Algemeen nieuws

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“Chirurg in het lab” 

Mensen met diabetes doen liever mee aan klinisch onderzoek vanuit huis

Kinderspierziekte juveniele dermatomyositis beter voorspellen

Nederlands megacohort: samen bouwen aan gezonder ouder worden

UMC Utrecht onderzoekt met 17 miljoen euro samen met het Nederlands Cohorten Consortium hoe mensen gezond ouder worden en ziekten kunnen voorkomen.

Huisartsentekort ontstaat al aan de poort van de universiteit

UMC Utrecht onderzocht de herkomst van 57.958 geneeskundestudenten (2000–2024) en koppelde data om te zien wie arts of huisarts werd.

“We moeten kijken naar de persoon als geheel”

UMC Utrecht bouwt onderzoeksinfrastructuur van morgen

MRI-innovatie geeft beter inzicht in het bewegende lichaam

Specialistische vaat- en kankerzorg vindt juiste plek in regio Midden-Nederland

EU funds consortium for technology towards the development of an artificial kidney

From bulky telephones, fax machines, cameras and radios to a smartphone that contains it all: technological advancements have revolutionized many aspects of our lives in the past fifty years. For kidney patients, however, life has remained the same in one major aspect: the dialysis treatment that they rely on for their survival. It’s time for this to change, as the growing prevalence of chronic kidney disease poses a heavy burden on patients’ lives, and, at €90K per patient per year, also a financial stress on an already straining European healthcare system.

Martijn Intven appointed as a professor

With effect from 15 March 2023, UMC Utrecht has appointed Martijn Intven as professor of image-guided radiotherapy. This new chair falls within the Strategic Program Cancer and the Imaging Division of UMC Utrecht.

Preventive health: urgent and impactful for all researchers

Healthcare is under pressure: costs are rising and the quality of care is under threat. Major crises are coming to the fore, such as climate change, which have significant consequences on the population’s health. Roel Vermeulen, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Science (UU) warns, "It's five to twelve. More attention to preventive health can help reduce the pressure on the front end, but this requires proven, effective solutions.

Science and technology play a key role in a healthy, circular future

During the annual conference of the EWUU alliance (TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht), held in the Omnia dialogue centre in Wageningen on 19 April, the alliance partners will show how collaborating across the borders of the scientific disciplines can contribute to a healthy planet. The theme of this edition is entitled ‘Crossing Boundaries for a Healthy and Sustainable Future’.

FruitPunch Challenge

Share your expertise and innovative ideas and contribute to improving care for premature babies. Dutch student teams were given this amazing opportunity this month in the FruitPunch AI Challenge.

Horizon Europe grant for research into better, personalised treatment for high blood pressure

An international research team has received a ten million euro grant from Horizon Europe and UK Research and Innovation. The HYPERMARKER team will develop and test tools supported by artificial intelligence that allow clinicians to select the best treatment for each individual patient with high blood pressure. The consortium consists of 12 partners, including world leaders in health data science, patient advocacy and industry.

Preventive health research offers opportunities for all scientists

Preventive health is high on the agenda, but practice lags behind, according to Niek de Wit, Chairman of the Julius Center (UMC Utrecht). That is why UMC Utrecht is working with TU/e, WUR and UU on innovations in this field in the strategic alliance EWUU.

Strong together - the power of medical immunology within laboratory medicine

On Friday, March 31, 2023, Dörte Hamann, professor of Integral Immunological Diagnostics at UMC Utrecht held her inaugural lecture, titled “Strong together - the power of medical immunology within laboratory medicine”. In her lecture, Dörte elaborated on the collaboration between and integration of immunological research, medical-immunological diagnostics and clinical immunology. In addition, she focused on the increasing use of predictive biomarkers to select the best medicine for an individual patient with a chronic inflammatory disease. She concluded by calling on all medical diagnostic specialties to join forces.

Conference alliance TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht (EWUU)

Science and technology play a key role in creating the future we want for our planet and its inhabitants. In order to speed up progress we need to bring disciplinary fields together and to join our forces.

Decline comes later than previously thought

Utrecht, March 21, 2023 - Recent research from University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) shows that our brain declines later than previously thought. Instead of after our 25th year of life, it happens when we are between the ages of 30 and 40. The researchers published their results in Nature Neuroscience.