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Major health challenges require a global approach

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June 2, 2022

On May 30th, international experts and politicians gathered in Leiden to discuss global health issues. Lively discussions were held on matters concerning equal worldwide access to vaccines and diversity within clinical research. New scientific insights were also shared, including on vaccine response differences between African and European populations. The daily conclusion was clear: global collaboration and innovative research is key to solving the greatest health challenges of our time.

During the Global Impact in Health Symposium forces were joined with Leiden University, Health~Holland, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Janssen, Philips and the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP). The aim was to bring together international experts and to stimulate new collaborations. Experts not only came from all over the world, but also from different branches, such as academia, politics, public or private sector.

This mix of high-level people and expert led to vivid discussion on the major challenges in global health(care). Read the full story here!

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A Marie Skłodowska-Curie – Postdoctoral Fellowship in Leiden: success story by Prasanna Iyengar

June 21, 2021

In 2018, Prasanna Iyengar was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie – Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-IF) to implement a research project on bladder cancer at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in The Netherlands. This two-year fellowship allowed Prasanna to pursue an independent line of research as a senior postdoc, thereby elucidating mechanisms of bladder cancer metastasis as well as further developing his career track.

An insight into the value of international collaborations in global health(care) challenges, to be further highlighted during Leiden2022

May 25, 2022

Leiden2022 marks what the City of Leiden has achieved in science till date and how it wishes to move forward to contribute to challenges of various kinds. The LUMC is one of many organizations showcasing science in practice with interactive events for a variety of target groups. Like with all Leiden based companies, Leiden2022 offers the LUMC the opportunity to show its societal and academic value on an international stage, strengthening its international position, as well as explore possibilities for new international collaborations to contribute to global healthcare challenges even more comprehensively. The Global Impact in Health symposium on May 30^th, 2022, part of the LSH week, aims to stimulate just that by bringing together healthcare experts from all over the world working on a broad range of important health(care) related research and projects. Here’s a few things you can expect.

LUMC Global is looking for a PhD Candidate/Physician-researcher Obstetrics

September 23, 2021

LUMC Global has set out to stimulate international connections in (bio)medical research and education to contribute to global healthcare. Setting up several PhD projects has been one of the key elements in doing this and we’re very proud we’ve been able to set up as many as eight different PhD projects. We are now looking for a Global PhD candidate in Obstetrics in a collaborative projects with Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and UZ Leuven, Belgium.