee (EPC). The BMS domain includes the bachelor’s programmes Biomedical Sciences and Regenerative Medicine and Technology, as well as the master’s programme Biomedical Sciences.

The EPC BMS consists of six student members and six staff members, all of whom are actively involved in one of the programmes within the Biomedical Sciences domain. Both delegations have an equal saying. The committee provides advice—either upon request or on its own initiative—on all matters related to the quality of education within its domain. This includes, among other things:

Providing advice on improvements and content-related innovations in the programmes based on internal or external evaluations, such as programme evaluations, accreditation reports, or curriculum revisions.
Providing advice on the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) and how these regulations are implemented in practice. The EPC has a statutory right of consent and/or advisory authority on specific parts of the EER.

The advice issued by the EPC is usually directed to the Management Team of the BMS domain, the Board of the Institute for Education, and/or the Faculty Board. In addition, the EPC always sends its advice and proposals to the Faculty Council for information.

The EPC BMS meets on average ten times per academic year. The agenda, (non-confidential parts of) the minutes, and the issued advice letters are public and can be requested from the secretary of the EPC.

Applications for the position of EPC staff member run via the BROS Management System
Applications for the position of EPC student member run via the Student Council Health and Life Sciences

Members EPC Biomedical Sciences, academic year 2024-2025

Contact details secretariat
G. (Guy) Bendermacher, M.Sc.
Institute for Education FHML
Universiteitssingel 60, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
g.bendermacher@maastrichtuniversity.nl
+31 43 388 5673

Back row left to right.: Carolin Sehlbach, Rory Koenen, Mike Gerards, Rebecca Pytsje du Pont, Simone van Breda, Danyel Jennen
Front row left to right.: Guy Bendermacher, Mieke Dentener, Hila Karwal, Sara Fusco, Alisa Ovsiannikova
Missing from this picture: Matei Marusiac, Tamas Kiss

Within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, the study programmes are grouped under three educational domains: ‘Health’, ‘Medicine’, and ‘Biomedical Sciences’. Each domain has its own Education Programme Committee (EPC). Programmes that fall within the scope of the EPC Health include the bachelor's programmes in Health Sciences and European Public Health, as well as the master's programmes in Epidemiology, Global Health, Governance and Leadership in European Public Health, Health Education and Promotion, Health and Digital Transformation, Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management, Human Movement Sciences, and Occupational Health and Sustainable Work.

The EPC Health consists of six student members and six staff members, all of whom are actively involved in one of the programmes within the Health domain. Both delegations have an equal saying. The committee provides advice—either upon request or on its own initiative—on all matters related to the quality of education within its domain. This includes, among other things:

Providing advice on improvements and content-related innovations in the programmes based on internal or external evaluations, such as programme evaluations, accreditation reports, or curriculum revisions.
Providing advice on the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) and how these regulations are implemented in practice. The EPC has a statutory right of consent and/or advisory authority on specific parts of the EER.

The advice issued by the EPC is usually directed to the Management Team of the Health domain, the Board of the Institute for Education, and/or the Faculty Board. In addition, the EPC always sends its advice and proposals to the Faculty Council for information.

The EPC Health meets on average ten times per academic year.

Applications for the position of EPC staff member run via the BROS Management System
Applications for the position of EPC student member run via the Student Council Health and Life Sciences

Annual report EPC Health

2023-2024

In Dutch

2022-2023
In Dutch

Members EPC Health, academic year 2024-2025

Contact details secretariat
Y. (Yvonne) Sinsel, LL.M.
Institute for Education FHML
Universiteitssingel 60, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
yvonne.sinsel@maastrichtuniversity.nl
+31 43 38 85788

opleidingscommissie_health_11092024 — From left to right standing: Lianne Loosveld, Anke Wind, Johan Renes, Kenneth Meijer.
From left to right sitting: Yvonne Sinsel, Lieve van Woerden
Missing in this picture: Kathelijne Bessems, Ruben Drost, Sharmi Haque, Joey auf den Kamp, Fleur Palmen, Anna Gudimova, Charlotte Böhm

The EPC Medicine consists of six student members and six staff members, all of whom are actively involved in one of the programmes within the Medicine domain. Both delegations have an equal saying. The committee provides advice—either upon request or on its own initiative—on all matters related to the quality of education within its domain. This includes, among other things:

Providing advice on improvements and content-related innovations in the programmes based on internal or external evaluations, such as programme evaluations, accreditation reports, or curriculum revisions.
Providing advice on the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) and how these regulations are implemented in practice. The EPC has a statutory right of consent and/or advisory authority on specific parts of the EER.

The advice issued by the EPC is usually directed to the Management Team of the Medicine domain, the Board of the Institute for Education, and/or the Faculty Board. In addition, the EPC always sends its advice and proposals to the Faculty Council for information.

The EPC Medicine meets on average ten times per academic year. The agenda, (non-confidential parts of) the minutes, and the issued advice letters are public and can be requested from the secretary of the EPC.

Applications for the position of EPC staff member run via the BROS Management System
Applications for the position of EPC student member run via Study Association Pulse

Members EPC Medicine, academic year 2020-2021

Contact details secretariat
K. (Koen) Veldkamp, M.Sc.
Institute for Education FHML
Universiteitssingel 60, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
koen.veldkamp@maastrichtuniversity.nl
+31 43 388 5967

On Monday 3 September 2018 UM celebrated the opening of the academic year. This year UM reflected on the responsibility of universities for sustainable development in the broadest sense. The keynote speeches were delivered by Dr. Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, Kate Robertson, Co-Founder of One Young World, Prof. Dag Rune Olsen, Rector of the University of Bergen, and Dr. Joost van den Akker, Regional Minister of Economic Affairs and Knowledge Infrastructure.

During the official ceremony in the afternoon, the UM Student Award and the Edmond Hustinx prize were awarded. In the morning symposium behavioural change was the central theme.

Sustainable Development Goals competition

In the morning programme, students from our Green Office organised a symposium about behavioural change. How can we—if at all possible—encourage people to make the right decisions in their daily lives? As part of a competition, students and staff presented ideas for projects that would contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Watch the full video report to find out all about the morning programme.

OAY 2018-19 Sustainability Goals Competition

Photo impression

Formal opening by prof. dr. Martin Paul, president of Maastricht University

Photos by Harry Heuts

A word of welcome and introduction by moderator dr. Paul Smeets.

Dr. Lukas Figge, lecturer in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, explained why SDGs matter to UM.

Han Aarts, MA, director of the UM Centre for International Cooperation in Academic Development (Mundo), explained why SDG 17 matters and what UM has to contribute.

Dr. Serdar Türkeli, researcher at UNU-MERIT, talked about the SITE4Society project.

The audience could use their smartphones to vote on the finalists of the SDG competition.

Deliberation of the jury, composed of prof. dr. Pim Martens, Silvia Tosatto (UM Green Office), dr. Elsje Fourie, prof. dr. Anja Krumeich and prof. dr. Jaap Bos.

Prof. dr. Gerjo Kok and prof. dr. Stef Kremers during the debate.

The audience received sustainable notebooks made from recycled paper, by Enactus Maastricht and Athos Maastricht.

The UM Executive Board and the finalists of the SDG competition.

Prof. dr. Martin Paul with award-winning student Daan de Bresser and dr. Pim Martens.

Prof. dr. Martin Paul and the finalists of the SDG competition.

The cortege on its way to the MECC.

Right behind the beadle: Rector Magnificus prof. dr. Rianne Letschert and prof. dr. Martin Paul.

The opening of the afternoon ceremony by prof. dr. Martin Paul.

Dr. Paul Smeets and keynote speakers Kate Robertson and prof. Dag Rune Olsen in the audience.

Keynote speaker dr. Frans Timmermans, first Vice-President of the European Commission.

Dr. Frans Timmermans held an inspiring speech about our ability to sustain our values.

Vanesa Diaz Gil and the Famara Quartet played their version of 'Ode an die Freude', the traditional closing song of the OAY ceremony.

Kate Robertson, co-founder of One Young World, discussed the responsibilities of institutions with regards to their social impact and sustainability.

Kate called the current generation of students to take action.

Prof. Olsen, rector of the University of Bergen in Norway.

Prof. Olsen presented the much-lauded sustainability strategy he and his university are pursuing.

Dr. Joost van den Akker, Limburg’s Regional Minister of Economic Affairs and Knowledge Infrastructure, shared his thoughts on the regional impact of universities and the importance of collaboration with the public and private sector.

The audience could answer questions from the sustainability quiz on their smartphones.

The visitors received a vegan cookie prior to the start of the ceremony.

Sylvia Tosatto, UM Green Office, on Green Impact

Panel discussion among the keynote speakers.

Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert and Student Award winner Julie Ann Garcia Goodfellow.

Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert and dr. Andrea Broderick, winner of the Edmund Hustinx prize for science.

The official opening of the academic year 2018/19: 'Ode to Joy'

Keynote speaker Dr. Frans Timmermans

Dr. Frans Timmermans, first Vice-President of the European Commission, reflects on our ability to sustain our values.

Keynote speaker Kate Robertson

Kate Robertson, co-founder of One Young World, discusses the responsibilities of institutions with regards to their social impact and sustainability.

Keynote speaker prof. Dag Rune Olsen

Prof. Olsen, rector of the University of Bergen in Norway, presents the much-lauded sustainability strategy he and his university are pursuing.

Keynote speaker Dr. Joost van den Akker

Dr. Joost van den Akker, Limburg’s Regional Minister of Economic Affairs and Knowledge Infrastructure, shares his thoughts on the regional impact of universities and the importance of collaboration with the public and private sector.

Edmond Hustinx prize for science

This prize is awarded to a promising young scholar at Maastricht University and is meant to support the scholar's academic development. This year, the 15,000-euro award went to a colleague from the Faculty of Law: Dr. Andrea Broderick. In the video she explains her research and how she will use the prize money.

UM Student Award 2018

This year, we had six nominations for the UM Student Award, a prize awarded to students because of their outstanding social or cultural achievements. The prize was awarded to Julie Ann Garcia Goodfellow. As a young girl growing up in the slums of the Philippines, Julie managed to work her way to the Netherlands to study and is now chairperson of the very foundation that made this possible for her: the Goodfellow Foundation. She is sponsoring six female students getting a university education in the Philippines. Julie believes that educating and supporting young women from the slums CAN make a difference.

Ode to Joy and more

On the right you can watch Vanesa Diaz Gil and the Famara Quartet, with their version of Ode to Joy. Or you can watch the following video's:

arrival of the cortege
SDG's and sustainability
what do you do about sustainability?
what does UM do and what should they do?
the six Student Award nominations
the full morning symposium report
the UM sustainability quiz
Green Impact

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Publications

Grants

Publications of the Brain Stimulation and Cognition group

Research Funding and Grants

Grants awarded to Prof. Dr. Alexander T. Sack

ZonMW (2021-2028) Promising Care: Co applicant of promising care grant “Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for exposure treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - TETRO, a multi-center randomized clinical trial (Budget: 2,8 Million Euro)
H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 (2019-2021): Principal Investigator of research grant “Fine-tuning the brain’s brakes – modulating inhibitory control with transcranial alternating current stimulation” granted by the European Union; financing a two-year PostDoc position (Budget: 165,598.80 Euro).
NWO Research Talent (2018-2022): Applicant of research grant “Can our brain undergo a sex-change? Studying brain changes and sexual wellbeing in transgenders” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three-year PhD position (Budget: 200.000 Euro).
NWO Research Talent (2017-2021): Applicant of research grant “In control of attention: teasing apart the brain’s top-down mechanisms of attention allocation” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three-year PhD position (Budget: 200.000 Euro).
NWO VICI (2016-2021): Principal Investigator of research grant “The rhythms of Cognition: Using simultaneous TMS-fMRI-EEG to integrate brain-wide network and oscillatory communication mechanisms for enhancing human cognition”, granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a research group of several PostDocs and PhD students, and the equipment required for simultaneous fMRI & TMS & EEG measurements (Budget: 1.500.000 Euro; Grant number # 453-15-008).
KNAW Project Grant (2015): Applicant of an initiative to establish the Dutch-Flemish Society for Brain Stimulation; granted by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW (Budget: 16.000 Euro)
NWO Research Talent (2013-2016): Applicant of research grant “’Modulating anti-correlated networks in early Alzheimer’s disease ‘a simultaneous TMS-fMRI approach” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three-year PhD position (Budget: 171.363 Euro).
NWO Research Talent (2014-2017): Applicant of research grant “Modulating anticorrelated networks in early alzheimer’s disease ‘a simultaneous TMS –FMRI approache” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three-year PhD position (Budget: 171.363 Euro; Grant number # 406-13-018).
KNAW Project Grant (2012): Co-applicant of an initiative to stimulate scientific integration and communication, entitled “Wie Goed ontmoet – Wetenschappers, leken en pubers in gesprek over de moraal’; granted by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW (Budget: 15.852 Euro)
NWO Research Talent (2012-2015): Applicant of research grant “Brain rhythms and multisensory perception: Unraveling the basis of fundamental brain oscillations” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three-year PhD position (Budget: 168.576 Euro).
NWO Brain and Cognition 2011 (2011-2016): Co-applicant of research grant “Will he aggress again and if so, can we change his mind? A new cognitive experimental and brain-system-based approach of reliably predicting future violent behaviour of antisocial offenders” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing two four-year PhD positions (Budget: 500.000 Euro).
ERC-2010-StG Consolidator (2011-2016): Principal Investigator of research grant “Rebalancing the brain: Guiding brain recovery after stroke” granted by the European Research Council (ERC); financing a research group of several PostDocs and the equipment required for simultaneous fMRI & TMS & EEG measurements (Budget: 1.344.853 Euro; Grant number # 263472).
NWO Free Competition 2008 (2010-2013): Principal Investigator of research grant “The functional role of the brain’s default mode network: a simultaneous TMS-fMRI study” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three year PostDoc position (Budget: 206.135 Euro; Grant number # 400-09-195).
NWO Free Competition 2008 (2009-2013): Principal Investigator of research grant “The neurocomputational basis of forming visual mental images from auditory descriptions: Investigations with simultaneous TMS and fMRI” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a four year Ph.D position (Budget: 186.995 Euro; Grant number # 400-07-230).
NWO Open Competition 2007 (2008-2012): Principal Investigator of research grant “The neurobiology of visual awareness and behavioral priming: Simultaneously measuring and manipulating the neural correlates underlying conscious visual perception and behavioral priming” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a four year Ph.D position (Budget: 186.995 Euro; Grant number # 400-07-048).
NWO VIDI 2006 (2007-2012): Principal Investigator of research grant “Visualizing virtual lesions and plasticity in the working human brain: simultaneously combining fMRI and TMS“, granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three year PostDoc position, a four year Ph.D position and the equipment required for simultaneous fMRI & TMS measurements (Budget: 600.000 Euro; Grant number #452-06-003).
NWO Open Competition 2005 (2006-2009): Co-investigator of research grant “Verifying the time course of cerebral activations during speaking” granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a four year Ph.D position (Budget: 170.000 Euro; Grant number # 400-04-215).
NWO VENI 2003 (2004-2007): Principal Investigator of research grant “Top-down feedback signals in visuospatial attention and visuospatial imagery: combining studies with fMRI and TMS”, granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); financing a three year PostDoc position and the establishment of a TMS research laboratory (Budget: 200.000 Euro; Grant number #451–03–038).

Grant awarded to Dr. Nina Bien

AFR Postdoc grant (2011-2014): Applicant of research grant “Space oddities: Exploring the impact of number-space associations using TMS and EEG” granted by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR); funding a two-year PostDoc position (Budget: 115.000 Euro).

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Chair	Department
Mieke Dentener	Respiratory Medicine
Teaching staff
Danyel Jennen	Translational Genomics
Simone van Breda	Translational Genomics
Mike Gerards	Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology
Carolin Sehlbach	Educational Research and Development
Rory Koenen	Biochemistry
Student members	Study programme
Alisa Ovsiannikova	Bachelor Regenerative Medicine and Technology
Hila Karwal	Bachelor Biomedical Sciences
Rebecca Pytsje du Pont	Bachelor Biomedical Sciences
Matei Marusiac	Master Biomedical Sciences
Tamas Kiss	Master Biomedical Sciences
Sara Fusco	Master Biomedical Sciences

Chair	Department
Lianne Loosveld (chair)	Educational Research & Development
Other staff members
Anke Wind	Precision Medicine
Kenneth Meijer	Nutrition and Movement Sciences
Johan Renes	Nutrition and Movement Sciences
Kathelijne Bessems	Health Promotion
Ruben Drost	Health Services Research
Student members	Study programme
Lieve van Woerden (Vice-Chair)	Health and Digital Transformation
Sharmi Haque	Governance and Leadership in European Public Health / Medicine
Joey Auf den Kamp	Health Sciences
Charlotte Böhm	Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management
Fleur Palmen	Health Sciences
Anna Gudimova	European Public Health

Chair	Department
Dr. J. Vernooy	Respiratory Medicine
Other staff members
Prof. dr. A. de Bruin	Educational Research & Development
Dr. Q. Jöbsis	Pediatrics
Dr. B. Janssen	Pharmacology & Toxicology
Dr. G. Koek	Internal Medicine
Drs. L. de Jonge	General Practice
Student members	Study programme
S. Peeters (Vice-Chair)	Master's in Medicine
D. van Mil	Master's in Medicine
L. Galanos	Master's in Medicine
G. Tholen	Bachelor's in Medicine
R. Roumen	Master's in Medicine
L. van der Looij	Bachelor's in Medicine