45 COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRES IN THE NETHERLANDS Maastricht UMC+ has entered into a special partnership with university medical centre Radboudumc in Nijmegen: the Academic Alliance. Through this alliance, Radboudumc en Maastricht UMC+ guarantee a wide range of academic care for Southeast Netherlands. Together they form an important part of existing and new care and research networks. The alliance has now been fleshed out with a large number of initiatives across the whole breadth of academic hospital care and in the area of scientific research. COOPERATION IN MEUSE-RHINE EUROREGION MUMC+ collaborates with University Hospital Aachen (Uniklinik RWTH Aachen) in Germany in several disciplines in healthcare and scientific research. Over recent years, this has resulted in strong growth in the number of publications, among other things. The departments of Vascular Surgery, General Surgery and Nuclear Medicine have a shared management. Cross-border centres of expertise and treatment centres have been set up in the area of vascular surgery (in close connection with clinical neurophysiology for remote neuromonitoring of major aorta operations), hepato pancreato-biliary surgery and paediatric surgery. We are working to create a joint Euroregional Centre for Paediatric Surgery, in which one single surgical team would work at the three locations of Maastricht, Aachen and Liège. With Hasselt University in Belgium, there has been long-term cooperation in the area of life sciences. This has produced joint curricula and research projects, linked to combined appointments of PhD students and tenure track teaching staff. The University of Liège in Belgium and Maastricht UMC+ cooperate in the area of imaging, focusing on basic scientific research. In this work we emphasise valorisation and rapid translation of research results to clinical practice. PhD students work in joint cross-border doctoral teams. CONNECTING WITH OTHER FACULTIES OF MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY Supplementary knowledge from other disciplines is important for achieving a comprehensive approach to health. To this end, there are connections with other faculties of Maastricht University. We participate in projects and programmes that contribute towards achieving the ambitions of Healthy Living. In some cases, interfaculty institutes are established for this purpose and two examples are described below. The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) and the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) collaborate in the Center for Integrative Neuroscience. This centre brings together under one umbrella the relevant expertise in neurosciences, infrastructure and lines of research in order to strengthen interfaculty cooperation. In Eatwell (Maastricht Interfaculty Programme on nutrition and health), the faculties FHML, FPN, the Faculty of Law and the School of Business and Economics (SBE). With expertise in medical, biological, psychological and socioeconomic sciences, and law, Maastricht is in a unique position to design a modern research programme on nutrition and health. The aim is to promote health and reduce chronic diseases by means of a healthy lifestyle and personalised nutrition. MOSAE VITA Mosae Vita is an innovative platform that focuses on the cornerstones of lifestyle, healthy nutrition and exercise. The initiative brings together entrepreneurs, scientists, clinicians and the public to work on new products and services that contribute to ‘healthy living’. This makes Mosae Vita a unique place for all parties concerned with healthy living. Mosae Vita strives for healthy living through an informed and aware lifestyle based on healthy nutrition and exercise in a social context. For this purpose, we are creating a dynamic environment in which the public and care providers experience health in a real sense. Healthy Living 2025
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