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. 

Yesim Kaya (Dept of Cardiology) has received a Mozaïk 2.0 grant from NWO for her PhD project IMPACT-VT, 'Improving the management of scar-related ventricular tachycardia: Introducing personalized 3D arrhythmia models and patient-centered care'. In total, 13 individuals have been awarded this grant and can start or continue their research. Yesim will continue her research on the use of 3D heart models to improve the treatment of scar-related ventricular tachycardia.

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