Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
At the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), everything revolves around healthy living. Our research and education are not solely focused on recovery, but place a strong emphasis on prevention, health preservation, and health promotion. Our aim is to use our knowledge and expertise to genuinely contribute to the well-being of individual people as well as society in total.
In, research, and healthcare, FHML is closely collaborating with the academic hospital in Maastricht, together forming the Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+). FHML is strongly connected in education, research, and care with the Maastricht academic hospital, together with which it forms the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+).
FHML, which is the largest faculty of Maastricht University, is formed by an (inter)national community of employees and students. The faculty offers a wide range of
Dutch and English-taught bachelor's and master's programs in innovative educational concepts in which the emphasis is always on building bridges to practice.
The multidisciplinary research of the FHML focuses on a number of carefully chosen topical current themes. In addition to research aimed at gaining new insights, it also concerns research whose results can be directly translated into concrete applications and innovations. The implementation of the various research programs is organized in our
six graduate schools and two institutes.Department of Respiratory Medicine The department of Respiratory Medicine is part of the NUTRIM Research institute at the Maastricht University Medical Center+. The MUMC+ is a partnership of the Maastricht University Hospital and the Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences of Maastricht University. At our department, we focus on translational research and support a culture in which clinicians and researchers work together to improve the well-being of patients with respiratory diseases. The department of Respiratory Medicine is (inter)national distinctive in the research into mechanisms and interventions on metabolic consequences of lung diseases with a specific focus on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Our department has recently joined forces with clinicians and researchers from various scientific disciplines to connect research and digital innovations within healthcare with the daily practice of citizens, patients and healthcare organisations.