As of the first of January 2021, prof. Frans Feron has been appointed as an independent external confidential advisor for PhD candidates at FHML/Maastricht UMC+.

On 11 December, the outgoing chairman of the board of the Federation of Dutch Thrombosis Services (FNT), Prof. Hugo ten Cate (Dept. of Internal Medicine), was presented with the Jordan Medal during the General Members' Meeting in Hoevelaken.

Six doctors from three different UMCs, including Prof. Robert van Oostenbrugge and Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam (Dept. of Neurology), were jointly awarded the prestigious gold Winkler medal by the Dutch Neurology Society.

The following awards and prizes were awarded during the annual CARIM Symposium that took place on 25 November 2020.

Mohamed Kassem (Radiology) has received the prize for the Best (e-)poster in the topic 'Prevention 2' from the Joint European Stroke Organisation and World Stroke Organization Conference (ESO-WSO 2020).

The postervideos for the CARIM Symposium 2020 are online now!

During the 2020 online congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR), Rob Holtackers won the Magna Cum Laude award for the second year in a row.

As of 1 October 2020, Judith Sluimer (Dept. of Pathology) has been appointed Professor “cardiovascular pathofysiology”.

Binnen het dr. E. Dekker-programma voor persoonsgebonden beurzen stelt de Nederlandse Hartstichting per universiteit twee studentbeurzen beschikbaar. De beurs bedraagt maximaal € 3.000. Het doel van deze beurs is om veelbelovende studenten de mogelijkheid te bieden om buiten hun eigen universiteit een onderzoeksstage van minimaal 4 maanden te volgen.