From 20-22 May 2016, the Maastricht version of the ‘Dutch Hacking Health’ was organised by Maastricht UMC+. This Hacking Health weekend was primarily aimed at developing digital innovations in healthcare.
The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, visited the project Healthy Elementary School of the Future in Parkstad.
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...
On 25 May 2016 at the yearly Deans and Directors of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Retreat at the National School of Public Health in Athens, Katarzyna (Kasia) Czabanowska was voted an ASPHER President Elect.
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).
The workshop brings broad research support at MUMC+ one step closer.
On 2 June 2016 Jako Burgers was appointed as extraordinary Professor Promoting Personalised Care in Clinical Practice Guidelines.
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.
Prof. Nicolaas Schaper has received the American Diabetes Association's 2016 Roger Pecoraro Award.
