376 Appendices ABOUT THE AUTHOR Curriculum Vitae Danique Heuvelings was born on November 13th in Roosendaal, The Netherlands. After completing grammar school at the SintJozef Instituut in Essen, Belgium, in 2014, she pursued a degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp. While enjoying her time in Antwerp, she successfully applied to medical school at Maastricht University and began her medical studies at the Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences (FHML) in 2016. Throughout her studies, Danique developed a strong interest in surgical specialties. During her third year of medical school, she joined the local board of the Dutch Surgical Society for Medical Students and continued her involvement on the national board during her Master’s. She also worked as a research assistant at the Department of Surgery at Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nicole Bouvy. In her final year, she focused on surgery, completing an elective clinical rotation at the Surgery Department at Zuyderland Medical Center and a combined clinical and research rotation at MUMC+, again under Prof. Dr. Bouvy’s supervision. After graduating from medical school in the summer of 2022, Danique continued her surgical research as a PhD candidate, which culminated in this thesis. Alongside her PhD work, Danique contributed to the organization of the annual Pelerin Arts-Assistenten Symposium and the first International Fluorescence Guided Surgery Congress. Currently, Danique works as a resident not in training at the department of surgery of MUMC+.
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