Dear fellow PhD Candidates,
First, a huge thank you to everyone who attended the last Open Door session. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, share insights, and discuss challenges. Here you can find the notes and the recording. We are organizing a Closed Door Session on the 20th of March, followed by a Pub Quiz. Continue reading for more information!
Speaking of events, our highly anticipated PhD Day is also just around the corner, with the full schedule being announced soon! It’s going to be a day packed with valuable sessions, networking opportunities, and discussions to help you navigate your PhD journey. Save the date: 25th of April!
Best wishes,
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Closed Door Session
20.03, 17:00 - 18:00 @ J-01-116
The LAP Board is involved in more and more initiatives, such as the development of new policies that impact LUMC PhD candidates, Academia in Motion and social safety. As a Board, we are fully committed to representing the rights of PhD Candidates and wish to contribute to the change taking place at LUMC, so we have gratefully and bravely taken on these new challenges. Is there anything that we should address or focus on? Is there something you want to share about your PhD but you don't know where to go? Register here!
Pub Quiz - Which team of LUMC PhD candidates will take the trophy this year?
20.03, 18:00 - 21:00 @ Hepatho LUMC
Publishing papers, getting significant p-values, defending your thesis - it's all irrelevant. If your team wins the LAP 2025 Pub Quiz your academic career will rise like a rocket! Prepared to be quizzed on current affairs, pop culture and LUMC ins and outs. Register here!
LUMC Global Event
27.02, 15:30-17:00 @ J-01-128
This month’s meeting theme will be Insights to international research: The Journey and Experiences of Medical Research - from Rural to International Stage. Contact global_community@lumc.nl to sign up!
LAP is looking for new Board Members!
As a general board member, your responsibilities will likely include attending board meetings, drafting and sending the newsletter, organizing events, communicating with other PhD Candidates and faculty members, and supporting the overall functioning of the board and its objectives. The LAP board currently consists of 8 enthusiastic PhD Candidates. While everybody has tasks of preference, we have board meeting every 2-3 weeks, and regular meetings with the Dean, the Graduate School, and other LUMC parties.
In return, you get to learn about the ins and outs of the LUMC, work with a diverse board of motivated fellow PhD candidates who want to make a difference for the PhD community, and you can have the opportunity to implement your ideas and see them flourish in practice! We look forward to meeting you! Send us your CV and motivation letter!
PhD Representation
PhD Safe Space Sweet
Last month we introduced the PhD Safe Space Sweet! This initiative gives PhD candidates the opportunity to thank someone who has made a meaningful impact on their personal journey—whether through support, encouragement, or simply being there when it mattered most. Curious to see who received the first cake? Check it out!
Do you have someone who made a difference in your PhD journey? This could be a fellow PhD candidate, supervisor, librarian or someone else at the LUMC whose contribution should not go unnoticed. Nominate them for the next PhD Safe Space Sweet which will be awarded in March! Share their story and let us celebrate the unsung heroes of academia.
LAP PhD Day 2025 - SAVE THE DATE 25.04.2025
LUMC is going to recognize and value Open Science more
LUMC will receive €50,000 from Open Science NL to establish Open Science quality indicators, prioritize them and be able to recognize and value science in a new way within LUMC.
PhD thesis spreadsheet
Click here for a public google spreadsheet in which you can leave your contact details to get in touch with other PhD candidates who are printing their thesis soon to get a group discount. It is your own responsibility to get in touch with each other and organize the group discount with the printing company.
Grant newsletter
The Grants Newsletter of January has been published on Albinusnet. If you have any ideas to expand your research, want to continue as a postdoc or just want to see what kind of grants are available to you in the future, make sure to check it out!
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Ridderprint
The thesis printing Ridderprint workshop was a success! Many thanks to everyone that joined! The next workshop will be announced soon.
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Young Medical Delta Thesis Awards 2025
27.02, 6 pm @ De Machinist
This event is a unique opportunity for students and PhD candidates within healthcare and medical technology to showcase their work, gain visibility, and network with leading professionals and innovators in the field.
Medical Business Projects (NL)
deadline: 1.03
In addition to your PhD, do you also want to be actively involved in healthcare and consultancy? Want to expand your network and analytically understand a healthcare problem? Then the new one project round of Medical Business Projects of the Medical Business Foundation is definitely something for you! Click here for more information!
PLNT Ready to Start Program
deadline: 12.03
17.03-09.04
Ready To Start is a free 4-week virtual evening ideation program designed for researchers (PhD's and up) based in Utrecht and Leiden. Come and experience a taste of the entrepreneurial world! Click here to sign up!
Una Europa FAIR Data Hackathon for PhD Candidates
21.04-25.04 @ Leiden
This opportunity is open to doctoral researchers at participating Una Europa partner universities, including Leiden University. Apply to join this unique week in Leiden: deepen your FAIR data knowledge and skills, and connect with an international community.
BCF Career Event Nederland
28.05 @ Beatrix gebouw, Jaarbeurs Utrecht
BCF Career Event is the largest career event for the Life Sciences. It is the meeting place for everyone who is or wants to be active in Bio/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Food or Pharma. Click here for more information!
Una Europa Summer School Sustainability
deadline: 3.03
02.05-06.06 @ Helsinki
Join this summer school to tackle some of the main challenges connected to the sustainability transition of the global and national food systems.Click here for more information!
Una Europa One Health Summer School
deadline: 16.03
16.06-20.06 @ Berlin
Under the theme of “Bridging disciplines for One Health solutions”, participants will explore the concept of One Health at a deeper level and broaden the understanding of this framework from interdisciplinary viewpoints in a structured series of courses and workshops.Click here for more information!
RegMedXB Annual Conference
18-19.06 @ Leuven, Belgium
This event welcomes professionals across the spectrum of regenerative medicine. From innovative (start-up) companies, researchers, industry experts, governments, health foundations, to visionaries in the regenerative field. Click here for more information!
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics and Policy of AI
30.06-09.07 @ Leuven, Belgium
The aim of the Summer School is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of participants and provide them with an overview of the various legal, ethical and policy-related issues around AI and algorithm-driven processes more broadly. The lectures will be provided by academics, policy-makers from European and international institutions, and practitioners. Applications for the programme will run from 10 February to 17 March 2025. Click here for more information!
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Qualitative Research in Health Course for PhD students
Starting from the 10th of March 2025, the Qualitative Research in Health Course for PhD students will be offered at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Click here for more information and to register!
An overview of all courses within the LUMC and Leiden University can be found here.
E-book 'Unlock Your Future: A Preparation Guide for a Research Career in the Netherlands'
The E-book is accessible to all visitors of AcademicTransfer. After creating a (free) account on AcademicTransfer, all the tools mentioned in the E-book become accessible as well.
New LUMC PhD Onboarding Module
We are pleased to inform you that the LUMC Graduate School has created a new e-learning “Onboarding LUMC PhD candidates” to provide a soft landing for all newly enrolled LUMC PhD candidates.
The e-learning “Onboarding LUMC PhD candidates” will help new PhD candidates to find their way in the LUMC to provide an optimal start of their PhD trajectory. The e-learning is available via the LUMC Learning Environment.
PhD Statistics Courses 2025
Boerhaave Nascholing offers several statistics courses for PhD candidates, and registration for the following courses in 2025 has been opened. Please be aware that the Regression analysis course was cancelled!
Share this courses with your research group!
Supervising PhD candidates - Leiden University (universiteitleiden.nl)
Successful PhD supervision - Online Course (futurelearn.com)
Academic writing courses
HRM cursus: Academic Writing for PhDs - Leiden University (universiteitleiden.nl)
- Free PhD Group Writing Sessions - Boost Your Productivity (thephdproofreaders.com)
- Scriptielokaal - Scriptielokaal
E-health
Caring Universities: Home - Caring Universities (caring-universities.com)
Gezondeboel: e-Health van Gezondeboel | Een innoverend e-healthplatform (log in SURFconext - Select an account to login to Gezondeboel)
Leiden University Workshop Scientific Conduct for PhD's
This workshop is part of the Leiden University mandatory wide program to make PhD candidates familiar with the different concepts related to scientific conduct and integrity. The workshop is taught by the LUMC Graduate School. Click here to register for one of the start dates:
- 6 March
- 13 March (NL)
- 14 April (NL)
Leiden Bio Science Park
LBSP organizes many relevant events for PhD's and PostDocs, so always keep an eye out on their agenda.
HRM Learning & Development courses
Click on one of the links below for more information about the course.
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Contact
The Graduate School Office
If you have any additional questions regarding the administrative aspects of your PhD studies in the LUMC, you can contact the Graduate School Office at GraduateSchool@lumc.nl, or find them on LinkedIn or their website.
LAP
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have a question to ask, an idea to discuss, or just want to say hi. You can always send us an email at LAP@lumc.nl.
You can also follow us on social media. Use the buttons below to check out our LinkedIn, Instagram, and our website.
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LAP Board
Esther Fousert
Madda Debiasi
Ivana Kancheva
Amar Levens
Alice Lupascu
Giovanni Loe-Sack-Sioe
Yasmin van der Velden
Noor Kuhlemaijer
Kiki Kuijpers
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