The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is still not taking sufficient measures to prevent fraud within the hospital and seems to underestimate the consequences it could have. In the worst case, the LUMC could lose its academic status over this, Omroep West and Follow the Money reported based on the conclusions of an investigative committee.
The vice-chairman of the LUMC Board of Directors, Pancras Hogendoorn, is temporarily resigning from his position after reports from Omroep West and Follow the Money. A spokesperson for Leiden University Medical Center confirmed this. The reports revealed, among other things, that he was aware of fraud involving European research funds, but did nothing about it. The LUMC will conduct further investigation.
Four of the eight medical study programs in the Netherlands are considering no longer awarding “cum laude” to graduates or have already stopped doing so, Trouw reports after surveying the university medical centers (UMCs). They hope by removing the “with honors” option in graduating, they can reduce performance pressure among medical students.
A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation of up to 300 million euro now enables the establishment of a major international research center focused on stem cell medicine. The center will be a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, Denmark,