About Limburg Clinical Research Center

How can we develop high-quality clinical research in the Limburg region? Medical-scientific research which starts from the needs of the patient and from which the patient also benefits immediately? These questions marked the beginning of the Limburg Clinical Research Program (LCRP) in 2010.

Since then, Jessa Hospital, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL) and Hasselt  University joined forces, forming a unique partnership. Together we build high-quality and innovative care. We focus on research in six medical clusters and invest in service and technology platforms which strengthen and support that research across the board. This approach has proven highly successful.

By allowing academic researchers in a hospital environment to collaborate with passionate doctors-professors, we accelerated medical-scientific research in our region. We have already realized more than 60 PhDs (started), 600 international scientific publications and numerous collaborations with national and international partners. One of the lines of research grew into the successful spin-off Qompium / Fibricheck. LCRP also created a vibrant and dynamic environment in which passionate physician-specialists, paramedics and (junior) researchers come together to collaborate on better patient care. We thereby also made a direct contribution to academic education in medicine, rehabilitation sciences and biomedical sciences.
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The founding of LCRP was made possible by the financial support of, among others, Limburg Sterk Merk (LSM) and the Strategisch Actieplan Limburg Kwadraat (SALK), but our researchers also obtained project resources from the regular funding channels such as FWO, IWT (VLAIO) and the EU. When the allocated incentive funds came to an end in 2019, the three partners - ZOL, Jessa and Hasselt University - wanted to continue to commit themselves under the flag of the Limburg Clinical Research Center (LCRC).

LCRC has the ambition to grow into an internationally oriented academic-medical knowledge center in Limburg which will provide an important stimulus for academic education, top-level medical care and healthcare innovation in Limburg and Flanders.

Knowledge is the only thing that grows when you share it. Combined forces can do more. At LCRC, we strongly believe in this. Are you a company that invests in new medical developments? Or an organization that would like to work with us on better healthcare? ​Discover the opportunities of starting a collaboration with us. Why can a collaboration with LCRC be of interest for you?

Here are 5 good reasons!

Help us develop new treatment methods, more efficient diagnostic techniques and an enhanced patient care. With a gift or a donation to LCRC you give medical-scientific research in our region a boost.

Do you want to support LCRC in its entirety? Or do you prefer to contribute financially to a very concrete research project? Both are possible!
Your support is welcome on one of the following account numbers. Write “LCRC research” as a reference, or the name of the specific cluster, platform or research project of your choice.

• Prof. dr. Piet Stinissen, Hasselt University, chairman
• Prof. dr. Ken Haenen, Hasselt University
• dr. Jos Vandekerkhof, Jessa Hospital
• Prof. dr. Jean-Luc Rummens, Jessa Hospital
• dr. Michiel Thomeer, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)
• Prof. dr. Pieter Vandervoort, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)
• Dr. Helene Piccard, coordinator LCRC, acting