Eureka International Summer Course in Translational Medicine 2026: Full Schedule

12:30 CEST

Monday July 6, 2026 12:30 - 13:30 CEST

Professional Development 1: What Is Your "True North"?
In your career, you will learn different skills and types of knowledge. We learn less about our own drivers. Asking, “What is your true North” can keep you focused on what is most important to you in navigating your career. Create with Anita and Joris your own “Leadership and Professional Development Toolkit”.
Objectives: Objectives for professional development session 1 are based on Strategic Innovative Change Frameworks (Bruce Mau Design, Massive Change Network and Lencioni's Framework for Cohesive Team Development).

To begin, you will develop your "Personal Manifesto for Growth" to start your own travel path in translational medicine. This is your personal “compass” to "be committed to your truth" within the context of translational medicine.
Connect with yourself and your EUREKA Translational Medicine team, implementing Lencioni's model of group development.

These serve as your guide as you navigate your career in translational medicine.

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 →

Monday July 6, 2026 12:30 - 13:30 CEST
TBA

Professional Development

13:00 CEST

Professional Development 2

Wednesday July 8, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 CEST

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Professional Development 2: When is Conflict Good? How Do You “Fly Together”?
Most of the time we work on teams in a harmonious manner. But sometimes conflict happens. Here, we discuss when conflict is actually good and how to manage conflict to move to the next level of interaction, to strengthen collaboration, the relationship and innovation. Build on you own approach to resolving conflict and learn collaboration frameworks used by mediators internationally. Incorporate these to create effective translational medicine teams.

Objectives: Forum Theatre Techniques are used for participants to gain insights to empower change in your organization and communities. Mediation Frameworks for international conflict management and collaborative innovation are applied to translational medicine to achieve the following:
1. Explore different approaches for handling conflict situations
2. Reflect on your communication strengths. Consider the strengths you bring to scientific teams in resolving conflict and creating collaborative solutions for change.
3. Experience how to go through true conflict safely and collaboratively through the Mediation Circle: Inventing Options Framework

Speakers

Anita Small

Owner/Founder, Small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS

Wednesday July 8, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
TBA

Professional Development

13:15 CEST

Professional Development 3

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

TBA

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

Anita Small

Owner/Founder, Small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS

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

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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

Professional Development

12:30 CEST

13:00 CEST

13:15 CEST

14:30 CEST

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