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Interview with Daisy Jonkers in UM magazine. Daisy Jonkers, scientific director of the NUTRIM research institute, is calling for more inclusivity and diversity in scientific research.
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A group of ten hospitals, clinics and partners will conduct research into sustainable surgery at the initiative of Maastricht UMC. CAREFREE is a collaborative research project in mission-driven innovation on sustainable surgery.
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Five teams have been selected to compete in the 2023 edition of the AppChallenge@UM dedicated to enhancing the teaching or learning experience at Maastricht University. We received proposals from several faculties and it's interesting to see the variety of ideas the teams came up with for designing...
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The white heterosexual middle-aged man is implicitly the norm in medical education materials. But not for much longer, if Albertine Zanting has her way. As a PhD candidate, she studies the cultural diversity in medical education, and as a policy advisor, she translates her research findings into...
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Remzi Celebi, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Data Science (IDS) and technical co-coordinator for the AIDAVA project, discusses how Artificial Intelligence, data curation automation and knowledge graphs are used to give patients more control of their health data.
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SBE academics reflect on Claudia Goldin's efforts towards advancing our understanding of the gender gap and women's job outcomes.
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The rise of compliance reporting to make the lucrative coffee and cocoa trade more sustainable means millions of smallholder farmers generating valuable data. Who owns this data and who should benefit? SBE’s Fair & Smart Data Spearhead Sidi Amar and his team have developed some principles.
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Speaking at EDLAB's Continuing Professional Development Kick-Off event on 26 September 2023, Prof. Mairéad Pratschke, Chair in Digital Education at The University of Manchester, encouraged Maastricht University teachers and educators to investigate AI technologies for themselves.
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About 675 million people in our world live on less than $2.15 a day, the World Bank’s cut-off for extreme poverty. In Congo, where 70% live in this state, a meal at the local McDonalds alone would cost almost four times more. The management Guru C.K. Prahalad coined the term Base of the Income...