This research education program is designed for young medical students, master students and students of biomedical sciences. Second year students are invited to submit their application in a letter of interest and curriculum vitae through the IGMD. Enrolment in the program includes research activities coordinated by a mentor scientist responsible for a scientific topic with a mostly translational aspect within the various research lines of IGMD. The student’s responsibilities include a contribution in research in about 20 hours per months in addition to the regular curricular responsibilities.

Student coordinator: Saskia Koene
Student secretary: Dorus Kouwenberg

Current Excellent students IGMD
Hilde van Munster -  Mitochondrial metabolism in Diabetes.
Dorus Kouwenberg - Metabolic cutis laxa syndromes.
Anouk Kruijswijk - Exercise therapy in children with mitochondrial disorder.
Eva Tromp - Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.
Vera Tiemes - ALG6-CDG; clinical review of patients diagnosed with an “orphan” disease.
Abdessamad Chahid - Genetic nephrology.
Charlotte Schaap - Hepcidin in diagnosis, prognosis and follow up of Hereditary hemochromatosis.
Joany Heijstek - Congenital kidney disorders.
Nicole Vernhout - DIGI Mito Project
Stijn Dongelmans: Functional beta cell imaging.
Nadine Gadiot: Exome sequencing in CDG.
Rick Verstegen: Depression in mitochondrial disease.
Britt Roosenboom: Evaluation of long term care in adrenogenital syndroom (AGS)
Anne van Litsenburg: Using simulatie training for optimalisation of  perinatal care
Josianne Luijten: Improving communication between physiscians and the patients/parents (Eva Morava)
Tom Mulder: Genetic databases in solving mental retardation (Arjan de Brouwer)

Former participants excellent student project
Marcella Oonk - Abnormal adaptation to stress and depressive behavior and in mitochondrial disease.
Marion Hendriks - Measurement of ATP production in fibroblasts of patients with POLG1 mutations.
Anouk van Berkel - Mitochondrial metabolism in Diabetes.
Jefte Drijvers - Metabolic disorders with skeletal defects.
Luuk Schreuder - Mitochondrial dysfunction and exercise.
Miski Mohamed - Golgi related Congenital disorders of glycosylation
Thatjana Gardeitchik- Functional studies in ATP6V0A2-CDG
Saskia Koene - Nutrition and Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism
Miranda Theodore- Endocrine abnormalities in CDG
Sacha Kuil - Hypocholesterolemia  in CDG syndrome.
Erik Verschuren -  The electronic nose.
Christian Mooij; AGS and risico factors in adults
Farhang Dehzad - Early detection of testicular adrenal rest tumours in boys with congenital adrenal hyperplasia using new echographic imaging techniques.
Marlieke Barends-  Using 2D-strain echo to evaluate cardiac function in mitochondrial disorders.
Samira Achouitar - Clinical progression and natural disease  course in CDG syndrome.

Mentors:
Ad Hermus, Mirian Janssen, Dirk Lefeber, Prof Ron Wevers, Chris Verhaak, Maaike de Vries, Dorine Swinkels, Hedi Claahsen, Chris de Korte, Linda Koster-Kamphuis, Rene Bindels, Maria Hopman, Saskia Wortmann, Huib de Jong, Janielle van Alfen, Saskia Koene, Ria Nijhuis, Tamas Kozicz,  Peter Merkus and Anneke den Hollander. Martin Gotthardt, Marije Hogeveen.