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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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Carim Maastricht
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Fatma Karapinar

Associate professor

Dr Fatma Karapinar studied pharmacy at Utrecht University and did her PhD in the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam on medication errors around hospital discharge and transitional care to prevent them. She works as a hospital pharmacist, epidemiologist and Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology at Maastricht University Medical Center. 

In addition she is actively involved in the Scientific Association of Pharmacists, in the European Association for Hospital Pharmacy (EAHP) as scientific committee member, in the Pharmaceutical Care Research in Daily Practice (PRISMA) as board member and two national programmes set up by the Ministry of Health on 1) transfer of medication related information and 2) avoiding preventable harm (expert elderly patients). Furthermore, she is the chair for postgraduate education for Dutch Pharmacist who are Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacists (US certification programme).

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Department of Clinical Pharmacy
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T: +31(0)43 387 18 81

  • 2026
    • Falke, C., Karapinar-Carkit, F., Knol, W., Bouvy, M., Egberts, T., Kempen, T., Vervloet, M., & Heringa, M. (2026). Patients' perspectives and experiences regarding medication reviews: A cross-sectional survey study. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 21, Article 100692. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100692
  • 2025
    • van der Linden, L., Beavers, C., Forsyth, P., Vandenbriele, C., Tsuyuki, R. T., Karapinar-Carkit, F., & Van Aelst, L. (2025). Effects of pharmacist care on hospitalizations in heart failure across outpatient and inpatient settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(11), 3021-3030. Article 70261. https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70261
    • Kingma, J. S., Loh, C., Eland, I. A., van den Broek, M. P. H., Derksen, W. J. M., Knibbe, C. A. J., Karapinar-Carkit, F., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., & Burgers, D. M. T. (2025). The prevalence of medication-related hospital readmissions after bariatric surgery: a retrospective observational study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-025-02017-8
    • Juhasova, Z., Karapinar-Carkit, F., & Weir, D. L. (2025). The use of international classification of diseases codes to identify hospital admissions linked with adverse drug events: Validation study. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(10), 2910-2918. https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70116
    • Stuijt, C. C. M., van den Bemt, B. J. F., Karapinar, F., & van Laar, T. (2025). Apotheekinterventies: Benader Het Anders. Pharmaceutisch Weekblad, 160(38), 10-12. https://www.pw.nl/achtergrond/2025/apotheekinterventies-benader-het-anders
    • Ten Hoope, S., Welvaars, K., van Geijtenbeek, K., Klok-Everaars, M., van Schaik, S., & Karapinar-Çarkit, F. (2025). Applying text-mining to clinical notes: the identification of patient characteristics from electronic health records (EHRs). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 25(1), Article 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-025-03137-x
    • Adrien, O., Mohammad, A. K., Hugtenburg, J. G., Mccarthy, L. M., Priester-Vink, S., Visscher, R., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., Denig, P., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2025). Correction: Prescribing Cascades with Recommendations to Prevent or Reverse Them: A Systematic Review (vol 40, pg 1085, 2023). Drugs & Aging, 42(7), 675-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-025-01213-5
    • Mohammad, A. K., Hugtenburg, J. G., Ceylan, Y., Kooij, M., Knies, S., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., Denig, P., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2025). Pharmacy-led interventions to reverse and prevent prescribing cascades in primary care: a proof-of-concept study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 47(3), 784-793. Article e0272418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-025-01873-8
    • Nielen, J. T. H., van der Walle, K., Spronk, S., Magdelijns, F., Denig, P., & Karapinar, F. (2025). Real-World Complexity of Prescribing Cascades. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 137(1), Article e70063. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.70063
    • Lips, N., Singh, A., Weir, D., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2025). Comparing the performance of multiple trigger tools in identifying medication-related hospital readmissions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 73(1), 162-171. Article 19216. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19216
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