about CARIM
organization
Our Principal Investigators form the foundation of our research environment and educational programs. The Executive Board is responsible for the management of the school. The Scientific Director, Prof dr Mark Post, has full and integral responsibility and reports tot the Dean.
International Scientific Advisory Board
Our International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) meets biannually and advises the CARIM board on research and educational strategies.
- Professor Pim van Aken, chairman
- Professor Günther Breithardt, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
- Professor David Lane, Imperial College London, UK
- Professor Alain Tedgui, INSERM Paris, France
- Professor Renu Virmani, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
- Professor Anthony Ware, Lilly Corporate Center Indianapolis, USA
- Professor John Yudkin, University College London, UK
Executive Board
The Executive Board of the school consists of the Scientific Director (Prof dr Mark Post), the Managing Director (Rob van der Zander) and the Leaders of the Main Themes. The Executive Board is responsible for the management of the school and meets monthly to discuss and decide upon issues at strategic and tactic level. The Scientific Director has the full and integral responsibility for the school and reports to the Dean.
- Professor Mark Post, Scientific Director a.i.
- Professor Harry Crijns, Leader Main Theme II
- Professor Tilman Hackeng, Leader Main Theme I
- Professor Coen Stehouwer, Leader Main Theme III a.i.
- Rob van der Zander, Managing Director
- Petra Uittenbogaard, advisor and project manager
CARIM Office
The CARIM Office consists of Riet Daamen, Saskia Vocks and Esther Willigers.
The administrator is Martin Tossings.
The administrator is Martin Tossings.
School Council
The Principal Investigators, together with all the chairmen of the departments connected to CARIM, constitute the School Council. The School Council meets two times a year and is headed by the Scientific Director.
Education Program Committee
The Education Program Committee coordinates both the PhD and Master’s programs and advises the Executive Board on all issues regarding these educational programs.
Education Program Coordinator
The PhD coordinator advises the Executive Board on all issues regarding the PhD program. Within CARIM the PhD coordinator works closely with the CARIM Office, policy advisor and scientific director.
Research Council
At the end of 2009 the Executive Board established the Research Council. The Research Council advises the board and Principal Investigators on the quality of all research proposals and meets monthly. Main task of the Research Council is to review all the project proposals before they are submitted to the grant organizations. With this policy CARIM improves the quality of a proposal.
Administrative Service Center
The central Administrative Service Center (ASC) of Maastricht University provides support on accounting the CARIM research projects on a part-time basis.
Human Resources
From the Human Resources Department of Maastricht University two persons are related to CARIM.
Participating departments and disciplines
The research in the three main themes involves the research activities of people working in several departments/disciplines of Maastricht University Medical Center+
Basic research departments
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering (BMT)
- Genetics and Molecular Cell Biology
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Physiology
Clinical departments
- Cardiology
- Cardio-thoracic Surgery
- Clinical Chemistry
- Internal Medicine, including Immunology
- Medical Microbiology and Virology
- Neurology
- Pathology
- Radiology
- Surgery
