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LIH researcher Dr Xianqing Mao engaged in the European Health Parliament

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Europe must confront numerous healthcare problems and this requires new thinking.
January 04, 2016   In Our News  

Tropical diseases: Research and training efforts at LIH’s Methodology and Statistics team

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Dr Michel Vaillant, researcher in biostatistics at the Competence Centre for Methodology and Statistics is intensively involved in projets of the TDR.
December 22, 2015   In Our News  

Dr Catherine Larue appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer of LIH

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Dr Catherine Larue, current CEO of IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg), will take over the general management of LIH starting from January 1st, 20
December 18, 2015   In Our News  

Cardiolinc Network launches EU-funded research programme MiPROG

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Members of the Cardiolinc Network, coordinated by the Cardiovascular Research Unit of Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), received 1.8 Million Euro
December 10, 2015   In Our News  

3rd Luxembourg Osteotomy Congress for orthopaedic surgeons was again a success

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Luxembourg Institute of Health and Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg co-organised the third edition of the annual Luxembourg Osteotomy Congress
December 09, 2015   In Our News  

FNR CORE grants - valuable third-party funding for three research groups at LIH

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The National Research Fund Luxembourg (FNR) finances multi-annual thematic research programs with its central funding instrument CORE.
December 08, 2015   In Our News  

Dr Anna Chioti awarded by the International Diplomatic and Consular Society CIDIC

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Dr Anna Chioti was rewarded with the Award of Economic Diplomacy for her role as Head of the Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation Centre (CIEC)
December 07, 2015   In Our News  

Training for physiotherapists from Bordeaux at LIH’s Sports Medicine Research Laboratory

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Sports Medicine Research Laboratory of Luxembourg Institute of Health and Sports Clinic of Centre Hospitalier have received a team of physiotherapists
December 02, 2015   In Our News  

LIH provides figures on Luxembourg for the newly released European HIV/AIDS surveillance report

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Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) has an important mission in the national surveillance of infectious diseases
November 26, 2015   In Our News  

Personalised Medicine Consortium Meeting 2015 held at LIH

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The Personalised Medicine Consortium (PMC) aims to build new collaborations between clinicians and researchers from Luxembourg
November 24, 2015   In Our News  

“Allergens attacking” at LIH’s workshop at the Science Festival

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This year’s Science Festival, a large science event organised for the public every two years attracted again over 10,000 visitors.
November 18, 2015   In Our News  

Pelican grant awarded to two LIH PhD candidates

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Anne Dirkse and Carole Sousa were two among the four PhD candidates that received this year’s Pelican Grant.
November 17, 2015   In Our News  

A well-attended Medical Research Day and a Research Award for two scientists from LIH

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On 28th October 2015 was the Medical Research Day, organised by Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, jointly with LIH and the University of Luxembourg.
November 13, 2015   In Our News  

Pharmaceutical companies visited Luxembourgish biomedical research institutions

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Representatives from international pharmaceutical companies were invited to Luxembourg for a visit of the country’s biomedical research facilities.
November 10, 2015   In Our News  

New laboratories at the House of BioHealth

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On 4th May 2015, Luxembourg Institute of Health invited to the inauguration of its new premises at the House of BioHealth.
October 30, 2015   In Our News  

More than 80 % of adults likely to suffer from inadequate vitamin D status in Luxembourg.

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The Department of Population Health at LIH conducts public health, epidemiologic and clinical research with the objective to improve health.
October 30, 2015   In Our News  

A proteomics approach to assess the response to drug treatment in brain tumours

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Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive brain tumour against which existing treatments are largely inefficient.
October 30, 2015   In Our News