The project 'Impact of COVID-19 protective measures and shielding in vulnerable patients with kidney failure', coordinated by Prof. Marc Hemmelder and Drs Pim Bouwmans (Dept of Internal Medicine), has been granted by ZonMw. 

Dr Henri Spronk (Dept of Biochemistry) has been appointed as professor of ‘Biochemistry of Atherothrombosis’ as of 1 May 2024.

The Dutch Heart Foundation has awarded researcher Dr Matthijs Cluitmans a Dekker Senior Scientist grant.

NWO has awarded a Veni grant to Dr Job Verdonschot.

This year our CARIM symposium will take place on Wednesday 27  November 2024 at the Minderbroedersberg 4-6.

Apply now for the Harry Crijns Research Grant. Deadline: 18 September 2024

Stef Zeemering, Aaron Isaacs, Joris Winters and Uli Schotten received this year’s Joan and Douglas Zipes Publication of the Year Award 2024 in Heart Rhythm at the Heart Rhythm Society Meeting in Boston.

Dr Victor Thijssen (Amsterdam UMC) and Prof. Rory Koenen (Dept. of Biochemistry) obtained a grant from NWO ENW on the functional interactions of galectins and chemokines and their roles in immune defense and inflammation.

With a symposium in the St. Janskerk and a farewell lecture in the aula, vascular surgeon and professor Michael Jacobs bid farewell last Friday. From board chairman Helen Mertens, he received the MUMC+ Award, the highest distinction within the MUMC+, in recognition of all he has meant for Maastricht UMC+ and its patients.

Prof. Kevin Vernooy will become the medical director of the Heart+Vascular Center (HVC) at Maastricht UMC+.