Our ambitions is to contribute to the EU-goal ''An increase of the average healtspan by two years'' as formulated by the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging.
Research into healthy ageing is a challenge and that calls for a multidisciplinary approach. We collaborate with the University of Groningen, the Hanze University of Applied Science and various regional, national and international partners.
We do research from fundamental biological and (pre)clinical research through to applied research into social-societal effects of disease and health. In this way we can translate results rapidly into adequate and/or improved prevention and treatment methods. Which leads us to new products in the field of medication and medical technology for making diagnoses and development of new products.
Healthy ageing is central to all of our Research Institutes and in all our research programs:
