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  • Vote for the Amsterdam UMC Societal Impact Award 2025
    Vote for the Amsterdam UMC Societal Impact Award 2025 Which researcher had the most societal impact in the last year? Please vote to help decide who will become the Societal Impact Award winner of 2025. The 3 finalists introduce their work in short videos below.
  • Soft Robotics Revolutionizes Artificial Heart Development
    Soft Robotics Revolutionizes Artificial Heart Development Exploring the future of artificial hearts, Maziar Arfaee’s upcoming PhD defense, “Can Soft Robots Donate Their Heart to Humans? Emerging Technologies in Total Artificial Heart Development,” reshapes the landscape of cardiac replacement therapy. His research explores how soft robotics - made from flexible, gentle materials – can help create more safe and lifelike artificial hearts for people with serious heart conditions.
  • Chris Hoeboer new program leader of Global Health
    Chris Hoeboer new program leader of Global Health As of December 2025, APH researcher Chris Hoeboer is the new program leader of Global Health, where she will take over the role from Marianne van Elteren.

Major NWO Investment for platform technology for cancer therapy selection (Secret-omics)
Towards a world without Crohn's disease in the INTERCEPT study: a look into this large-scale clinical trial
Minimally invasive Whipple procedure shown to be safe and effective in European trial
In the Spotlight November 2025: AI&I Prizes, Grants and Appointments
Unexpected finding: pancreatic cancer cells produce estrogen, offering a potential therapeutic target
PAIS RESEARCH | Challenges and Developments in PAIS Research with Jeroen den Dunnen
Disrupted immune response increases the severity of meningitis
New podcast Stress Navigation with APH researcher Mark Hoogendoorn
Nutrition’s Impact on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
New supercomputer Helios for all of Amsterdam UMC
Dutch Brain Foundation awarded Wiep Scheper
What actually is the Emma Center for Personalized Medicine?
News from our IXA partner
Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2026: The future of cognition - Technology and the human brain
EBRAINS-Neurotech: Building the next generation of brain technology
New insights into transdiagnostic effectiveness of clozapine
Temporary benefit for immune system in early HIV treatment, but dysregulation returns
Five Amsterdam Neuroscience researchers awarded Vidi Grant
Generative AI use among APH Researchers: Key survey findings
Transgender women do not have an increased risk of heart attack and stroke
New website ‘Voorbij de Klacht’ launched with APH Impact Booster grant
Hunting for the Crohn's Holy Grail
Groundbreaking new treatments for liver tumors combined into one operation
New Research into Dietary Supplement 6-BT for Type 1 Diabetes
Two CCA researchers awarded NWO Vidi grants to advance cancer treatment
Vidi grant for an AGEM researcher
Vidi grant for three APH researchers
Dutch Kidney Foundation ‘Research for Health Award’ for research into faster and less burdensome treatment for renal artery stenosis
Vidi grant for ACS researchers Harsha Devalla, Jurjan Aman and Marten Hoeksema
How smooth muscle cells shape atherosclerosis: discovery of the regulator that keeps them in check

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