252 search results for “disease prevention” in the Staff website
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Leiden interdisciplinary research opportunities in health and disease prevention
Are you a Leiden researcher looking for opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in the fields of local communities, health and disease prevention? If so, Health Campus The Hague is the right place for you. Take a look at these four examples of current research.
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Jyothi Thrivikraman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Treatment before patients develop rheumatism provides lasting relief
Early treatment benefits patients who have not fully developed rheumatoid arthritis but are in the preliminary stages of the disease. This is what researchers from the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) have reported in The Lancet. Patients in the pre-arthritis stage who were temporarily prescribed…
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Merel van Vliet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laura Pape
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Biological agents
Biological agents are micro-organisms such as bacteria, parasites, moulds, viruses and their waste products. This category also includes genetically modified variants (GMOs). These agents may form a risk for your health, which is why we apply a number of legal and other guidelines to prevent people…
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Bram Slütter
Science
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Joanne Mouthaan
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Renske Gilissen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hans Aerts
Science
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Lotte Nagelhout
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jennifer Schense
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maartje Witlox
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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Leo de Sonneville
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem Fibbe
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange
Science
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Maia Casna
Faculteit Archeologie
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Katja Cardol
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tim Koppert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marit Ruitenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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A safe work environment
Regardless of whether you work at a desk or in a lab, all workplaces have their risks. As your employer, the University aims to create a healthy workplace and to limit possible health risks. Here you will find the main risks and measures that we take to reduce them.
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A safe workplace
Regardless of whether you work at a desk or in a lab, all workplaces have their risks. As your employer, the University aims to create a healthy workplace and to limit possible health risks. Here you will find the main risks and measures that we take to reduce them.
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RARE-NL: LUMC joins consortium to find treatments for rare diseases
RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the LUMC in the initiative.
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Nina Komrij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah Louise Carthy
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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BEAT-COVID team discovers sugar-coated antibodies that predict disease progression
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from 15 departments at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) realised they could do more for patients if they joined forces. This is how the BEAT-COVID group has been able to rapidly gain knowledge about COVID-19, the role of the immune system and…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: seven tips to prevent phishing
ICT, Security
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Hanna Swaab
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Roeland Merks
Science
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Patrick van Hage
Science
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Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Jordy van der Beek
Science
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Joey Zuijdervelt
Science
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Tuomas Aivelo
Science
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Coen van Hasselt
Science
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the Social Resilience & Security programme: investigating suicide prevention skills and mental health of Ukraine refugees
The Social Resilience & Security interdisciplinary programme broadens its scope by embedding two research projects lead by Dr. Joanne Mouthaan. The projects adress suicide prevention skills and mental health of Ukraine refugees. Both projects will be integrated in the programme with the aim to improve…
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Frits Rosendaal
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Annemarie Meijer
Science
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Inkomen en afkomst zijn risicofactoren bij kans op hart- en vaatziekten
Nederlanders met lage inkomens lopen tot 1,5 keer meer risico op het krijgen van een hartaanval of beroerte dan rijkere landgenoten. Bij Surinaamse Hindoestanen is dit risico 1,9 keer hoger. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het LUMC en het HagaZiekenhuis. Nederlandse artsen kijken tot nu toe niet naar deze…
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Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale
Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…
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Mojgan Chaichian Maleki
Science
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Intensive Leiden collaboration on ICT for research
Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have signed an agreement on ICT for research. This is the further concretisation of previous cooperation between the two.
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Paul Hooykaas
Science
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Herman Spaink
Science
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Veronique de Gucht
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suicide prevention training: Gatekeeper
Training for staff members
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Frank Schaftenaar
Science
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The right diagnosis and faster for women with heart problems
It often takes longer for women with heart problems to get the right diagnosis. In her Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture, Professor Hester den Ruijter will talk about how hormones influence the heart and the importance of medical research that focuses specifically on women.
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Guest lecture by 113 on suicide prevention
Lecture