New plans of Physiology

The annual Policy Day of the department of Physiology was organized in Huize Heyendeal. In this beautiful and inspiring ambience, we discussed various importance issues and developments of our teaching and research activities. René Bindels presented a short overview of 2011 and looked ahead. Rapid changes are expected in funding of research projects by the government. New plans are implemented promptly with respect to sector plans and corresponding road maps. Central in these new research projects will be the participation of the private sector. Our department has to act accordingly and swiftly to these new opportunities.

Michiel Gerlagh introduced a new concept of working that will be implemented in our department with the slogan "More responsibility and more freedom".  To this end, we will work with management by objective (MBO) in which we discuss and evaluate together what is accomplished rather then how we spend our time. We started to formulate our own objectives for the coming year. Subsequently, our group leaders Peter Deen, Maria Hopman and Joost Hoenderop outlined the plans and strategy for their teams. Finally, everybody discussed in small groups their plans and objectives for the coming year. This latter as a first step to accomplish their great dreams. It was a stimulating afternoon in which we all participated actively.

During our Policy Day Dr. Dick Thijssen received an award in recognition of his extraordinary number of published papers in 2011 in the international literature, including journals like Hypertension, J Applied Physiology, Clin Sci, Am J Physiol, Int J Obesity. Dick published in 2011 23 reviewed papers: 8 first author, 11 co-author and 4 last author publications. An outstanding achievement.

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