Wednesday, August 10, 2022
PhD candidate Nawin Ramdat Misier (Erasmus MC) is leaving for Dallas thanks to a KNAW Ter Meulen Grant to do research on the sinus node, 'the battery of the heart' in children. With this he wants to gain expertise in pediatric cardiology electrophysiology for research at Erasmus MC. Ramdat Misier's research contributes to the scientific program Medical Delta Cardiac Arrhythmia Lab and is supervised by Medical Delta professor Prof. Dr. Natasja de Groot.
Ramdat Misier started his research into the sinus node in the Paediatric Thoracic Centre of Erasmus MC. During open-heart surgery he tries to gain more knowledge of the sinus node and how it functions.
"We have already achieved good results with the research at Erasmus MC. We know that in children with a congenital heart defect or after open-heart surgery the sinus node can become damaged over time. Because of this, they will develop heart problems, including dysrhythmia. Our research gains us better understanding of how the electrical conduction of the heart via the sinus node works, where it is located and how it functions. In this way, we can spare it and ultimately hope to prevent or better treat arrhythmias," says Ramdat Misier.
Read the full interview with him here on Amazing Erasmus.
Read more about the research in which Ramdat Misier is collaborating here.
KNAW Ter Meulen Scholarship
The KNAW Ter Meulen Scholarship encourages young PhD students and researchers in paediatrics to carry out a research project or work visit abroad. A KNAW Ter Meulen scholarship amounts to a maximum of € 25,000. The fund was established in 1983 from the estate of H.C.E. ter Meulen, who worked in paediatrics.
Nawin Ramdat Misier in the right of the picture
