On September 2, 2025, Marieke Vinkenoog and Simon Christian Hansmann were honored with the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Awards for their research in blood donation and colorectal cancer. Vinkenoog received the Doctoral Societal Impact Award for her development of data-driven models that predict donor hemoglobin levels, enhancing the efficiency of blood donation processes. Hansmann was awarded the Graduate Societal Impact Award for his use of 3D cell models to identify cancer cells responsible for tumor recurrence, potentially informing future therapeutic strategies. The awards, presented by the Leiden University Fund and dsm-firmenich, recognize innovative research with significant societal impact.
The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have been collaborating for approximately fifty years in the fields of neurosurgery and heart disease. Vascular surgeons Jan van Schaik and Daniël Eefting (also partly affiliated with Haaglanden…
