Academic Ceremonies October 2015
PhD conferral Dhr. Michael N.J. Wells-Greco, LL.M
Faculty of Law
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. G.R. de Groot
Co-supervisor:
- dr. S.W.E. Rutten
Thursday 1 Oktober, 14.00 hours
“The status of children arising from inter-country surrogacy arrangements; the past, the present, the future”
Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Liesbeth J. Boersma
appointed at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences as extraordinary professor ‘Radiotherapie, in het bijzonder Mammacarcinoom’
Friday 2 Oktober 2015, 14.30 hours
“Kwaliteit in borstkankerzorg: O.K. & T.O.F. ?!”
Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Joop P. van den Bergh
appointed at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences as extraordinary professor 'Botkwaliteit en Metabole Botaandoeningen'
Friday 2 Oktober 2015, 16.30 hours
“Bot en kwaliteit: samen sterker ?!”
PhD conferral Dhr. Aidas Masiliunas
School of Business and Economics
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. A. Riedl,
- prof.dr. J.P. Reiss
Co-supervisor:
- dr. F. Mengel
Wednesday 7 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Feedback Manipulation and Learning in Games”
PhD conferral Mw.drs. Yvonne P.J. Bosch
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. B. Mochtar,
- prof.dr. J.G. Maessen
Co-supervisors:
- dr. P.W. Weerwind,
- dr. R. Al Dieri
Wednesday 7 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Monitoring of hemostatic disturbances in cardio-pulmonary bypass patients”
PhD conferral Mw. Ilse G.M. Slot, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. A.M.W.J. Schols
Co-supervisor:
- dr. H.R. Gosker
Thursday 8 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“Regulation of skeletal muscle oxidative phenotype by hypoxia – implications for COPD”
PhD conferral Dhr. Nicolas (Nicky) A.M. Pansters, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. A.M.W.J. Schols
Co-supervisor:
- dr. R. Langen
Thursday 8 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“The role of GSK-3 in myogenesis and recovery of Atrophied muscle”
PhD conferral Mw. Paula Nagler, MSc
Faculty of Humanities and Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. P. Mohnen,
- prof.dr. W. Naudé
Co-supervisor:
- prof.dr. M. Vodopivec
Friday 9 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Occupational choice in the Developing World”
PhD conferral Dhr. Jochem W. van der Veen, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. H. van Loveren
Co-supervisor:
- dr. J. Ezendam
Friday 9 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“Towards an animal-free integrated testing strategy for the identification of skin sensitizing chemicals”
PhD conferral Dhr. Roger A.J. Habets, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. M. Vooijs
Co-supervisor:
- dr.ing. A.J. Groot
Friday 9 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Notch receptor regulation: mechanism and new therapeutic approaches”
PhD conferral Mw. Aisha O. Maulana, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. H.W. van den Borne
Co-supervisor:
- dr. A. Krumeich
Wednesday 14 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Health Promotion from an Islamic Perspective”
Double doctorate UM-Alcalá PhD conferral Mw. Selamawit Mengesha Bilal, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. G.J. Dinant
Co-supervisors:
- dr. M.G. Spigt,
- dr. R. Blanco
Wednesday 14 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“The fathers’ role in child nutrition in Ethiopia”
PhD conferral Dhr. Henk I.J.W. Havens, MSc
Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. M.J.H. Meijer,
Co-supervisor:
- dr. P.F. Peters
Thursday 15 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“Theater en het performatief spectrum; transities in het contemporaine theater van de Lage Landen”
PhD conferral Mw. Sanaz Yahyanejad, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. M. Vooijs
Co-supervisors:
- dr. J. Theys,
- dr. A.J. Groot
Thursday 15 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Preclinical validation of Notch therapeutics for cancer treatment”
PhD conferral Mw. Alexandra C. Niculescu, MSc
School of Business and Economics
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. W. Gijselaers,
- prof.dr. M. Segers
Co-supervisors:
- dr. D. Tempelaar,
- dr. A. Dailey-Hebert
Friday 16 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Hidden in Plain Sight; capturing freshmen emotional experiences and their effects on performance at University”
PhD conferral Mw. Birthe A. Lehmann, MSc
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. R.A.C. Ruiter,
- prof.dr. G.J. Kok,
- prof.dr. G.B. Chapman
Friday 16 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Small decision, big impact; promoting influenza vaccination uptake among health care workers”
PhD conferral Mw. Franziska Grashof, LL.M
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. C.W. Backes
Co-supervisor:
- dr. M. Elaintonio
Friday 16 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“National Procedural Autonomy Revisted; consequences of differences in national administrative litigation rules for the enforcement of environmental European Union Law – The case of the EIA Directive”
PhD conferral Mw. Josina J.C. Polak, MA
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. C. Backes,
- prof.dr. E. Versluis
Co-supervisor:
- dr. M. Eliantonio
Friday 16 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“What works to make EU law work ? An analysis of The usefulness of national, transnational, and supranational compliance instruments”
PhD conferral Mw. N. Bronwen Manby, LL.M
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. G.R. de Groot
Co-supervisor:
- dr. O.W. Vonk
Tuesday 20 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Citizenship and Statelessness in Africa; the law and politics of belonging”
PhD conferral Dhr. Lorenzo Desideri, Dottore magistrale
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. L.P. de Witte
Co-supervisors:
- dr. G.J. Gelderblom†,
- dr. U.R. Roentgen
Wednesday 21 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Assistive technology service delivery for children with multiple disabilities; a Family-Centred Approach to Assure Quality”
PhD conferral Mw. Huizhen Chen
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. M.G.W.M. Peeters,
- prof.dr. Zhiping
Wednesday 21 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Towards a Market-based climate regime in China? A legal perspective on the design and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions trading”
PhD conferral Dhr. Allah-Adoumbeye Djimadoumngar
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. M. Faure
Wednesday 21 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“La contribution du droit international de l’environment à la preservation du lac Tchad à l’ère du changement climatique’”
PhD conferral Dhr. Th.J. van Rensch, LL.M
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. A.M.J.A. Berkvens
Co-supervisor:
- dr. B. van Hofstraeten
Wednesday 21 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Licht op het zonneleen Gronsveld; ontwikkeling en instellingen van het Rijksonmiddellijke graafschap Gronsveld (elfde eeuw tot circa 1795)”
PhD conferral Mw. Alexandra König, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. F. Verhey,
- prof.dr. Ph. Robert
Co-supervisors:
- dr. P. Aalten,
- dr. R. David
Thursday 22 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for the assessment of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders”
PhD conferral Mw. Irene Eurlings, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. E.F.M. Wouters
Co-supervisors:
- dr. M.A. Dentener,
- dr. N.L. Renaert
Thursday 22 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Matrix remodeling in COPD; contribution of Epithelial plasticity”
PhD conferral Dhr. Michel J.L. Walthouwer, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. H. de Vries,
- prof.dr. L. Lechner
Co-supervisor:
- dr. A. Oenema
Thursday 22 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“Obesity prevention using the Internet; development and evaluation of a video- and text-based version of a computer-tailored intervention”
PhD conferral Mw.drs. Michelene N. Chenault
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. M.P.F. Berger,
- prof.dr. B. Kremer
Co-supervisor:
- dr. L.J.C. Anteunis
Thursday 22 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Assessing Readiness for Hearing Rehabilitation”
PhD conferral Mw. Marie J.M. Miglianico, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. J. Glatz
Co-supervisors:
- dr. D. Neumann,
- dr. G.A.F. Nicolaes
Friday 23 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“AMPK-glycogen interplay: an opportunity for drug design”
PhD conferral Mw. Constance M. Sommerey, MPhil
Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. E. Wesseling
Co-supervisors:
- dr. J.C.M. Wachelder,
- dr. R. deBont
Friday 23 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“The Ghost in the Classroom. Ernst Haeckel’s Rhetoric of Evolution and Its Reverberations in German Biology Texbooks (1925-1958)”
PhD conferral Mw.drs. Elisabeth G. Klompenhouwer
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. V.C.G Tjan-Heijnen
Co-supervisors:
- dr. L.E.M. Duijm,
- dr. M.J. Broeders,
- dr A. Voogd
Friday 23 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
"strategies for improvement of population-based breast cancer screening"
PhD conferral Dhr. Eduardo Muniz Pereira Urias
School of Business and Economics
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. S. Ramani
Wednesday 28 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Improving access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Brazil: When are compulsory licenses effective in price negotiations?”
PhD conferral Dhr. Tobias Heldt, LL.M
in de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. M.G. Faure
Wednesday 28 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“A European Legal Framework for Nuclear Liability Rethinking Current Approaches”
PhD conferral Dhr.drs. Anand Vinekar
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. C.A.B. Webers
Co-supervisor:
- dr. N.J. Bauer
Wednesday 28 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Retinopathy of Prematurity. Recent advances in tele-medicine screening, risk factors and spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging”
PhD conferral Mw. Fleur E.P. van Dooren, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. F.R.J. Verhey,
- prof.dr. J.K.L. Denollet,
- prof.dr. F. Pouwer
Co-supervisor:
- dr. M.T. Schram
Thursday 29 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Diabetes and Depression: exploring the Interface between Pathophysiological and Psychological factors”
PhD conferral Mw.drs. Gabriëlla Pons van Dijk
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. J. Lodder,
- prof.dr. H. Kingma
Co-supervisor:
- dr. A.F. Lenssen
Thursday 29 Oktober 2015, 16.00 hours
“Taekwondo and physical fitness components in middle-aged healthy volunteers; the Sekwondo study”
PhD conferral Mw. Yara Pujol-Lopez, MSc
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. H.W.M. Steinbusch
Co-supervisors:
- dr. G. Kenis,
- dr. Aye Mu Myint
Friday 30 Oktober 2015, 10.00 hours
“Development and psycho neuro immunological mechanisms in depression”
PhD conferral drs. Bart A.E. Maesen
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. U. Schotten,
- prof.dr. J.G. Maessen
Co-supervisor:
- dr. S. Verheule
Friday 30 Oktober 2015, 12.00 hours
“Structure-function relationship of atrial fibrillation waves in goat and man”
PhD conferral Dhr. Mehrdad Seirafi, MSc
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Supervisors:
- prof.dr. B. de Gelder,
- prof.dr. P. de Weerd
Friday 30 Oktober 2015, 14.00 hours
“Behind the Seen; Unconscious Perception of Objects, Faces and Emotions”
Inaugural lecture prof.mr. Joep Simmelink
appointed at the Faculty of Law as extraordinary professor ‘Openbaar Ministerie’
Friday 30 Oktober 2015, 16.30 hours
“De officier van justitie: magistraat in een bestuurssorgaan”