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Comparing health services interventions for the prevention of HPV-related cancer (COHEAHR)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Important progress has been made in the field of HPV-disease prevention with the development and implementation of HPV vaccines and HPV DNA screening. In the CoheaHr project, the (cost-) effectiveness of different European preventive strategies will be compared. The goal is to build a reliable and comparable evidence base on the (cost-) effectiveness of these policies implemented under country-spe ...
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implementAtion anD OPeration of the gateway for healTh into BBMRI-ERIC (ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

"BBMRI-ERIC: the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure - European Research Infrastructure Consortium, aims to establish, operate and develop a Pan-European distributed research infrastructure in order to facilitate the access to biological resources as well as facilities and to support high quality biomolecular and biomedical research. The ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC proposal aims at ...
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IARC International Fellowships Programme (IARC Fellows II)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The mission of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is to promote international collaboration in cancer research for cancer prevention and control. One of the statutory functions of IARC is the training and education. The Agency seeks to achieve this aim through IARC’s International Fellowship Programme and its International Courses Programme which are designed to assist the dev ...
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Bridging Biobanking and Biomedical Research across Europe and Africa (B3Africa)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

B3Africa - Bridging Biobanking and Biomedical Research across Europe and Africa will dramatically improve and facilitate the development of better predictive, preventive and personalized healthcare worldwide. The rapidly evolving African biobanks are an invaluable resource: The African population has the greatest genomic diversity on the planet and represents an incredible resource of information ...
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Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area (OPERRA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

"Within the OPERRA project, it is proposed that the MELODI Association, as a well-advanced network, takes the lead in establishing the necessary structures able to manage the long-term European research programmes in radiation protection, also taking advantage of the valuable experience gathered through the DoReMi network of excellence. Whilst in fields adjacent to low-dose risk research (radioeco ...
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Enhanced exposure assessment and omic profiling for high priority environmental exposures in Europe (EXPOSOMICS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

This project aims to predict individual disease risk related to the environment, by characterizing the external and internal exposome for common exposures (air and drinking water contaminants) during critical periods of life, including in utero. A large amount of health data is now available from longitudinal cohorts in both children and adults, with detailed information on risk factors, confounde ...
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Epidemiological study to quantify risks for paediatric computerized tomography and to optimise doses (EPI-CT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Diagnostic radiation represents an indispensable, sometimes life-saving, tool in modern medicine. However, the growing use of computerized tomography (CT) is a topic of concern in radiological protection, especially for children and adolescents. Children are generally more sensitive to the carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation than adults. In addition, they have a longer life-span to express ...
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BBMRI - Large Prospective Cohorts (BBMRI-LPC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

In recent years, biomedical research has crossed international borders in large, collaborative studies showing the value of multidisciplinarity and scale advantage. This has yielded valuable insights and some led to new and better medicines and treatments for diseases. However, disease-focused studies provide less insight in the real disease onset, the relative disease burden in the population, an ...
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PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-up Studies (PanCareSurFup)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...hrough cooperation with existing registries and databases, collect data on the risks of complications of cancer treatments to create a retrospective European cohort. Using this cohort research will centre on cardiac toxicity, second cancers and late mortality, with service projects based on a study of models of follow-up and transition to adult care. PanCareSurFup will describe risks of complicati ...
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A European Platform for Translational Cancer Research (EUROCANPLATFORM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...Eurocan+Plus project analysed the barriers underlying the increasing fragmentation of cancer research and stressed the need to improve collaboration between basic/preclinical and comprehensive cancer centres (CCCs), institutions in which care and prevention is integrated with research and education. Furthermore, it proposed the creation of a platform of interlinked cancer centres with shared infra ...
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Cooperation on Chernobyl health research – CO-CHER (CO-CHER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

The IARC previously led an EU funded project “Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health (ARCH)”, the objective of which was to recommend a strategic health research agenda following the Chernobyl accident. The ARCH demonstrated that Chernobyl provides a unique opportunity to answer questions about radiation risks. The multidisciplinary group of experts strongly supported the need for well-designed a ...
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Application of new technologies and methods in nutrition research – the example of phenotypic flexibility (NutriTech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

NutriTech will build on the foundations of traditional human nutrition research using cutting-edge analytical technologies and methods to comprehensively evaluate the diet-health relationship and critically assess their usefulness for the future of nutrition research and human well-being. Technologies include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, laser scanning cytometry, NMR based ...
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Prospective cohort study of residents near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site - feasibility (SEMI-NUC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

The health effects of exposures to fallout from Soviet nuclear weapons testing among the residents living nearby the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan are not well investigated. There are reports with contradicting results coming from the studies conducted on two independent cohorts: “historical” and “new”. Both use different control groups and dosimetric methods. The two cohorts have ...
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Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa (PROLIFICA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

"Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects 350 million people worldwide and 25-30% of these individuals will die as a result of their infection mainly as a results of hepatocellular carcinoma HCC. Liver cirrhosis, high viral load and dietary exposure to aflatoxin are recognised as risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma amongst HBV carriers. However, these variables do not account for al ...
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EUROPEAN NETWORK for CANCER research in CHILDREN and ADOLESCENTS (ENCCA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"ENCCA aims to establish a durable, European Virtual Institute clinical and translational research in childhood and adolescent cancers that will define and implement an integrated research strategy and will facilitate the necessary investigator-driven clinical trials to introduce the new generation of biologically targeted drugs into standard of care for children and adolescents with cancer. This ...
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EPIC-CVD: Individualised CVD risk assessment: tailoring targeted and cost-effective approaches to Europe's diverse populations (EPIC-CVD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...ity, safety, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness. The impact on clinical decision making and clinical outcomes will be demonstrated in a new randomised trial of risk scores in relation to ""patient-centred"" outcomes that assess attitudes, behaviours, and biological risk factors.Key stakeholders (eg, healthcare professionals, regulators, industry) will be closely engaged by the project. Policy r ...
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"Extension, enhancement and strengthening of established collaborations for the purpose of a community-driven knowledge base for micronutrient genomics" (MICROGENNET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...ient Genomics Project and the Europe-led NuGO association. MICROGENNET contributes to the EC priorities because it uses mobility to transfer knowledge and will create a network through which European centres of excellence will enhanced through links with researchers from the rest of the world."
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Study on the need for food and health research infrastructures in Europe (EURO DISH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

"Europe is facing major challenges in promoting health and reducing the disease burden of age- and diet-related NCDs by means of lifestyle, food and nutrition. Research collaboration, innovation, and capacity building are essential to efficiently benefit from the – mainly public – research resources. To realise this, EU-wide Research Infrastructures (RIs) are essential. The aim of EURO-DISH is to ...
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Role of human papillomavirus infection and other co-factors in the aetiology of head and neck cancer in India and Europe (HPV-AHEAD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

...o address these and other unanswered questions on HNC etiology and epidemiology with a focus on the role of HPV. We will assemble and analyze a large collection of plasma/sera and HNC tissues from 42 centres in 16 European countries as well as HNC tissues from 7 Indian centres together with epidemiological and clinical data. HPV status in human specimens will be evaluated by different assays in ce ...
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Advanced Research on Interaction Mechanisms of electroMagnetic exposures with Organisms for Risk Assessment (ARIMMORA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Based on epidemiological evidence supporting an ssociation between residential exposure to extremelylow frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF) and childhood leukaemia, ELF MF have been classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans. The proposed project aims to scrutinize the underlying biophysical mechanisms andto clarify a possible causal relationship between ELF MF exposure and cancer, especially ch ...
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Epidemiological Studies of Exposed Southern Urals Populations (SOLO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

This project aims to improve estimates of the risks of long-term health effects associated with protracted external and internal radiation exposures, through further studies of exposed populations in the Southern Urals (Russian Federation). Specific objectives of the project are as follows: 1. To develop improved modules for estimating external doses to exposed cohorts in the Southern Urals. It is ...
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Consortium on Health and Ageing: Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

CHANCES aims at combining and integrating on-going cohort studies in order to produce evidence on ageing-related health characteristics and determinants in Europe, and their socio-economic implications. 15 cohorts participate, covering populations from 18 EU Member States, 4 associate countries, and 3 additional countries. The combination of these different studies would lead to an integrated appr ...
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IARC International Fellowships Programme (IARC FELLOWS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

"The IARC Fellowship Programme aims to promote international collaboration in those aspects of cancer research related to IARC's own programme by providing training at the Agency in Lyons, France, for postdoctoral scientists from low- to medium-resource countries who wish to pursue a career in cancer research. Fellowships are awarded in the following areas of cancer research: epidemiology, biosta ...
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Cancer Genomics of the Kidney (CAGEKID)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) has the goal of obtaining a comprehensive description of genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in 50 different tumour types and/or subtypes, with the aim of elucidating the genomic changes present in the many forms of cancers that contribute to the burden of disease throughout the world. We present a proposal for a European contribution to ...
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The evolution of cancer in ageing societies: An international perspective (CAN-EVOLUTION)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"This project is a training-through-research project that aims to describe the global evolution of cancer in the ageing societies using international comparison studies. Three theories have been proposed to explain the dynamics of ageing populations: compression of morbidity, expansion of morbidity, and dynamic equilibrium. Yet, these theories have never been applied to understand the evolution of ...
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Genomic & Epigenomic Complex Disease Epidemiology (GEoCoDE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

Genetic and epigenetic epidemiology are rapidly developing aspects of population-based health research that have clear translational potential. These endeavours both benefit considerably from extensive international collaborations. Establishing robust associations between genetic variation and common complex disease phenotypes requires very large sample sizes than can only realistically be generat ...
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"ECNIS2: towards ECNIS Centre for Research and Education on Cancer, Environment and Food" (ECNIS2)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2013,

"The proposed project ECNIS2 aims at continuing the integrative and coordinative works initiated during ECNIS network with an ultimate goal of transforming network into a virtual centre, the European Centre for Research and Education on Cancer, Environment and Food (ECRECEF).ECNIS has already laid foundations for the development of the centre by bringing together researchers from different discipl ...
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The EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability (EuroFIR-Nexus)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The objective is to further integrate/refine the EuroFIR Food Platform (EFP), to improve/support the ways research is undertaken into relationships between food, diets and health in Europe. Our focus is on extending application and exploitation of validated food data and tools for pan-European nutrition studies and networked usage, implementation of standards and best practice. This together forms ...
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Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"Price is the single most important intervention in tobacco control (TC). To protect the health of its citizens the EU now has a major role in regulating tobacco fiscal policy (FP) through a number of EU directives. The aims of these directives initially were to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The directives aided harmonization in EU Member States (MS) but now with EU enlarge ...
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Large Scale Semantic Computing\nSemantic Web technologies\ndistributed reasoning\nprobabilistic reasoning\nweb-scale inference\ninformation retrieval (LarKC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Description Not just a single reasoning engine, but a generic platform and an open architectureLarKC will develop the Large Knowledge Collider, an open-source pluggable distributed infrastructure for real-time incomplete reasoning and search, exploiting techniques and heuristics from areas as diverse as databases, machine learning, cognit ...
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Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2011,

The Preparatory Phase for a pan-European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) will focus on technical, legal, governance, and financial issues to • prepare to construct BBMRI, building on existing biobanks, resources and technologies, specifically complemented with innovative components and properly embedded into European scientific, ethical, legal and societal fra ...
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Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health (ARCH): to develop of a Strategic Plan for Research on the Health Consequences of Radiation from the Chernobyl Accident (ARCH)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

The Chernobyl accident led to the most serious exposure of a normal human population to ionising radiation, apart from the atomic bombings in Japan. Unlike the bombing, the health impact of Chernobyl has not been comprehensively studied. In some areas (eg thyroid cancer), research has been intensive and informative; in others, little work has been conducted. The validity of extrapolating radiation ...
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Prospective cohort studies of children with substantial medical diagnostic exposure (CHILD-MED-RAD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2009,

The growing use of diagnostic X-rays and of high-dose techniques (CT, interventions) in children and adolescents is a topic of concern in radiological protection. Studies of other populations indicate that children are generally more sensitive to health effects of radiation than adults. In addition, children have a longer life-span to express any radiation-related health effect and, because of the ...
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