Eureka International Summer Course in Translational Medicine 2026: Full Schedule

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13:15 CEST

Thursday July 9, 2026 13:15 - 14:15 CEST

Professional Development 3: How Do You Bounce Forward?
In your studies and work, you will encounter some thresholds, pitfalls, and other ravines that you may need to climb out of. Here, you will learn how to cope with these issues by increasing your own resilience.
Objectives: Objectives for professional development session 3 are based on Positive Psychology Resilience Frameworks. Anita and Janine share interactive “mindful”, “grit”, “optimism”, “gratitude” and "self-compassion" exercises as a guide to:
1. create your own best strategies for resilience
2. apply them in your personal and professional lives.
Note: Wear comfortable shoes - we will be in the garden. This session includes a brief "mindful walk"/soundscape.
Click here to listen to the soundscape

Speakers

Janine Geerling

Assistant Professor, UMC Utrecht

As a biomedical scientist specialized in higher education teaching, I dedicate myself to designing and providing educational activities that stimulate the development of student's research skills. More specifically, I focus on training students to design their research in an inclusive... Read More →

Anita Small

Owner/Founder, Small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS

Dr. Anita Small is a sociolinguist, educator, mediator and researcher - inspired to bridge different worlds through communication, arts, language and culture. Founder/owner of small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS, working with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, museums, theatres... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 13:15 - 14:15 CEST
TBA

Professional Development

14:30 CEST

Creativity and Science

Thursday July 9, 2026 14:30 - 17:00 CEST

TBA

Anna van Suchtelen and Marc van Mil combine their artistic and educational backgrounds to form an artist-scientist team for Eureka’s creativity program. Their workshop Creativity and Science highlights the false dilemma of considering art and science as binary opposites. The core theme of the workshop is that creativity is not a talent that one either has or does not have: it is a tool that can be activated and deactivated. Through participating in hands-on group activities, students learn when, why, and how creativity can be deployed in their professional lives.

Learning Objectives: Creativity and Science

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

recognize and develop your own creative potential
use your creativity as a tool for generating ideas and solving problems
use your creativity as a tool to facilitate communication and collaboration.

Speakers

Roos de Jonge

Assistant professor community engaged learning, UMC Utrecht

Roos de Jonge studied Medical Biology at the University of Amsterdam and obtained her PhD in the AMC at the Department of Neurosience with the topic: "Genetic profiling of the peripheral nervous system". Due to an extensive role as a caregiver for her daughter with a congenital heart... Read More →

Marc van Mil

Associate Professor Biomedical Education, UMC Utrecht

Marc van Mil is associate professor biomedical education at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. He cares about and contributes to the professional development of future clinicians, clinician scientists and biomedical scientists; both by being an excellent teacher and... Read More →

Anna van Suchtelen

visual artist & writer, independent

Anna van Suchtelen (New York 1961) studied Literature (MA) in Groningen, the Netherlands and Visual Arts at University of California San Diego, USA. She is an artist and a writer. Text and narrative play a crucial role in her visual work, which includes installations, audio works... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 14:30 - 17:00 CEST
TBA