The European Vascular Course (EVC), the leading European conference focused on cardiovascular training and education, proudly announces the appointment of a new Executive Board.

At the 2025 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Prof. Frits Prinzen was invited to deliver the distinguished Paul Hugenholtz Lecture on Innovation.

The following PhD candidate will defend their thesis in September: Sai Sundararaman, Silvia Mariani, Angeliki Darma, Ngoc Tran, Sanne Mourmans and Liv Vossen

Dr Elisa D’Alessandro (Dept of Physiology) and Dr Job Stoks (Dept of Cardiology) have been awarded a Dekker Postdoc grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. The goal of this grant is to support young researchers in developing into independent investigators.

As of 1 July 12025, Dr Elham Bidar has been appointed Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Maastricht University.

A large-scale study has been launched in ten hospitals across the Netherlands to evaluate a new method for assessing stroke risk in patients with carotid artery narrowing. This randomised multi-centre trial is funded by the ZonMw Efficiency Research Programme.

The research project 'Genetic Approach to Aortic Aneurysm', led by Prof. Barend Mees, has been awarded the Health Foundation Limburg (HFL) PhD Grant.

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) and Dr Uyen Chau Nguyen (Dept of Cardiology) have been awarded a Veni grant worth up to €320,000 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding a prestigious Advanced Grant to Prof. Christian Weber.