From Human Neuroanatomy to Psychopathology
June 11-14, 2018.
Graduate School
School for Mental Health and Neuroscience
The School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) strives to advance our understanding of brain-behaviour relationships by using an approach integrating various disciplines in neuro- and behavioural science, medicine, and the life sciences. MHeNs performs high-impact neuroscience research and educates master's students and PhD researchers. MHeNs performs translational research, meaning practical collaboration between researchers in the lab and in the hospital .
Fast facts
- Research continuum from fundamental to clinical and applied research
- 14 million euros annual budget
- More than 450 publications annually in Science Citation indexed journals
- About 375 researchers including 270 PhD students, and 45 support staff
- Led by Dr. D. Linden
- Close integration with the Brain and Nerve Centre of MUMC+
- Close collaboration with the Faculty for Psychology and Neuroscience (Centre for Integrative Neuroscience)
- Coordinator of the EURON Graduate school
Research
To perform research at every level, from the cellular to human, MHeNs is organised into three research lines:
- Cognitive Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience – generates new insights into the neurocognitive and neurobehavioural mechanisms in order to improve treatment and care for people with cognitive disorders and other neurological disorders
- Mental Health – focusses on the mechanisms through which interactions between individuals and their environments contribute to the development of mental disorder and the impact of mental health services on morbidity
- Neuroscience – uncovers the underlying mechanisms of neurodegenerative and regenerative processes to improve health and to provide solutions to cure neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders like Alzheimer's disease, Depression, Movement Disorders and Pain
Education
MHeNs is involved in the curricula of several international master's and research master's programmes of both the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. Internships for students are offered on a broad range of topics within the field of mental health and basic neuroscience. They are also offered independently of the master programme.
Frans Verhey
“Alzheimer was traditionally seen as one uniform concept, but its heterogeneity is now increasingly recognized. In addition, Alzheimer is closely related to various aging mechanisms. This opens new targets for treatment that were ignored so far.”
Thérèse van Amelsvoort
"We aim to understand the etiology of mental disorders by using dimensional approaches applied to ecological, psychological and biological systems. This offers opportunities to develop more individualized treatments and accurate predictive markers that could improve an individual’s quality of life".
Jos Prickaerts
“Our aim is to come up with innovative preventions, diagnoses and treatments for disorders of the nervous system. For this purpose we invest in an innovative research environment to study and unravel the biological and pathological mechanisms from the level of the gene up to behaviour“.
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Center for Integrative Neuroscience launched
Wednesday, March 21, 2018Read moreCIN new interfaculty cooperation for Integrative Neuroscience launched
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Rubicon grants for two UM researchers
Friday, April 21, 2017Read moreSandra Schipper and Mark van den Hurk, who both took their PhD in December 2016, received a Rubicon grant from research financing institution NWO. This grant gives young, highly promising researchers the opportunity to gain international research experience
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Explorer of the brain
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
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1 year 3 weeks ago -
First Annual Meeting PAIN-Net, April 20-23, 2018.
First Annual Meeting PAIN-Net | MHeNS School for Mental Health and Neuroscience1 year 3 weeks ago -
We would like to invite you for our weekly lecture division Neuroscience on Tuesday 30-01-2018 at 16.00 till 17.00, location: azM / Flendrigzaal 4.G2.020
Lecture by: Milaine Roet
Title: ‘‘Microcircuits in an animal model of depression and advanced neuromodulation as possible intervention’’Moderator: Dean Paes
Note: since 2018 we have a new time slot for our lectures (start: 16:00 hrs.)
1 year 2 months ago
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PhD Defense Steven Honings
December 22, 2017: 14.00 hrs.
Promotor: Prof.dr. J. van Os;
Co-promotor: Dr. M. Drukker
Title: “Exploring psychosis and multidirectional violence: a prospective study in the general population”1 year 4 months ago -
PhD Defense Eline de Clerck
December 22, 2017: 12.00 hrs.
Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.B. Webers, Prof.dr. C.D.A. Stehouwer
Co-promotor: Dr. J.S.A.G. Schouten
Title: “Ocular neurodegenerative changes and macular cysts in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes”1 year 4 months ago -
PhD Defense Andrea Herrera Soto
December 18, 2017: 15.30 hrs.
Promotor: Prof.dr. H.W.M. Steinbusch
Co-promotores: Prof.dr. Juan Segura-Aquilar; Prof. G. Diaz-Veliz, Santiago of Chile
Title: “Aminochrome, an endotoxin for inducing a new rat model of Parkinson’s Disease”1 year 4 months ago
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PhD Defense Carsten Leue
December 14, 2017: 12.00 hrs.
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. van Os, Prof.dr. A. Masclee
Co-promotores: Dr. J. Strik, Dr. J. Kruimel
Title: “Hyperarousal in the Hospital and what to do about it: the MED-PSYCH-NET - a transitional network approach fostering personalized care in psychosomatic medicine”1 year 4 months ago
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MHeNS 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.
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