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Spring Event, March 2025
Many researchers recognize that communicating their work to the general public can be challenging. It requires specific skills and an understanding of the audience. Fortunately, these skills can be learned! Our recent event focused entirely on this topic: “Communicating Your Science: How to Go Viral.” We brought together speakers from diverse scientific and media backgrounds, amongst others a professor with…
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Spring Event, April 2024
In April 2024 we hosted our Spring event at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht, shedding light on sustainability in healthcare and research. Attendants got an interesting program consisting of lectures and workshops on practical implementation of sustainable practices. Speakers and workshops were provided by representatives of the ‘Groene Zorg Alliantie’, Greenlabs, GreenCare Academy, Princess Maxima Center, Green OR (Cardiothoracic Surgery) and the…
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Spring Event, April 2021
Most researchers know that talking to a general public about their project is not an easy task. It requires some skills and you need to understand your audience. Of course, these skills can be taught. Our recent event was completely themed our this topic: “communicating your science”. We invited speakers from very different walks of (scientific) life to talk about…
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Aftermovie: Fall event 2020
Our last event was a great success. We had inspiring presentations and discussions during our first fully digital event! Take a look behind the scenes in our new video. https://young.heart-institute.nl/wp-content/uploads/2711-Video-1-Young@Heart-v3.mp4
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Spring Event 2021: Communicating your Science
As scientists are always focused on their research and are usually trained to present their research in a very detailed fashion at a congress or in a paper. But what happens when your grandparents ask about your work? What do you tell them? Only a few of us can produce a clear and concise answer. Most of us need some…
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Free online PhD support by Arjenne Louter
These are trying times for PhD students. Luckily, Arjenne Louter is a PhD coach that can help you navigate more effectively.
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Crossing borders, especially now.
The ESC 2020 congress is around the corner and we are excited to attend! The organizing committees have been working incredibly hard to make this congress one to remember. And that’s not an easy task during these dynamic times. Face-to-face meetings are cancelled and are reimagined in online settings. A digital conference can be highly effective with many presentations and…
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We have a new board line-up
We say goodbye to some board members, but we also welcome others.
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Conquer the world with your PhD
The Young@Heart Fall Event 2019 was a great success! Read what one of the organizers had to say about it.
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Scientists love data…
During the event on the 29th of November 2019, we asked the audience some questions. Find out what we learned from them.