LUMC delegation visits Indonesia: a short report
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At the start of the trip, part of the delegation visited Makassar, where LUMC bachelor’s students had just begun their half-minor project at Universitas Hasanuddin. A new Student Exchange Agreement was signed, and Prof. Dr. Marc Bruijnzeels and Dr. Martijn Sijbom delivered a well-attended lecture on Population Health Management. Dr. Peter de Jonge gave a lecture on “The Use of AI in Health Professions Education”. He has long been committed to Dutch–Indonesian collaboration in innovative medical education.
Meanwhile, another group traveled to Surabaya, where Prof. Dr. Jacobijn Gussekloo and Dr. Yvonne Drewes gave a lecture titled Health and Ageing, sparking interest in a future Double Degree Programme between Leiden and Indonesian universities.
A special meeting between deans
A special highlight was the visit to the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR), marking the first meeting between the first-ever female deans of both faculties. The delegation also met with Prof. Dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, outgoing Dean of Universitas Indonesia, to thank him for his years of leadership and dedication to the long-standing collaboration with LUMC.
Another important milestone was the appointment of Prof. Dr. Annemieke Geluk as Adjunct Professor at UNAIR, further deepening collaboration in leprosy research and diagnostics.
Attention to kidney disease and kidney transplantation
In Jakarta, the delegation reunited for the WINNER Week of Indonesia–Netherlands Education and Research, where they also met the latest group of LUMC students starting their half-minor projects in Indonesia.
Four main disease areas
Discussions with the Indonesian Ministry of Health centered on joint initiatives in four key disease areas - cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and uronephrology - as well as the development of medical fellowships in the Netherlands. A visit to the Biomedical and Genome Science Initiative (BGSi) also laid the groundwork for collaboration in multi-omics research.
The visit concluded with an inspiring LUMC alumni dinner in Jakarta, where many Indonesian graduates shared their experiences and ongoing connection to Leiden.
