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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Simon Schalla

Assistant Professor

Dr Simon Schalla is involved in clinical reading, teaching and research in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging since 1997. Focus of his research is imaging of cardiovascular disease using echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Postgraduate medical training
1995 - 2006 1) University Hospital Ulm, 2) University Hospital Tübingen, 3) German Heart Institute Berlin/Charite, Humboldt University
2001 - 2003 Fellow of the German Cardiac Society at the University of California San Francisco, Cardiac MR Imaging

Positions
Since December 2003 Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology. Since 2014 also a shared appointment at the Departments of Cardiology and Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center

Doctoral thesis
Biologisch-physikalische Charakterisierung der Strahlenqualität schneller Neutronen bei isozentrischer Bewegungsbestrahlung, Heidelberg, 26-10-1994

PhD-thesis
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: A key to imaging cardiac function, Maastricht, 06-07-2015

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Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 70 93

  • 2025
    • Peijster, A. J. L., Heinen, F. J., Douiyeb, S., van der Stoel, M. D., Selder, J. L., Watson-de Lepper, A. G. W., Houthuizen, P., Meijs, M. F. L., Kampschreur, L. M., Schalla, S., Sinha, B. N. M., Bakker, A. L. M., Kouijzer, I. J. E., Nijland, F., Boel, C. H. E., Riezebos, R. K., Duffels, M. G. J., Hjortnaes, J., Klautz, R. J. M., ... Tanis, W. (2025). ENDOCOR: a nationwide consortium of endocarditis teams-initiating a registry for infective endocarditis within the Netherlands Heart Registration. Netherlands Heart Journal, 33(10), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-025-01979-8
    • Schalla, S., Wildberger, J. E., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Mihl, C., McDermott, M. C., Stammen, L., Vernooy, K., & Flohr, T. G. (2025). Imaging of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Leads With Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography. Investigative Radiology, 60(9), 616-625. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000001177
  • 2024
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Te Kiefte, B. J. C., Adriaans, B. P., Juffermans, J. F., van Assen, H. C., Winkens, B., Wildberger, J. E., Lamb, H. J., Schalla, S., & Westenberg, J. J. M. (2024). Comprehensive sex-specific and age-dependent analysis of four-dimensional flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessed aortic blood flow-related parameters in normal subjects using single-vendor magnetic resonance systems and single-vendor software. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26(2), Article 101083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocmr.2024.101083
    • Cozijnsen, L., Adriaans, B. P., Schermer, T. R., Groenink, M., Schalla, S., & Bekkers, S. C. A. M. (2024). Growth rates in non-syndromic aneurysms of the ascending aorta: a systematic review. Netherlands Heart Journal, 32(12), 433-441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-024-01911-6
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., van der Vlugt, I. B., Westenberg, J. J. M., Perinajová, R., Lamb, H. J., Wildberger, J. E., Kenjereš, S., & Schalla, S. (2024). Flow patterns in ascending aortic aneurysms: Determining the role of hypertension using phase contrast magnetic resonance and computational fluid dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 172, Article 108310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108310
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Westenberg, J. J. M., Venner, M. F. G. H. M., Juffermans, J. F., van Assen, H. C., te Kiefte, B. J. C., Adriaans, B. P., Lamb, H. J., Wildberger, J. E., & Schalla, S. (2024). Evaluating a Phase-Specific Approach to Aortic Flow: A 4D Flow MRI Study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 59(3), 1056-1067. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28852
  • 2023
    • Ganizada, B. H., Reesink, K. D., Parikh, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Akbulut, A. C., Saraber, P. J. M. H., Debeij, G. P., Jaminon, A. M., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Wildberger, J. E., Mees, B., Schurink, G. W., Jacobs, M. J., Cleutjens, J., Krapels, I., Gombert, A., Maessen, J. G., Accord, R., ... MUMC TAA Student Team (2023). The Maastricht Acquisition Platform for Studying Mechanisms of Cell-Matrix Crosstalk (MAPEX): An Interdisciplinary and Systems Approach towards Understanding Thoracic Aortic Disease. Biomedicines, 11(8), Article 2095. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11082095
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Westenberg, J. J. M., Adriaans, B. P., Nijssen, E. C., Wildberger, J. E., Lamb, H. J., & Schalla, S. (2023). A clinician's guide to understanding aortic 4D flow MRI. Insights into Imaging, 14(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-023-01458-x
    • Parikh, S., Moerman, K. M., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Schalla, S., Bidar, E., Delhaas, T., Reesink, K., & Huberts, W. (2023). Biomechanical Characterisation of Thoracic Ascending Aorta with Preserved Pre-Stresses. Bioengineering, 10(7), Article 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10070846
    • Heuts, S., Schalla, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Bidar, E., Mihl, C., Wildberger, J. E., & Adriaans, B. P. (2023). Imaging surveillance for complications after primary surgery for type A aortic dissection. Heart, 109(2), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-320881
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