Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Both at home and throughout Europe, FHML is one of the most renowned institutes of its kind. We stand for cutting edge research and education, and pride ourselves on rapidly incorporating the latest developments and insights, and methods into our programmes. We also believe strongly in multidisciplinarity, looking at each topic from different angles and ensuring that the different specialists always work in close collaboration. More, FHML is always looking beyond borders. International healthcare is high on our agenda, and our work regularly transcends national boundaries, both in research and in education. FHML works in close cooperation with Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC+).

Education

At FHML everything revolves around life and health. The education spans the entire continuum from bachelor’s and master’s programmes to PhD and post academic education and from health and healthcare to medicine and life sciences.

Research

The multidisciplinary research of FHML focuses on a set of themes or research programmes, that are conducted in close collaboration with Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC+) and the Faculty of Psychology and Neurosciences.

Societal impact

Multidisciplinary research and collaborations contribute to solving major societal issues within our primary research themes. Whenever possible, research is translated into economic, financial, or social value.

News

Balloons that measure life

The Disease Burden Meter: a digital bridge in the consultation room. Care and quality of life are central to Dr. Stéphanie Breukink’s research and work as an colorectal surgeon.

The power of prevention: put on a bicycle helmet

As a neuropsychiatrist, David Linden sees the consequences of brain injury every day. He therefore advocates wearing a bicycle helmet to prevent serious harm.

The delayed diagnosis of endometriosis

UM news

In Honours+, students gain their first experience in approaching (global) challenges in an interdisciplinary setting, under the professional guidance of staff members from Maastricht University.

From Maastricht to Brazil: A new dawn for vocal biomarkers – detecting COPD in Brazil

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains one of the most under‑diagnosed respiratory diseases globally, especially in low‑resource settings where access to routine lung‑function testing is limited.

Do you really need more protein? It depends…

You need a lot of protein! Or so you’d assume. Jorn Trommelen, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University’s School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) on who needs how much protein, and why.