The University Network for the Care Sector South-Holland (UNC-ZH) has a new website, which is currently operational, but still under construction. For now it is only in Dutch, but the English webpages will follow soon. We will keep you posted regarding our latests research on elderly care via:
Maaike Scheffers-Barnhoorn will defend her thesis “Management of fear of falling after hip fracture” on 2nd of February at 11:15 AM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
Laura Bavelaar will defend her thesis “Thinking Ahead – Supporting family caregivers of nursing home residents with dementia in advance care planning” on 28th of February at 10.00 AM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
When we sleep poorly, we immediately realize how much it affects our mood. But research suggests that poor sleep is also linked to biological changes in our gut health.
The systematic review recently published thoroughly analyzed all trials and studies associating certain bacterial profiles with poor sleep. In essence, poor sleep is associated with an inflammatory bacterial profile. Given the interest in naturally-occurring muscle mass loss due to ageing – termed sarcopenia -, mechanism through which these inflammatory gut bacteria [...]
November 15 the Medical Delta Conference 2022 took place entitled: Technology: THE Gamechanger for Health. This conference was held at the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden, Europa’s ‘City of Science 2022’. At this event 8 female professors became Medical Delta Hoogleraar among which LEGends chair prof. dr. Eline Slagboom who has now a dual position at LUMC and TU Delft.
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We are excited to announce another upcoming LEGend lecture session from our Lecture Cycle: Imaging the Ageing Brain. It revolves around magnetic resonance imaging markers for age-related brain abnormalities.
It will take place as a hybrid meeting in the LUMC in the Van Ronnenzaal (K2-52 at Radiology) and via Microsoft Teams (link), on the 16th of January at 16.00.
ProgramThe program is as follows:
16.00 – 16.30: Brain infarcts detected with MRI, cognitive change and risk of dementia [...]
During this meeting we will discuss various aspects of vulnerability from inside the womb to later in life.
What are its generic concepts? What is the impact? How can we measure it? What do geriatricians and pediatricians have in common?
Location will follow, hybrid participant on Teams is possible!
Mary-Joanne Verhoef will defend her thesis entitled “Opportunities to improve palliative care, towards a more patient-centered and proactive approach”. The ceremony will take place at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, and is also viewable on the Leiden University website by livestream.
More information in Dutch:
Met trots kondigen we aan onze eerste eigen promovendus van Expertise Centrum Palliatieve Zorg Leiden University Medical Center, Mary-Joanne Verhoef, die op 23/11/22 haar proefschrift “Opportunities to improve palliative care: towards a more patient-centred and [...]
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.