Following publications from a 33-country Delphi study on a definition of advance care planning in dementia, and on policy and research gaps, the core and final piece on clinical recommendations has now been published.
When, how and what to assess to optimize ACP in dementia: that’s what the paper is about. The optimal would be to address a full set of 30 elements of advance care planning, 25 of which to be addressed during every conversation or at [...]
From now on, LUMC staff members are allowed to openly share teaching materials under an (open) Creative Commons (CC) License. This is an essential and valuable step enabling the distribution, sharing, and reuse of learning materials.
This permission is part of the new employer copyright regulations of Leiden University. The Executive Board of the LUMC has decided to adopt these regulations too. These regulations pertain to various types of research and educational output.
For instance, it also states that publications [...]
Blijf jij graag op de hoogte van nieuwe kennis voor de ouderenzorg? Schrijf je dan nu in voor het jaarlijks UNC-ZH symposium op vrijdag 21 maart 2025! Er zijn binnen het netwerk veel onderzoeken in de afrondende fase.
Op dit symposium hoor je nu al de bevindingen die er voor de praktijk toe doen. Met een afwisselend programma met presentaties, flitspresentaties en workshops komen verschillende onderwerpen voorbij.
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LEGend PhD candidate Jonathan Bogaerts will defend his PhD thesis “High blood pressure and its treatment in the very old – Balancing benefits and risks” on the 16th of April at 2.30 PM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
To learn more about Jonathan’s work, you can visit the project page of the DANTON study.
The prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to an Age and Ageing journal article examining the effects of discontinuing blood pressure treatments in older adults with dementia living in nursing homes. The prize is awarded annually to the most deserving medical research relating to the needs of older people, published in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) in the preceding year. The study was led by LEGend researchers Jonathan Bogaerts, Rosalinde Poortvliet, and [...]
LEGend PhD candidate Jules Kraaijkamp will defend his PhD thesis “Exploring New Horizons: Challenges and opportunities for eHealth in Geriatric Rehabilitation” on the 15th of April at 2.30 PM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
To learn more about Jules’ work, you can visit the project page of the EAGER study or follow him on LinkedIn.
LUMC will receive €50,000 from Open Science NL to establish Open Science quality indicators, prioritize them and be able to recognize and value science in a new way within LUMC.
Open ScienceOpen Science is about making science more accessible, inclusive, and reliable. LUMC sees Open Science as the way to make a greater scientific and societal impact. LUMC runs the Future@Work program, which includes the Academia in Motion (AiM) program. Open Science is a focus [...]
On January 27th, 2025, the first LEGend PhD Day symposium was held at the beautiful Academiegebouw in Leiden. It was an afternoon full of interesting talks and pitches related to its theme — From Womb to Wrinkles — and was received very positively. Interesting discussions were also held during three speeddating rounds in which people were paired with researchers from other departments to ask each other questions on their fields and careers. After the event, a nice borrel provided [...]
Would you like to present your research to an international audience and compete for prizes of up to €1000? Join the Leiden International (Bio)Medical Student Conference (LIMSC), taking place from May 14 to 18, 2025, in Leiden!
LIMSC is one of the largest international student conferences, organized right here at the LUMC. The conference features an extensive scientific program, including inspiring lectures by renowned speakers, a symposium on Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, and a unique platform for students to present [...]
Tove Fall will present her research in Lecture Hall 3 in the main LUMC building at 12 o’clock on the 16th of January, 2025. She is a Professor of Molecular Epidemiology at the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University.
Prof. Tove Fall
Tove Fall’s research focuses on the identification of factors determining the onset and progression of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. She will present findings from her research group on large [...]