The Lifecourse Epidemiology and Geroscience agENDa – LEGend – is a research theme of the Leiden University Medical Centre. It brings together multidisciplinary researchers from throughout the LUMC. Lifecourse Epidemiology cover understanding from in the womb to old age and Geroscience studies the biology and therapies of ageing and age-related diseases. This website brings you the latest news, upcoming events, our scientific findings and more.
Save the date for the LEGend PhD Day, January 27th, 2025! Please fill out this Google form or scan the QR! We are excited to invite all PhD students involved in the LEGend research theme—Lifecourse Epidemiology and Geroscience—to participate in this symposium, which will take place on January 27th, [...]
During this interactive training session in the midst of the Leidse Ouderengeneeskunde Dagen, developments will be considered from the perspectives of hospitals, nursing homes, and primary care, with an emphasis on topics where societal issues arise. The theme of this year is once again person-centered, complex care for the elderly, [...]
LUMC PhD candidate Jasmin Kuhn-Keller will defend her PhD thesis “IN SHAPE: A novel approach to white matter hyperintensity analysis” on [...]
Twenty junior and postdoctoral researchers from five Dutch universities with academic networks for long-term care met in Leiden to learn about [...]
On September 14, UNC-ZH, in collaboration with the Master Health Aging and Society and LCO participated in Nacht van Ontdekkingen, a [...]
LUMC PhD candidate Lisa van Tol will defend her PhD thesis “The COVID-19 pandemic and vulnerable older persons – Impact of [...]
Patients are getting older while at the same time undergoing increasingly intensive treatments. This brings up the concept of physical resilience [...]