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[March 13, 2026

### Making homes more sustainable leads to better health for children

Research by TU/e and VU shows that better insulation and ventilation lead to important health benefits for children.](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/13-03-2026-making-homes-more-sustainable-leads-to-better-health-for-children) - [March 4, 2026

PhD researcher Lorenzo James shows how AI supported tools help caregivers develop personalized, gamified content for severely mentally ill patients

### Giving Healthcare Professionals Creative Control in Digital Health

AI supported tools help healthcare professionals create personalized, gamified content that supports patient engagement and improves digital…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/04-03-2026-giving-healthcare-professionals-creative-control-in-digital-health) - [February 27, 2026

How Patient Knowledge Becomes Easier to Find in Digital Health Communities

### When Online Experiences Shape Care

PhD researcher Jhon Cerón Guzmán examined how patients can better find relevant experiential knowledge in online health communities,…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/27-02-2026-when-online-experiences-shape-care) - [February 26, 2026

### NWO Vici grants awarded to Danqing Liu and Richard Lopata

Danqing Liu plans to develop new liquid crystal polymer materials for touch display technologies to enhance user interactivity, while…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/26-02-2026-nwo-vici-grants-awarded-to-danqing-liu-and-richard-lopata) - [January 26, 2026

Training together, growing together – technology for healthcare

### Twenty years of SMPE/e](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/26-01-2026-twenty-years-of-smpee) - [January 14, 2026

### A look at the neck that could change patient monitoring

Esmée de Boer defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Electrical Engineering on January 13th.](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/14-01-2026-a-look-at-the-neck-that-could-change-patient-monitoring) - [December 16, 2025

### Catharina Hospital and TU/e receive over €1.3 million for pancreatic cancer research

AI research in 25 Dutch hospitals aims to achieve a breakthrough in the early detection of pancreatic cancer](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/16-12-2025-catharina-hospital-and-tue-receive-over-eur13-million-for-pancreatic-cancer-research) - [December 11, 2025

### Helping doctors diagnose rare sleep disorders faster and more reliably

PhD researcher Jaap van der Aar combines specialized AI models with data from sensors such as smartwatches, creating more accessible and…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/11-12-2025-helping-doctors-diagnose-rare-sleep-disorders-faster-and-more-reliably) - [December 10, 2025

### The future of healthcare: how young researchers view AI and Big Data

Maud Kortman: “We can develop AI, but without doctors who understand it and want to work with it, it will remain on the shelf.”](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/10-12-2025-the-future-of-healthcare-how-young-researchers-view-ai-and-big-data) - [November 21, 2025

### Faster heart attack assessment in the ambulance

Heart attacks are a major cause of emergency calls in the Netherlands. In his PhD research at the Catharina Hospital, Jesse Demandt studied…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/21-11-2025-faster-heart-attack-assessment-in-the-ambulance) - [October 21, 2025

New student labs in Vector bridge the gap between theory and practice

### 'These labs really take education to the next level'](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/21-10-2025-these-labs-really-take-education-to-the-next-level) - [September 26, 2025

Plus a fourth project with TU/e as co-applicant

### Three TU/e projects receive funding from NWO’s Open Technology Programme

From sustainable heat storage to nanobubbles that improve detection of cancer cells, several TU/e projects have secured funding to turn bold…](https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/26-09-2025-three-tue-projects-receive-funding-from-nwos-open-technology-programme)