Prof. Andy Baker (Dept of Pathology) has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant of €2,5M for his research project PolymiRize: Poly-miRNA targeting to prevent and reverse complex tissue remodelling after acute cardiovascular events'.

An international panel of experts published recommendations to improve management of atrial fibrillation (AF).

Prof. Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca (Dept. of Cardiology) participates in a ground-breaking international study that aims to revolutionize heart failure care through voice recognition technology.

Dr Casper Mihl (Dept. of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine) and Dr Chahinda Ghossein-Doha (Dept. of Cardiology), together with their colleagues from the University of Bristol received a grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation together with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the DZHK Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung e. V. for their project ‘Bi-national investigation of placental pathology and maternal cardiovascular health (BI-PATH)’.

Dr Rachel ter Bekke, researcher Yesim Kaya and artist Claudia Volders have started a crowdfunding campaign to finance research via the HeArt Ma’at project. HeArt Ma’at offers personalized art therapy to patients who have had one or more ICD-shocks due to cardiac arrest.

The Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation has awarded a Junior Fellowship (€350k) to Dr Amée Buziau (Dept. of Internal Medicine).

Dr Miranda Schram has been appointed as professor 'Diabetes epidemiology, particularly focused on Cardiovascular and Mental Health'.

Quirien Robbe (Dept. of Neurology) received the 2023 Harry Crijns Research Grant for her project 'Prognostic value of concomitant, choroid artery occlusion in acute ischaemic, large vessel stroke', a pioneering scientific research into dementia after stroke within a collaboration between radiology and neurology. 

After tallying both the audience score and the jury's score, the innovative project 'PreCIS, addressing medication prescribing cascades' won the Marja van Dieijen Award 2023, worth 25,000 euros.