543 search results for “health diseases” 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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Interdisciplinary Collaboration Explores Substance P in Health and Disease
A team of LACDR scientists from three different divisions (SPP, BT, MC) contributed to a book on "Substance P in Health and Disease," which will be published by Elsevier. The project was a collaboration with Hannover Medical School (Germany) and was coordinated by Alireza Mashaghi. Master students Ehsan…
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Jyothi Thrivikraman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.k.thrivikraman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Health
How can you work as healthily and safely as possible? Also during and just after your pregnancy? What should you do if you unexpectedly fall ill?
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Health insurance
Are you an international researcher working for Leiden University? Please note that you probably are legally obliged to take out health insurance. Here you will find if you need a public or a private health insurance, and how to apply for it.
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Health insurance
If you wish, you can take part in the collective health insurance scheme offered by Leiden University and Zorg en Zekerheid. This scheme offers a collective discount, for you and your family.
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Margot van der Doef
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
doef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3987
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Tim Koppert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.y.koppert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Webinar Population Health Management
Study information
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Mental health
The most common problem areas PhD students face are listed below, as well as how one can begin to fix these problems.
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Health and Safety Coordinators
At many university locations the health, safety and environment tasks are coordinated by the General Services Department (UFB). You can contact your health and safety coordinator (HSE coordinator) for advice and information on working conditions. In most cases, the HSE coordinator also acts as prevention…
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Confidential advisers, health & safety
The University wants you to feel comfortable, healthy and safe in your job and in your work environment. Sometimes that is not always the case. For example, you might be confronted with undesirable behaviour, or you might have issues in the workplace. If you want to discuss issues with someone other…
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Aart Hendriks
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.c.hendriks@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8590
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Judith Tommel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.tommel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sarah Hinman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.e.hinman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9327
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…
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Veronique de Gucht
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
degucht@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3863
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Bram Slütter
Science
b.a.slutter@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6208
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OSCoffee: Building a data competence center for Population Health Management
Lecture
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Non-invasive biomarkers for inflammatory skin diseases: towards systems dermatology
PhD defence
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Rosalinde Spitters
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.j.b.spitters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3850
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Michel de Ridder
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.j.j.de.ridder@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Frits Rosendaal
Faculteit Geneeskunde
f.r.rosendaal@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 4037
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Laura Pape
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.m.pape@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1780
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Not everyone has health goals top of mind
Preventing or delaying disease often requires lifestyle changes, which turns out to be difficult. Valentijn Visch and Sandra van Dijk are researching how to help people change their behaviour.
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Vivian Kraaij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3736
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Hans Aerts
Science
j.m.f.g.aerts@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4771
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Lotte Nagelhout
Faculteit Archeologie
l.nagelhout@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.
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Mojgan Chaichian Maleki
Science
m.chaichian.maleki@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Can a health insurer refuse you if you have poor health?
It appears from a study conducted by Independer and Q&A Research that at least one in five Dutch people think you can be refused basic health insurance if you have health problems.
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Why arteriosclerosis looks like an autoimmune disease
Arteriosclerosis bears great similarities to autoimmune diseases. Researchers from Leiden University show this in a new study they published in the renowned scientific journal Nature Cardiovascular Research. 'This discovery suggests that treatment methods for autoimmune diseases might also be effective…
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Atherosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease. Marie Depuydt graduated on this topic, with honours
In addition to cholesterol and high blood pressure as risk factors for atherosclerosis, we may need to address our own immune system to prevent a heart attack or stroke. Marie Depuydt revealed which cells exactly reside in the atherosclerotic plaque that narrows an artery. The presence of a diverse…
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Advocating for gene therapies for rare diseases
‘If we don’t start talking about this, who else will?’ This is what Arjan Lankester, paediatrician/immunologist at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Professor of Paediatrics, thought when it seemed that various extremely effective gene therapies for rare diseases would no longer be available…
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Min Cho
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.j.cho@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9503
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Veronica Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
v.r.janssen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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New master’s in Population Health Management
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden University will start a new two-year English-taught master’s programme in Population Health Management (PHM) on 1 September 2021. The programme, which has been given the green light by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO),…
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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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Seeking new concepts to treat diseases
Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’
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Qijia Cong
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
q.cong@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |
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Rachael Hall
Faculteit Archeologie
r.a.hall@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Edwin de Beurs
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.de.beurs@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7974
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Henriët van Middendorp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.van.middendorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6333
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Jimena Pacheco Miranda
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.pacheco.miranda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Mason Marks
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.m.marks@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5200
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Milon van Vliet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.h.m.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 NVT
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Laurens van Gestel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.c.van.gestel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tian Yang
Faculty of Humanities
t.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Camille Souama
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.p.souama@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727