NWO-Vidi’s for six researchers from Rotterdam

Dr. Qiuwei Pan: Drug repurposing for treating hepatitis E 

Hepatitis E virus has emerged as a true global health issues, with particular threatens to pregnant women and organ transplantation patients. Pan aims to identify treatment from existing FDA-approved medications that are safe, cheap and effective to combat this disease in developing and developed counties. 

Erasmus MC

Dr. Andreas Alfons: Don’t let a few bad apples spoil the bunch

Modern technology and the internet makes data collection easier such that data sets are growing bigger, but also less reliable. Alfons will therefore develop new statistical methods for rating data that are not influenced by bad data points.

Erasmus School of Economics

Dr. Jan Stoop: Measuring poverty with envelopes

Stoop will deepen the knowledge on poverty using novel field experiments requiring rich and poor households to return envelopes. The experiments mimic daily chores, and the impact of financial stress on their implementation. The results are important for future implementations of government policies

Erasmus School of Economics

Dr. Amanda Brandellero: Crafting future urban economies?

Cities across the world are looking for ways to make their economies more circular, and localised production is seen as key to this process. Brandellero will comparatively examines how making locally is articulated and valued, in order to understand its potential role in sustainable urban futures.

Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

Dr. Zhenyu Gao: Cerebro-cerebellar circuits for motor planning

Think before you act. An important feature of voluntary movements is that we can decide about an optimal strategy before execution. It is currently unclear how the brain determines an action plan that guides future movement. Gao will study how the cerebellum (little brain) helps by making a decision.

Erasmus MC

Dr. Klazina Kooiman: The missing link in bubble therapy

Miniature gas bubbles have the potential to locally deliver high dosages of drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and cancer which reduces side-effects. Kooiman will address the exact mechanisms between miniature gas bubbles, drugs, and diseased cells so we can bring this bubble therapy to patients.

Erasmus MC