Academic Ceremonies December 2008

 

 

Doctorate drs. Paola E.J. van der Meijden

Faculty Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. J. Rosing;

Co-supervisor:

  • Dr. J.W.M. Heemskerk

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 14.00 hours

“Interaction mechanisms of platelets and coagulation”

Doctorate Dhr. Kristiaan A.M. Wouters

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. M.H. Hofker;

co-supervisors:

  • Dr. M. van Bilsen;
  • dr. Ronit Shiri-Sverdlov.

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 16.00 hours

“Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Second Hit or Strike Out?”

Doctorate drs. Ramona Guerrieri

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. A.T.M. Jansen; 

co-supervisor:

  • dr.C. Nederkoorn

Thursday 4 December 2008, 12.00 hours

“Resisting temptation: The effect of an impulsive personality and a toxic environment on overeating”

Doctorate drs. Iris van Gestel

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof dr. J.L.H. Evers;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. H.J. Hoogland;
  • dr. M.M. IJland

Thursday 4 December 2008, 14.00 hours

“Endometrial wave-like activity in assisted reproduction”​

 

Doctorate Drs. Pascal J.H. Smeets

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof. dr. G.J. van der Vusse;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. M. van Bilsen

Thursday 4 December 2008, 16.00 hours

“PPARs as  Modulators of cardiac remodelling”

Doctorate Drs. Adrianus F.C.M. Moonen

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. G.H.I.M. Walenkamp; 

co-supervisors:

  • dr. P. Pilot; dr. A.D. Verburg;
  • dr. I.C. Heyligers

Friday 5 December 2008, 10.00 hours

“Postoperative autologous retransfusion of shed blood in primary total hip and knee arthroplasty”

Doctorate Drs. Olekan Abdulwahab Ayo-Yusuf

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • Pof.dr. H.W. van den Borne
  • Prof.dr. S.P. Reddy, Medical Research Council,Africa

Friday 5 December 2008, 12.00 hours

“Oral Health Promotion and Tobacco Control in South Africa”

Doctorate drs. Natasja Kisters

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Promotor:

  • Prof.dr. M.J.A.P. Daemen;

co-promotor:

  • Dr. K.B.J.M. Cleutjens

Friday 5 December 2008, 14.00 hours

“Heterogeneity in human Aherosclerotic gene expression profiles : from man to macrophages”

Doctorate Drs Kenneth Segers

Faculty of  Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr. J. Rosing;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. G.A.F. Nicolaes.

Monday 8 december 2008, 14.00 hours

“Bioinformatics and molecular biology”

Doctorate drs. Daphna D.J. Habets

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof. dr. J.F.C. Glatz;
  • Prof.dr. A. Bonen (University of Guelph,Canada);

co-supervisor:

  • Dr.J.J.F.P. Luiken

Monday 8 december 2008, 16.00 hours

“Regulation of cardiac long-chain fatty acid and glucose utilization: studies with cardiomyocytes from genetically manipulated mice”

Doctorate Sarah B. Weigelt

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. R. Goebel;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. L.Muckli (University of Glasgow);
  • dr. A. Kohler (Max Planck Institute for BrainResearch Germany).

Tuesday 9 december 2008, 10.00 hours

“Neurovision, neuroimaging studies of illusory perception”

Doctorate Drs. Jasper. A. Grosskurth

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences.

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr.ir. J.Rotmans (EUR);
  • prof.dr. W.J.M. Martens

Tuesday 9 december 2008, 12.00 hours

“Regional Sustainability-tools for integrated governance”

Doctorate drs. Caroline D.A.M. Berden

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Supervisor:

  • prof dr. H.J.M. Peters;

co-supervisor:

  • Dr. A.J. Vermeulen

Tuesday 9 december 2008, 14.00 hours

“Risk Aversion and Equilibria, Intertemporal Transfers, Strategic Claims”

Doctorate drs. Madelon C.G. Pijls-Johannesma

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. Ph. Lambin;

co-supervisors:

  • dr. D.K.M. De Ruysscher;
  • dr. L.J. Boersma

Tuesday 9 december 2008, 16.00 uur

“Optimization of  radiotherapy in Lung cancer treatment: balance between survival and quality of life”

 

Doctorate Ing. Alex H. Hagen-Zanker

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. W.J.M. Martens;
  • prof.dr. R. White (Memorial University Newfoundland) 

Wednesday 10 december 2008, 10.00 hours

“Measuring the performance of geosimulation models by map comparison”

Doctorate Ir. Liesbeth Geraets

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. A.Bast
  • Prof.dr. E.F.M. Wouters

co-supervisor:

  • dr. Ir. G.J.Hageman

Wednesday 10 december 2008, 12.00 hours

“Dietary parp-1 inhibitors as anti-inflammatory compounds”

Doctorate drs. Sophie B. Bouwens

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. A. Knotter
  • Prof.dr. A.J.Z. Nijhuis (UvA)

Wednesday 10 december 2008, 14.00 hours

“Over de streep-grensarbeid vanuit Zuid-Limburg naar Duitsland, 1958-2001”

Doctorate Katrien Lauwaert

Faculty of Law

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. G.A.A.J. van den Heuvel;
  • prof dr. T. Peters (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Wednesday 10 december 2008, 16.00 hours

“Herstelrecht en procedurele waarborgen”

Doctorate drs. Kamran Hosseini

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. F. Hendrikse;
  • prof.dr. M. Motamedi, University of Texas;

co-supervisors:

  • dr. R.J. Erckens

Friday 12 december 2008, 10.00 hours

“Optical Biopsy in the Anterior Segment of the eye”

Doctorate Drs. Hans F. Gramke

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. M. van Kleef; 
  • prof.dr. A.E. Marcus (University of Munster, D.).

Friday 12 december 2008, 14.00 hours

“Prevalence and Predictors of Acute and Chronic Pain after Surgery; the out-patient part of the story”

Doctorate Drs. Michael Sommer

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. M. van Kleef;
  • prof.dr. A.E. Marcus (University of Munster, D)

Friday 12 december 2008, 15.30 hours

“Prevalence and Predictors of Acute and Chronic Pain after Surgery, the inpatient part of the story”

Doctorate drs.Sabine A.S. Langie

Faculty of Health, Medicine en Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. F.J. van Schooten;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. R.W.L. Godschalk

Wednesday 17 december 2008, 12.00 hours

“Nutritional Modulation of DNA Repair”

Doctorate drs. Elke Theuwissen

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr.ir. R.P. Mensink;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. J. Plat.

Wednesday 17 December 2008, 14.00 hours

“The role of B-glucan, plant stanols, and oxy(phyto)sterols in managing cardiovascular risk”​

Doctorate drs.Monique F.M.T. Du Moulin

Faculty of Health, Medicine en Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. J.P.H. Hamers;

co-supervisors: 

  • dr. R.J.G. Halfens;
  • Dr. A.T.G. Paulus

Wednesday 17 December 2008, 16.00 hours

“Urinary incontinence in primary care diagnosis and interventions”

Doctorate Drs. Henricus W.D. Verdonck

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. P.J.W. Stoelinga;
  • prof.dr. C.de Baat;

co-supervisor:

  • dr. G.J. Meijer (RUN)

Thursday 18 december 2008, 10.00 hours

“Correlation between irradiation and maxillary/mandibular bone vascularity, bone mineral density as well as implant stability”

Doctorate Mr. Sjoerd J.F.J. Claessens

Faculty of Law

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. H.E.G.S. Schneider

Thursday 18 december 2008, 12.00 hours

“Free movement of lawers in the European Union”

Doctorate drs. Nadine H.A. Gorissen

Faculty of Law

Supervisor:

  • dr. mr. R.E.C.M. Niessen;

co-supervisor:

  • Mr.dr. R.M.P.G. Niessen-Cobben

Thursday 18 december 2008, 14.00 hours

“Gewekt vertrouwen in Europees perspectief”​

Doctorate Drs. Agnes Wagenaar

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. H.P.A. Boshuizen;
  • prof.dr. A.J.J.A. Scherpbier;
  • prof.dr. C.P.M. van der Vleuten

Thursday 18 december 2008, 16.00 hours

“Learning in Internships, What and how students learn from experience”

Doctorate drs. Peggy M.A.J Geomini

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. J.L.H. Evers
  • Prof.dr. B.W. Mol, UvA.

Friday 19 december 2008, 10.00 hours

“Pre- and peri-operative assessment of the adnexal mass”​

Doctorate M. Eliantonio

Faculty of Law

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. E.I.L. Vos;
  • prof.dr. N. Verheij

Friday 19 december 2008, 12.00 hours

“Europeanisation of Administrative Justice? The influence of the ECJ’s Case Law in Italy, Germany and England”​

Doctorate drs. Gjalt-Jorn Y. Peters

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. G.J. Kok;
  • prof.dr. H.P. Schaalma

Friday 19 december 2008, 14.00 hours

 

“Determinants of ecstasy use and harm reduction strategies”

Valedictory lecture prof.mr. A.Q.C. Tak

Friday 19 december 2008, 16.00 hours

“De Maastrichtse School”