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Drawing blood, inserting an IV, or examining the ear; even seemingly simple medical procedures can cause anxiety, pain, and stress in children. According to pediatric intensivist Piet Leroy, comfort and trust are just as important as the medical treatment itself. He is therefore researching how healthcare providers can offer trauma-free care and in what ways they can learn to apply comfort care. Leroy has been appointed as a Professor of "Procedural Comfort Care, Sedation, and Analgesia in Children for Trauma-Free Healthcare Delivery" at research institute SHE and has delivered his inaugural lecture on March 8th 2024.

On 19 February 2024, the inaugural Maastricht Consulates EU Law Prize was awarded to the author of the most outstanding thesis on EU law written during the academic year 2022-2023 at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. 

Intense exercise such as running can have an effect on your sense of taste and smell. Intensive sports are also known to have an effect on various processes in the body, all to keep our bodies balanced. 

Piet Leroy is appointed professor at SHE and will have his inaugural lecture today, on the 8th of March, entitled: Embrace vulnerability. He elaborates on his work in this article. 

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On 22 February 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network had the privilege of hosting Dr. Virginia Passalacqua, Assistant Professor of EU Law at the University of Turin (Italy).

UNU-MERIT’s Maria Tomai works on ECOffee, an EU-funded project to create awareness, networks and trainings around coffee consumption.

Last summer, Astrid Boeijen followed Bert Kip up as CEO of Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. After three years in the same position at the sister campus in Heerlen, she got off to a flying start in her new position. “The campus in Geleen is bigger and more mature. At the end of the day however, all of the campuses stand for one goal: To continue to develop Limburg as a world-class innovative region and a leader in health, sustainability and digitalization.”

Tears are made up of more than just water and salt. A single tear contains more than a hundred substances to be analyzed such as biomarkers that can reveal the presence of diseases like Alzheimer’s or Huntington’s. Marlies Gijs, a biochemist at Maastricht UMC+ hospital, is developing a self-test for tears.