Care and Public Health Research Institute
Our aim is to create a healthy society for everyone. We are doing this by providing high quality research to improve the individual quality of life and innovate healthcare and public health. Building a bridge between our research and society has our highest priority.
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Fast facts
- Focus on public health research and healthcare innovation
- 300 researchers organized in 13 departments and 6 research lines
- 18 million euros annual budget
- 1,000 refereed scientific publications annually
- 60 PhD theses annually
- Led by Prof. Silvia Evers
News
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From Sunday, April 13 to Saturday, April 19, 2025 the seminar ' Economic Evaluation in Healthcare’ will take place.
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From Sunday October 26 until Saturday November 1st, 2025 the seminar 'Public Health Strategy III' will take place.
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We are happy to have welcomed you on June 19th during our annual CAPHRI Research Day 2024 with the theme “Fostering Wellbeing in our CAPHRI Community”. We look back at yet another successful edition, where we got the chance to meet, interact, discuss, reflect and learn. Thank you for your presence...
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In the upcoming months, the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences will share tips on Instagram on how to live a healthier life. Not just a random collection, but tips based on actual research happening at our faculty. The brains behind this idea are Lieve Vonken and Gido Metz, PhD candidates...
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As of April 1, 2024, Prof. Dr. Hilde Verbeek has been appointed as the new chair of the Limburg Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care (AWO Limburg).
CAPHRI's Self Evaluation 2017-2022
CAPHRI Part B - Research Lines Self-Evaluation Reports
CAPHRI has six research lines. In the reports below you can find their mission, vision and strategy over the period 2017-2022. You can find the research lines reports in the links below.
- CAPHRI Part B1 Ageing and Long-Term Care
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CAPHRI Part B3 Functioning, Participation and Rehabilitation
CAPHRI's Case Studies Self-Evaluation Report
The CAPHRI case studies booklet contains the scientific and societal impact of CAPHRI in narratives. You can find the case studies in the link below.
Programme Visitation 2023
The site-visit by the External Review Committee will take place on November 29th and 30th, 2023. You can find the programme of the visitation in the link below.
Report of the External Review Committee CAPHRI
In November 2023, an External Review Committee has assessed our research institute. We have received the long-awaited report from the External Review Committee, which we are proud to share with the CAPHRI community. The report contains important findings and recommendations for the institute’s future direction. We are proud that the chair of the ERC states “I speak for the entire committee in congratulating CAPHRI in ensuring a very good level of performance across the following assessment criteria: research quality, societal relevance, and viability.”
In response, CAPHRI will present an action plan to the Executive Board of the University within the next six months. The aim is to further enhance the insititute’s research activities and strategic goals.
Research stories and case studies
This is CAPHRI: Citizen science
The overall aim of CAPHRI researchers embarking on citizen science initiatives is to create an independent space in which various researchers and stakeholders with different backgrounds and of heterogeneous views can come together to discuss each other's ideas in order to facilitate transdisciplinary research and to deliberate in terms of establishing priorities.
This is CAPHRI: Research Quality Assurance
CAPHRI Quality Assurance system helps foster greater trust in research
Supporting CAPHRI researchers in conducting ethical and high-quality research, leading to greater trust in research results among both other researchers and the general public – that is the power of the CAPHRI Quality Assurance (QA) system.
Read the interview with Laure Wynants and David Shaw
This is CAPHRI: the DARTBAC project
Technology as a weapon against antibiotic resistance
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than a million lives. Though this is certainly dramatic, the rise of the silent killer antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in which bacteria are no longer susceptible for antibiotics is even more threatening and will claim many more victims. The expectation is that in the near future this number will ultimately climb to more than ten million a year worldwide.
Science Story: Vitamin G - A green environment for nursing home residents
Green care are farms offer a completely different environment than a traditional nursing home. Hilde Verbeek's team is investigating the positive elements of green care farms and how these can be translated into other forms of nursing home care.
PhD opportunities at CAPHRI
CAPHRI is known for its comprehensive PhD training programme for young talented scientists. Our PhD candidates are making a significant contribution to care and public health issues, working on projects that are changing the world around us.
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Show the importance of public health, especially now!
With an inspiring campaign in Maastricht, Public Health students of Maastricht University have contributed to the launch of the global initiative 'This is Public Health' (TIPH). Their goal? To showcase what public health is and why it is so vitally important for promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of our communities.
CAPHRI works in close cooperation with the Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+). MUMC+ is known both nationally and internationally for its focus on prevention and taking an integrated approach to health care: from prevention, promotion of good health, and basic care, to top-level clinical diagnostics and treatment. Patient safety is our top priority in all of our endeavours. MUMC+ is part of The Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centres.
This is CAPHRI: Citizen science
The overall aim of CAPHRI researchers embarking on citizen science initiatives is to create an independent space in which various researchers and stakeholders with different backgrounds and of heterogeneous views can come together to discuss each other's ideas in order to facilitate transdisciplinary research and to deliberate in terms of establishing priorities.
