An Amsterdam University Medical alliance

Today the two university medical centers in the Amsterdam region, VU University Medical Center, and the Amsterdam Medical center of the University of Amsterdam signed an alliance agreement. NRC Handelsblad -one of the Dutch national newspapers- covered this important development in today's paper and their website. The two centers will join forces to face the grand challenges for health care and biomedical research and education. Regarding scientific research, the two centers will develop joined translational research focus areas, organized in joined research institutes, based on their existing excellence in oncology, neurosciences, cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases and immunology, gastro-intestinal and metabolic disease, and public health and movement sciences. With this concentration in expertise, we will be able to further improve our international positions in these important research areas and contribute even more significantly to improving health care, prevention and rehabilitation.