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Young people’s experience of mental health problems help improve medical training and practice11 July 2024LUMC Curium and the Dutch National Youth Council (NJR) have been working together for over five years on integrating young people’s lived experiences ...
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Leiden technology research receives funding from NWO and businesses09 July 2024A CT scanner to treat eye cancer, energy-efficient software for the future and a test to identify male chick eggs. Three projects by researchers from ...
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Kiem initiative culminates in plan to apply for larger grant26 June 2024The interdisciplinary Kiem project ‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ has resulted in a plan to apply for a large, yet-to-be-decided research g...
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Marlies Reinders new Dean of Faculty of Medicine and member of LUMC Board of Directors21 June 2024As of 1 October, Marlies Reinders (1973) will be the new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and will sit on the LUMC’s Board of Directors. This will retu...
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On barriers and bridges: autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the road to a cure19 June 2024Hans Ulrich Scherer is Professor of Rheumatology, in particular Translational Rheumatology. He wants to build bridges between research and clinical pr...
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Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen19 June 2024Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She discovered mindfulness in England and ...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers11 June 2024Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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LIFES: From Reusable Data to New Treatments and Faster Diagnoses04 June 2024Early diagnosis, new treatments, and personalised care: all of these are possible if we can better unlock the wealth of information hidden in health d...
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AI model accurately predicts endometrial cancer recurrence03 June 2024Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have developed an AI model that accurately predicts the risk of endometrial cancer recurr...
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King of Sweden visits Leiden University15 May 2024Collaborating in drug discovery and health research was the goal of a visit to the Leiden Bio Science Park on 14 May by a Swedish delegation including...
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives08 May 2024Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden...
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance07 May 2024Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transforma...
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views26 April 2024The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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What’s Your Story?: diversiteit in een kaartspel18 April 2024The JEDI Fund supports projects that promote diversity and inclusivity within the university. One of these projects is the card game called ‘What’s Yo...
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Leiden’s poo can help rid patients of resistant gut bacteria16 April 2024Transferring poo from healthy donors to the intestines of chronically ill people has beneficial effects on these recipients’ gut bacteria, also in the...