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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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Bram Kroon

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Bram Kroon is Pprofessor of Vascular Medicine and Chair of the section of Vascular Medicine of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Maastricht UMC+, and since 2013 Principal Investigator for 'vascular complications of diabetes and hypertension' with a special focus on hypertension and arterial stiffening at CARIM. Bram (A.A.) Kroon (born Geleen, 1959) obtained an MD at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (1984). He was registered as internist in 1990 and obtained a PhD in 1996 (Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen). In 2010, he accepted the position as Chair of the section of Vascular Medicine, a subdivision of the Department of Internal Medicine. In 2016, he was appointed Professor of Vascular Medicine. Nationwide, he holds the Chair of educational board for Vascular Medicine specialists and is member of the Concilium Medicinae Internae since 2015. He is a board member of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group of Intervention Treatment of Hypertension and a member of the ESH Working Group of Hypertension and the Kidney.

Bram-kroon

Department of Internal Medicine
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31 (0)43 387 50 05 (4)

  • 2026
  • 2025
    • Okoro, C., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Mokhtar, S. B. A., Zhou, T. L., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Koster, A., Reesink, K., Reulen, J., Mess, W. H., Webers, C. A. B., Kroon, A., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2025). Arterial stiffness is associated with small and large fiber neuropathy: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Hypertension, 43(12), 1945-1952. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000004126
    • van Oeteren, M. A. J., De Groot, D. M., Buziau, A. M., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., Kroon, A. A., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Houben, A. J. H. M., Meex, S. J. R., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Brouwers, M. C. G. J. (2025). The effects of dietary fructose on blood pressure are modified by the food matrix. Clinical Nutrition, 55, 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2025.10.017
    • Okoro, C., Zhou, T. L., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Kohler, S., Schram, M. T., & Kroon, A. A. (2025). Lower heart rate variability is associated with worse memory function: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 108(4), 1738-1748. https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877251389985
    • Ren, Z., Wesselius, A., Kooi, M. E., van Greevenbroek, M., Dagnelie, P., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Kroon, A. A., Houben, A. J. H. M., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Brouwers, M. C. G. J. (2025). Steatotic liver disease interacts with a polygenic risk score for triglyceride clearance to impact the risk of hypertriglyceridaemia: The Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 68(10), 2217-2226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06479-3
    • Janssen, E. B. N. J., Ghossein-Doha, C., Hooijschuur, M. C. E., Mulder, E. G., Schiffer, V. M. M. M., Alers, R.-J., Jorissen, L. M., Jansen, G. E., Kroon, A. A., Brugts, J. J., van 't Hof, A. W. J., & Spaanderman, M. E. A. (2025). Hypertension and cardiometabolic disorders appear 5-10 years earlier in women with pre-eclampsia. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(10), 822-832. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf187
    • Steens, I. L. M., Ji, Y., Sedaghat, S., Pankow, J., Klein, B. E. K., Cotch, M. F., Mcclelland, R. L., Hayden, K. M., Hughes, T. M., Bancks, M. P., Houben, A. J. H. M., Kroon, A. A., Koster, A., Bosma, H., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., de Galan, B. E., & van Sloten, T. T. (2025). Diabetes and incident stroke and mediation by microvascular dysfunction: Pooled analysis of three population-based studies. Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism, 27(4), 2299-2304. Article 16217. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.16217
    • Beuken, M. J., Kleynen, M., Braun, S., Van Berkel, K., van der Kallen, C., Koster, A., Bosma, H., Berendschot, T. T., Houben, A. J., Dukers-Muijrers, N., van den Bergh, J. P., Kroon, A. A., Kanera, I. M., & Maastricht Study Management (2025). Identification of Clusters in a Population With Obesity Using Machine Learning: Secondary Analysis of The Maastricht Study. JMIR Medical Informatics, 13, Article e64479. https://doi.org/10.2196/64479
    • Vossen, L. M., Schurgers, L. J., de Haan, C., Kroon, A. A., & de Leeuw, P. W. (2025). Adherence to dietary supplementation with menaquinone-7, a vitamin K2 analogue. Exploration of Medicine, 6, Article 1001321. https://doi.org/10.37349/emed.2025.1001321
  • 2024
    • Mokhtar, S. B. A., Viljoen, J., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Albers, J. D., Soeterboek, J., Scarpa, F., Colonna, A., van der Heide, F. C. T., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Bosm, H., Kroon, A. A., Nuijts, R. M. M. A., Gijs, M., Lakerveld, J., Malik, R. A., Webers, C. A. B., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Koster, A. (2024). Greater exposure to PM<inf>2.5</inf> and PM<inf>10</inf> was associated with lower corneal nerve measures: the Maastricht study - a cross-sectional study. Environmental Health, 23(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01110-1
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