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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Barend Mees

Assistant Professor

Dr Barend Mees studied medicine at LUMC in Leiden and completed his training as General and Vascular Surgeon at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. He subsequently spent almost three years in Melbourne, Australia, to further specialise in Endovascular Surgery. Since May 2014 he has been a consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Maastricht UMC+ and UniKlinik Aachen, Germany. His clinical area of interest is the (endovascular) treatment of (complex) aortic disease and peripheral arterial disease. He is the research coordinator of the Department of Vascular Surgery and has obtained a PhD in Vascular Biology from Erasmus MC, INSERM (U689, Paris) and Max-Planck Institute (Bad Nauheim, Germany).

His main research focus areas are vascular biology, tissue engineering and innovative endovascular techniques. He is member of the leadership of the Cardiovascular Moonshot of RegMedXB and member of the management team of the InScite XS-GRAFT project. He is the inventor of the MAZE Box, a novel hands-on simulator for Endovascular Surgery and tutor for Vascular International. Dr Mees has been examiner of the UEMS FEBVS examination since 2017. He is organiser of the I-MEET congress and co-director of the European Vascular Course.

Barend-mees

Department of Vascular Surgery
P. Debeyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T:+31(0)43 387 74 78

  • 2025
    • Frankort, J., Frankort, S., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Elfeky, M., Mees, B. M. E., Gombert, A., & Jacobs, M. J. (2025). Shift in Patient Demographics of Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Patients in the Endovascular Era. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(19), Article 7088. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14197088
    • Jin, H., Maas, S. L., Zou, Y., Lu, C., Yu, B., Huchzermeier, R., Nadeau, S., Dos Santos, J., Gijbels, M., Mees, B. M. E., Smirnov, E., Matic, L., Hedin, U., Maffia, P., Monaco, C., Sluimer, J. C., Martins, G. A., van der Vorst, E. P. C., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2025). Identification of a PRDM1-regulated T cell network to regulate atherosclerotic plaque inflammation. Genome Medicine, 17(1), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-025-01541-6
    • Frankort, J., Keszei, A., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Jacobs, M. J., Mees, B. M. E., Gombert, A., & Elfeky, M. (2025). Outcome following open TAAA repair after TEVAR compared to conventional open type II TAAA repair. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001247
    • Kalaja, I., Smeets, R. R., Wegner, M., Macherey-Meyer, S., Heyne, S., Espinola-Klein, C., Mees, B. M. E., & Meertens, M. M. (2025). Ultrasound Guided Versus Conventional Closure Device Deployment Following Transfemoral Endovascular Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 70(4), 469-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.06.023
    • Durakiewicz, M., Konings, T. J. A. J., & Mees, B. M. E. (2025). Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of The Coeliac Artery Bifurcation to Treat Hepatic Artery Aneurysm. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 70(2), 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.04.021
    • Vacirca, A., Mesnard, T., Huang, Y., Mendes, B. C., Jakimowicz, T., Schneider, D. B., Haulon, S., Sobocinski, J., Beck, A. W., Schanzer, A., Farber, M. A., Timaran, C., Kahlberg, A., Kölbel, T., Gasper, W. J., Mees, B. M. E., Gargiulo, M., Dias, N. V., Woongchae, A. L., ... International Multicenter Aortic Research Group (2025). Predictors of failure to rescue after fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(1), 32-42.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2025.02.032
    • Saar-Kovrov, V., Pawlowska, A., Guillot, A., Gijbels, M. J. J., Sluimer, J. C., Temmerman, L., Goossens, P., Mees, B. M. E., Tacke, F., Jankowski, V., Jankowski, J., Donners, M. M. P. C., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2025). Correction: Protein carbamylation in atherosclerotic plaques correlates with uremia and disease progression, localizing predominantly to foam cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 16, Article 1637511. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1637511
    • Saar-Kovrov, V., Pawlowska, A., Guillot, A., Gijbels, M. J. J., Sluimer, J. C., Temmerman, L., Goossens, P., Mees, B. M. E., Tacke, F., Jankowski, V., Jankowski, J., Donners, M. M. P. C., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2025). Protein carbamylation in atherosclerotic plaques correlates with uremia and disease progression, localizing predominantly to foam cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 16, Article 1532250. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1532250
    • Saraber, P., Bica, L., Reesink, K., Mees, B., Bidar, E., Schurger, L., & Heuts, S. (2025). The clinical relevance of the decelerating effect of angiotensin receptor blockers on aortic growth in Marfan patients; a Bayesian perspective. International Journal of Cardiology, 433, Article 133318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133318
    • Frankort, J., Frankort, S., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Jacobs, M. J., Mees, B. M. E., & Gombert, A. (2025). Outcome Following Open Repair of Hereditary and Non-Hereditary Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Under 60 Years Old-A Multicenter Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(7), Article 2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14072513
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