Preventie en gezondheidszorgonderzoek

Submitted initiatives within the NWA OCR calls - Route HSR P&T addressed some of the 2018 Knowledge Agenda Prevention themes and doma

User involvement is essential to make preventive activities effective. The 21/22 NWO prevention projects consist of: 1.

Migrant citizens living in the Netherlands have a disproportionately higher burden of cardiometabolic diseases compared to other populati

Er is wetenschappelijke consensus dat de voedselomgeving, met name supermarkten, een belangrijke bijdrage levert aan ongezonde keuzes.

In dit project willen we het brede publiek informeren over én betrekken bij biomedisch onderzoek: in het bijzonder de (on)mogelijkheden v

Hoewel de wereld momenteel beheerst wordt door het SARS-coronavirus-2, hebben slechts enkelen haar nanowereld mogen aanschouwen.

Mensen worden wereldwijd steeds inactiever, met alle negatieve gevolgen van dien.

Wetenschapscommunicatie staat voor de uitdaging om mee te gaan in de huidige communicatie- en informatie- trends om ook de jongste genera

Wetenschappelijke resultaten worden nogal eens te rooskleurig gepresenteerd als oplossing voor een (medisch) probleem.

Background:

Unexpected infectious diseases outbreaks are increasingly common due to multiple global changes.

Opioids are an indispensable step in the WHO pain relief ladder, but they also cause serious side effects and addiction.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disorder among young adults (20-40 years), causing, next to physical symptoms, co

Since the start of life on Earth, virtually every species evolved under a 24-hour light-dark cycle, giving rise to an internal biological

In the Netherlands, approximately 1 million children (0-25 years) have a chronic disease.

Assessment of the safety of chemicals and pharmaceuticals is traditionally based on animal testing.

The DARTBAC project will prepare the Netherlands for the time when antibiotics are much less effective in the prevention and eradication

Human germline gene editing (HGGE) introduces heritable genetic alterations to ‘the human germline’ and has the potential to impact clini

Modern society is highly segregated, and inequalities in health among different groups of individuals keep increasing.

Treatment and diagnostics of several diseases, including the cardiac arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AF), are only moderately effective.

A distinct group of dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorders is caused by a CAG repeat expansion within the relevant genes, inclu

In the Netherlands 2,300 women each year, face a diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS).

Menopause is a major life event marking the end of a woman’s reproductive years.

Without intervening, over the next decade 40% of the Dutch adults will suffer from a chronic non-communicable lifestyle-related disease (