PhD defence Jeffrey Chan, 16 October 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisors: Prof. Hans Bosma, Dr Annemarie Koster
Title: 'The Impact of Neighborhood Environments on Lifestyle, Socioeconomic Health Disparities, and Cardiovascular Disease'

PhD defence Anxhela Habibi, 17 October 16.00 hours, MBB 4-6 - double degree
Supervisors: Prof. Leon Schurgers, Prof. Wolfram Ruf (Universität Mainz)
Co-supervisor: Dr Stefan Kauschke (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Title: 'Protease-activated receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells: a bridge between coagulation and vascular remodeling'

PhD defence Richard Dohmen, 20 October 10.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisor: Prof. Mark Post
Co-supervisor: Dr Joshua Flack
Title: 'Fat from muscle: Fibro-adipogenic progenitors as a source for cultured fat production'

PhD defence Jakob Weiß, 20 October 16.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisors: Prof. Hugo Aerts
Co-supervisor: Prof. Michael Lu (MGH&HMS)
Title: 'Improving personalized risk estimation using routine medical Imaging studies: An opportunistic screening approach from diagnostic Imaging to predictive analytics: A paradigm shift in risk estimation'

PhD defence Sara Mokhtar, 27 October 10.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisor: Prof. Carroll Webers 
Co-supervisors: Dr Carla van der Kallen, Dr Tos Berendschot 
Title: 'Eyes on neurodegeneration - The Maastricht Study'

PhD defence Maurits Sikking, 30 October 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisor: Prof. Stephane Heymans
Co-supervisors: Dr Michiel Henkens, Dr Job Verdonschot
Title: 'Immune-mediated dilated cardiomyopathy next steps towards targeted immunotherapy'

PhD defence Thijs Delnoij, 30 October 16.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisors: Prof. Iwan van der Horst, Prof. Roberto Lorusso 
Co-supervisor: Dr Marcel van de Poll
Title: 'ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: How, where, who and at what cost?'