Organisation

Organising committee

The organising committee of the sixteenth Maastricht Medical Students Research Conference consists of the following members:

• Hilde van Genugten President
• Berbel Kooger Vice-President
• Evelien Beelen Secretary
• Jolien de Boer Treasurer
• Tom Schiffler Acquisition
• Marissa Vane Acquisition
• Jasper van Miert Public Relations
• Wiesje van de Wetering Public Relations
• Joost Wolfs Public Relations
• Roy van Poppel Scientific Programme
• Bart Zick Scientific Programme
• Sander Schop Scientific Programme
• Marieke Huygens Logistics
• Valérie Stegehuis Logistics

Recommendation board

• Prof. dr. Albert Scherpbier Scientific Director Institute for Education,
  Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University
• Drs. G.J.H.C.M. Peeters CEO MUMC+
• Prof. dr. M. Paul President Executive Board Maastricht University
• Drs. A. Postema Vice-president Excutive Board Maastricht University
• Prof. mr. G.P.M.F. Mols Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University
• Prof. dr. A.C. Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman Professor Internal Medicine, Chairman Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij ter bevordering der Geneeskunst (KNMG)
• Prof. dr. J.J. Engelen Chairman of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Prof. dr. B.J.P. Crul Professor Pain Relief, Chief-editor Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
• Prof. dr. J.P.M. Geraedts Professor Genetics and Cel Biology, Chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• Prof. dr. L.H.E.H. Snoeckx Emeritus professor Physiology Maastricht University
• Prof. dr. J.A. Knottnerus Professor General Medical Practice, Chairman Dutch Health Council
• Dr. Leo Baur President KNMG-Limburg

Jury

The authors of the best abstracts are given the opportunity to present their research during a 12 minute verbal presentation. The authors of the other abstracts are invited to present their research by means of a poster presentation. Both verbal and poster presentations are judged by an international jury during the conference. The jury is partly formed from members of the Scientific Advisory board, persons from Maastricht and abroad.

• Chairman: Pieter Leffers, MSc (Epidemiology)
• Prof. Harry Schouten, MD, PhD (Internal medicine)
• Prof. Ron Kooijman, PhD (Pharmacology, Free University of Brussels)
• Prof. Frits Prinzen, PhD (Physiology)
• Koen Schruers, MD, PhD (Psychiatry & Neurophysiology)
• Kitty Cleutjens, PhD (Pathology)
• Rob van Diest, PhD (Psychiatry & Neurophysiology)
• Wilfred Germeraad, PhD (Immunology)
• Boy Houben, PhD (Internal medicine)
• Ben Janssen, PhD (Pharmacology)
• Anton Roebroek, PhD (Human genetics, Catholic University of Leuven)
• Bert Schutte, PhD (Molecular cell biology)
• Willem Voncken, PhD (Clinical genetics)

Scientific Advisory Board

• Chairman: Pieter Leffers, MSc (Epidemiology)
• Prof. Harry Schouten, MD, PhD (Internal medicine)
• Prof. Herman Kingma, PhD (Otorhinolaryngology)
• Prof. Frits Prinzen, PhD (Physiology)
• Anne-Marie Dingemans, MD, PhD (Pulmonology)
• Koen Schruers, MD, PhD (Psychiatry & Neurophysiology)
• Eduardo Villamor, MD, PhD (Pediatrics)
• Marjan van den Akker, PhD (General practice)
• Kitty Cleutjens, PhD (Pathology)
• Esther Lutgens, PhD (Pathology)
• Judith Sieben, PhD (Anatomy & Embryology)
• Juanita Vernooy, PhD (Pulmonology)
• Rob van Diest, PhD (Psychiatry & Neurophysiology)
• Wilfred Germeraad, PhD (Immunology)
• Boy Houben, PhD (Internal medicine)
• Ben Janssen, PhD (Pharmacology)
• Bert Schutte, PhD (Molecular cell biology)
• Frank Stassen, PhD (Medical microbiology)
• Adri Voogd, PhD (Epidemiology)