We are proud to announce a new lecture cycle for the Lifecourse Epidemiology and Geroscience Theme. The title of the program is “LegEND begins here!” and revolves around imaging early life stages and early life complications. The event is on the 12th of December from 17.00, and is programmed as follows:
17.00 | Marie-Louise v.d. Hoorn & Enrico Lopriore | Opening
17.00 – 17.20 | Lisa Lashley | GYN | Complications in early life: fertility preservation
17.20 – [...]
Professor of elderly care at the LUMC, Wilco Achterberg, has been appointed as visiting professor at the University of Nottingham as of August 1. Congratulations, Wilco! On October 21st he gave a lecture on pain in people with dementia – one of the main collaborative topics between Nottingham and the LUMC – at the event celebrating Ageing and Rehabilitation Research in Nottingham.
On Octobter 17th, a first strategic retreat was held. During the meeting researcher from throughout the LUMC connected in various innovations pipelines. Discussions covered topics throughout the lifecourse: from inside the womb until late in life. The goal of the meeting was to connect researchers and spark multi-disciplinary collaboration, which was met by great enthusiasm of the participants. As a follow-up of the meeting the pipelines will organise follow-up meetings to further strengthen collaborations. If you want to get involved [...]
Boerhaave Nascholing is organizing a course on the treatment of cancer in older adults. This course is in Dutch.
Oncologische behandelingen zijn vaak ontwikkeld voor relatief jonge en vitale patiënten. De behandeling van oudere en kwetsbare patiënten vormt daarom vaak een uitdaging. Door de snelle vergrijzing zien we een sterke toename van oudere patiënten met kanker. Door de grote onderlinge verschillen in vitaliteit vraagt optimale behandeling van ouderen een geïndividualiseerde aanpak. In samenwerking met Boerhaave nascholing is vanuit het LUMC [...]
Is a decline in daily steps during chemotherapy treatment associated with severe toxicities in older patients with cancer? And how do you successfully set up a study with wearables in older cancer patients receiving chemotherapy? PhD student Joosje Baltussen received a grant from Stichting de Drie Lichten to answer these questions during a 6-month research fellowship in Mexico City, Mexico.
As older patients are at higher risk of developing chemotherapy-related toxicities and we face a global lack of healthcare personnel [...]
On Sunday 18 September 2022 the Leiden Longevity Study (LLS) participation day took place. During this day researchers and more than 330 participants came together to talk about the results that the LLS has garnered until now.
In honour of the 20 year existence of the LLS participants from all over the Netherlands were invited to come together in Corpus Leiden. Here researchers from the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) talked about the many facets of aging research [...]
De langdurige ouderenzorg staat in alle zorgvelden volop onder de druk. Dit vraagt om vernieuwing op vele fronten. De zes samenwerkende Academische Werkplaatsen Ouderenzorg (SANO) lanceren daarom een Kennisagenda Langdurige Ouderenzorg.
Met deze nieuwe kennisagenda beschikt de langdurige ouderenzorg over een kompas dat inzicht geeft in de huidige kennistekorten en helpt bij prioritering van kennisontwikkeling. De agenda ondersteunt het beleid dat gericht is op duurzame en goede zorg voor ouderen in een kwetsbare positie. Ook kan met de agenda [...]
De SANO Wetenschapsdag was dit jaar een groot succes. Georganiseerd door het UNC-ZH, een dag vol onderzoek in de langdurige zorg met ruim 50 (poster)presentaties. Met dank aan alle sprekers en bezoekers werd het een inspirerende dag. Nieuwsgierig? Het UNC-ZH hebben een korte impressievideo gemaakt van de dag:
Dear LEGend Theme Members,
On September 22nd, a third LUMC call for PhD proposals came out. Information regarding this call can be found on Albinusnet. Below you will find the call text of this round and the format for the application.
The internal review procedure for proposals submitted at the LEGend theme will be the same as in the second round last year, and will include evaluation of the proposals by internal independent expert reviewers. Based on these reviews, [...]
This year, we are happy to co-organise the 8th Wearables in Practice (WIP) symposium in collaboration with the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC). The symposium will take place in PLNT Leiden, on the 14th of October, 2022. During this one-day symposium (09:00-17:00), we will highlight the use of AI for wearables assessing population health.
Register and access the full program for the meeting here.
The symposium is funded by [...]