Eight health professors receive double appointment simultaneously

Today, eight professors were simultaneously inaugurated as "Medical Delta professors" at Leiden University, LUMC, TU Delft, Erasmus University and/or Erasmus MC. With an appointment of two or more of these five academic institutions, they combine technology and healthcare in their professorships. Medical Delta is a partnership between TU Delft, Erasmus MC, Erasmus University, LUMC and Leiden University and four universities of applied sciences in Zuid-Holland and aims to realize technological solutions for sustainable healthcare. To keep healthcare future-proof, a different approach is needed. Technological innovations can contribute to this, but this requires cross-disciplinary cooperation and a proper embedding of innovations in (healthcare) practice. The eight new Medical Delta professors actively seek this cooperation for their research, for example in the field of better diagnostics for cancer, fundamental research into combating viral infections or a more targeted treatment of osteoarthritis. Their inauguration is a recognition of their merits and also an encouragement to act as ambassadors for further cooperation in the field of health & technology. for an overview of the eight Medical Delta professors and their research. The inauguration took place during the Medical Delta Conference, which focused on the theme Technology: The Gamechanger for Health - similar to the daily theme 'gamechangers' of Leiden City of Science. In the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden, visitors could experience how technology can be a 'gamechanger' for scientific research and for healthcare. Healthcare technology companies from Zuid-Holland let visitors experience how their innovation is changing healthcare, in part thanks to further developments through one of the Medical Delta Living Labs. Cooperation essental for healthcare transition