News and stories about Smarter Choices for Better Health

Are big data and technological innovations in healthcare exclusively convenient, or complicated too? Prof.dr. Antoinette de Bont does research into the development of big data in healthcare.

Around Erasmus MC are signs bearing the message: "This hospital is working towards a smoke-free generation". Since 1 September 2019 , the hospital and its surroundings are completely smoke-free.

PhD candidate Lili Kókai is working on an innovative intervention to induce healthy behaviour in populations with elevated cardiovascular disease risk.

Developments in cosmetic medicine have proceeded at a rapid pace in last few years. But are all the developments equally welcome? Three experts have their say.

Kirsten Rohde participated in a discussion on the fact that insurance company ASR is going to reward its customers who engage in physical activity more often.

She is the person who got the admission system for Medicine Studies changed from a lottery to a decentralised selection. By now Meike Vernooij is a radiologist and professor.

Our biological clock has far more of an impact on our health than we expect it to, says Bert van der Horst, endowed professor of chronobiology & health.

Pediatric surgeon René Wijnen: "We can join forces now, apply for grants together for research into rare diseases."

For the alumni platform EUR Connect photographer Marie Cecile Thijs portrayed thirty special alumni. Doctor Cathy van Horik is one of them.