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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Astrid Hermans

Post doc

Astrid Hermans was born on May 27th, 1995, in Kessel, The Netherlands. In 2014, she graduated from secondary school at Het Bouwens in Panningen and started the bachelor Health sciences at Maastricht University (Maastricht). After achieving the BSc degree in 2017, she started the master Biomedical sciences at Radboud University in Nijmegen, where she graduated with distinction (cum laude) in 2019. During her master’s, she completed a 8-month research internship at the Physiology department at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen (under supervision of Prof. dr. Thijssen) and a 7-month research internship at the Cardiology department at Maastricht University Medical Centre in Maastricht (under supervision of Prof. dr. Schotten).

After obtaining her MSc degree, she started working as PhD-student in the atrial fibrillation research group of Prof. dr. K. Vernooy, Dr. D. Linz and Prof. dr. U. Schotten at the department of Cardiology of Maastricht University Medical Centre (Maastricht). Her main aim was to evaluate the current state of art in atrial fibrillation detection and management as well as to develop and introduce novel mobile health approaches for the detection and management of atrial fibrillation.

In September 2023, she started as post-doc at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht in Maastricht, focussing on implementation mobile health in atrial fibrillation care and optimization of remote atrial fibrillation detection and management. 

Astrid hermans

Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 1613

  • 2026
    • Engels, M. D. E. A., Hermans, A. N. L., Hermans, B. J. M., Luermans, J., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hendriks, J. M. L., Lankveld, T., Kessels, M. V. M., Vorstermans, B. J. G. H., Beukema, R. J., Vernooy, K., Heesen, W., & Linz, D. K. (2026). Smartphone application-based heart rhythm monitoring to cancel scheduled electrical cardioversion in patients with spontaneous conversion of presumed persistent atrial fibrillation: TeleConvert-AF. European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 7(2), Article ztaf140. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf140
  • 2025
    • Hereijgers, M. J. M., van der Velden, R. M. J., Reinders, L. G., Weerts, Z., Kuijpers, S., Luermans, J., Chaldoupi, S. M., Vernooy, K., Hermans, A. N. L., Posthuma, R., Franssen, F. M. E., Linz, D., & Simons, S. O. (2025). Feasibility and diagnostic yield of a photoplethysmography-based arrhythmia screening and integrated management pathway in a COPD outpatient clinic. ERJ Open Research, 11(5), Article 01192-2024. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.01192-2024
    • Sandgren, E., Betz, K., Gawalko, M., Hermans, A., Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D., Philippens, S., Vorstermans, B., Uijl, D. D., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Luermans, J., Lankveld, T., Schotten, U., Vernooy, K., & Linz, D. (2025). Feasibility of repeated on-demand smartphone app-based approximation of time spent with atrial fibrillation and symptoms in patients after catheter ablation: Data from the ISOLATION study. Heart Rhythm, 22(9), 2269-2276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.165
    • Hillmann, H. A. K., Hermans, A. N. L., Gawalko, M., Mueller-Leisse, J., Betz, K., Sohaib, A., Fung, C. H., Pisters, R., Lodzinski, P., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Gupta, D., van der Velden, R. M. J., Pluymaekers, N. A. H. A., Sandgren, E., Norregaard, M., Evens, S., De Cooman, T., Verhaert, D., Hemels, M., ... TeleCheck-AF investigators (2025). Ultra-short-term heart rate variability using a photoplethysmography-based smartphone application: a TeleCheck-AF subanalysis. European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 6(4), 675-682. Article ztaf035. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf035
    • Manninger, M., Lercher, I., Hermans, A. N. L., Isaksen, J. L., Prassl, A. J., Zirlik, A., Vernooy, K., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Luermans, J., Ter Bekke, R. M. A., Kanters, J. K., Plank, G., Scherr, D., Pock, T., & Linz, D. (2025). Machine-learning guided differentiation between photoplethysmography waveforms of supraventricular and ventricular origin. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 267, Article 108798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2025.108798
    • Isaksen, J. L., Arildsen, B., Lind, C., Nørregaard, M., Vernooy, K., Schotten, U., Jespersen, T., Betz, K., Hermans, A. N. L., Kanters, J. K., & Linz, D. (2025). Raw photoplethysmogram waveforms versus peak-to-peak intervals for machine learning detection of atrial fibrillation: Does waveform matter?Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 260, Article 108537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108537
  • 2024
    • Sandgren, E., Hermans, A. N., Gawalko, M., Betz, K., Sohaib, A., Fung, C. H., Hillmann, H. A., van der Velden, R. M., Verhaert, D., Scherr, D., Sultan, A., Steven, D., Pisters, R., Hemels, M., Lodzinski, P., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Gupta, D., Gruwez, H., Pluymaekers, N. A., ... TeleCheck-AF investigators (2024). Smartphone app-based approximation of time spent with atrial fibrillation and symptoms in patients after catheter ablation: Data from the TeleCheck-AF project. EP Europace, 26(10), Article euae247. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae247
    • Diener, H. C., Becher, N., Sehner, S., Toennis, T., Bertaglia, E., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Beuger, V., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A., Lip, G. Y. H., Lubinski, A., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Anticoagulation in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation With and Without a Prior Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The NOAH-AFNET 6 Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(17), Article e036429. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036429
    • Lip, G. Y. H., Nikorowitsch, J., Sehner, S., Becher, N., Bertaglia, E., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Beuger, V., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Diener, H. C., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A., Lubinski, A., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Oral anticoagulation in device-detected atrial fibrillation: effects of age, sex, cardiovascular comorbidities, and kidney function on outcomes in the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial. European Heart Journal, 45(19), 1733-1737. Article ehae225. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae225
    • Becher, N., Toennis, T., Bertaglia, E., Blomström-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Cabanelas, N., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Diener, H. C., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A. N. L., Lip, G. Y. H., Lubinski, A., Marijon, E., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Anticoagulation with edoxaban in patients with long atrial high-rate episodes ≥24 h. European Heart Journal, 45(10), 837-849. Article ehad771. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad771
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