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An Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Program Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st Century (EU-ToxRisk)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The vision of EU-ToxRisk is to drive a paradigm shift in toxicology towards an animal-free, mechanism-based integrated approach to chemical safety assessment. The project will unite all relevant disciplines and stakeholders to establish: i) pragmatic, solid read-across procedures incorporating mechanistic and toxicokinetic knowledge; and ii) ab initio hazard and risk assessment strategies of chemi ...
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BIOlogical therapy CYCLEs towards tailored, needs-driven, safer and cost-effective management of Crohn’s disease (BIOCYCLE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

"The BIOCYCLE Project proposes to test and critically assess the benefits and risks of an innovative regimen for improving the treatment of Crohn’s disease (CD), a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease affecting the gastro-intestinal tract of an increasing number of patients. Currently, the combination of anti-TNFα monoclonal antibodies and immunosuppressants used without interruption is th ...
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European HIV Vaccine Alliance (EHVA): a EU platform for the discovery and evaluation of novel prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine candidates (EHVA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Many HIV vaccine concepts and several efficacy trials have been conducted in the prophylactic and therapeutic fields with limited success. There is an urgent need to develop better vaccines and tools predictive of immunogenicity and of correlates of protection at early stage of vaccine development to mitigate the risks of failure. To address these complex and challenging scientific issues, the Eur ...
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Muscle Stress Relief: An integrated research program linking together basic research on secondary myopathies in stress states to innovative translation in applied myology. (Muscle stress relief)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

A diverse variety of medical or lifestyle conditions lead to a progressive loss of muscle force by functionally impairing myofibril contractility and causing ultimately myofibril loss. Major underlying risk factors of chronic muscle force loss are ageing, inactive lifestyles, and unbalanced nutrition. Together, these factors are predicted to lead to an endemic incidence of muscle weakness both in ...
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The EU-HEALTH INNOVATION MARKETPLACE, the valorization platform for (FP7 Health and H2020 SC1) research results (UTILE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

A recent evaluation of FP7 projects executed by the EC, showed that an estimated 80% of funded Health projects lacks valorisation. The “UTILE” proposal presents the EU-Health Innovation Marketplace, an online tool to better valorise the FP7 Health and Horizon2020 SC1 project results. This marketplace will actively bring together Innovation Providers (i.e. technology push) and the Innovation Develo ...
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Trillium Bridge II - Reinforcing the Bridges and Scaling up EU/US Cooperation on Patient Summary (Trillium II)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Trillium-II steps forward with an outstanding consortium to further advance global Electronic Health Record (EHR) interoperability. Activities surrounding the International Patient Summary (IPS) standards can nurture digital health innovation, lower trade barriers, and advance patient safety & trust, bridging the gap between strategic intent and capability for action by Standards Development Organ ...
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Multidisciplinary tools for improving the efficacy of public prevention measures against smoking (SmokeFreeBrain)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Smoking is the largest avoidable cause of preventable morbidity worldwide. It causes most of the cases of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contributes to the development of other lung diseases. The control of smoking is considered as a highly important intervention for the prevention of lung diseases. Tobacco consumption is highly influenced by socioeconomic factors ...
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Modernizing Health Education in Universities

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Overall wider objective of the project is supporting public health in Uzbekistan by modernization of Curriculum of Health Sciences in universities of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and therefore following steps will be undertaken: adapting, modernizing, restructuring health sciences education, and bring innovative teaching technologies into training process as multimedia and audio-visual components; el ...
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On the job learning by using ICF-CY in Social Pediatrics

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...l on the job learning in the field of prevention of disability increases the quality of services provided (by means of a common language and common assessment criteria), the relevant exchange between medical field, education and transition into labour market for disadvantagded groups and the intervention outcome and increases therefore the chances of vulnerable groups. Long term benefit Especially ...
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Enabling Robot and assisted living environment for Independent Care and Health Monitoring of the Elderly (ENRICHME)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

... physiological and activity monitoring, as well as adaptive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), to provide services in support to mental fitness and social inclusion. The system will enable caregivers and medical staff to identify evolving trends of cognitive impairments and to detect immediate emergencies. ENRICHME will use new qualitative models for rich yet compact representations of daily life acti ...
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Advanced Immunization Technologies (ADITEC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Vaccines so far have been developed mostly by following an empiric approach. To prevent and possibly cure unresolved and emerging infectious diseases we need to fully exploit the potential of the human immune system. Progress in science and technology makes it possible to achieve what was previously deemed impossible. The scope of this project is to produce knowledge necessary to develop novel and ...
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ALCORCÓN EN EUROPA II

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The towns of Alcorcón, Móstoles and their immediate surroundings recorded a high rate of youth unemployment which, as is the case with the rest of the Spanish state, is the result of the decline in economic activity in recent years. In this context, the local young population presents a number of pressing needs related to lack of experience and job opportunities that justify the existence of the " ...
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E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR MEDICAL INFORMATICS TO IMPROVE VOCATIONAL AND ICT PRACTICE

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The healthcare industry is growing steadily and the software/devices of health informatics are an important part of everyday environment of healthcare workers. An increasing investment in the medical informatics industry to digitize health information has created a strong demand for health informatics workers. Unfortunately, the intensiveness, complexity and amount of health information have prese ...
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Lets try I(C)T

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...with high experience in EU cooperation. Expertise in ICT (AT, BE), in specific research (PT), EU dissemination (Down Sendromu Dernegi) and training (AT). Cooperation with training Institutions in DE (Medical School Hamburg). Sustainability SEN-APP-ADVISOR remains (self) sustainable if a critical mass of "users" (200 assessed/commented APPS APP and Tool Multiplier: Involvement of governmental struc ...
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Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Embedded systems are the key innovation driver to improve almost all mechatronic products with cheaper and even new functionalities. Furthermore, they strongly support today's information society as inter-system communication enabler.Consequently boundaries of application domains are alleviated and ad-hoc connections and interoperability play an increasing role. At the same time, multi-core and ma ...
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Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area (OPERRA)

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

...ical sense to administer future calls for research in radiation protection as a whole (including low-dose risk, radioecology, nuclear emergency management, and also research activities related to the medical uses of ionizing radiation) on behalf of the European Commission. OPERRA will prepare the organisation for a first competitive call by the end of 2013 for projects in low-dose risk research an ...
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National Youth Health Policies Project

Start date: Aug 10, 2016, End date: Apr 9, 2017,

It must be accepted that young people have health problems that are beyond the diseases of the general population. Youth is a driving force of a nation, that’s why it is necessary that their health problems should be solved and that’s the reason we want to make this project.Almost half of the population in Macedonia are young people under thirty years of age. With our project we want to raise awar ...
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Establishing the value and business model for sustainable eHealth services in Europe - VALUeHEALTH (VALUeHEALTH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

VALUeHEALTH will establish how eHealth interoperability can create and deliver value for all stakeholders, for a sustainable market in scaling up cross-border services. We will develop an evidence-based business plan for interoperability, beginning with CEF support and then sustainable revenue streams for developing and operating self-funding priority pan-European eHealth Services beyond 2020.Our ...
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Anti-Biopharmaceutical Immunization:Prediction and analysis of clinical relevance to minimize the risk (ABIRISK)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The ABIRISK project provides an integrated approach to the study of immunization against biopharmaceuticals, bringing together a unique panel of experts from different disciplines. ABIRISK will involve many of the European leaders in rheumatology, gastroenterology, hemophilia and multiple sclerosis, caring for ~30,000 patients treated with biopharmaceuticals, with ~10,000 additional patients recru ...
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Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (IFAAM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Up to 20 million European citizens suffer from food allergy. However management of both food allergy (by patients and health practitioners) and allergens (by industry) is thwarted by lack of evidence to either prevent food allergy developing or protect adequately those who are already allergic. iFAAM will develop evidence-based approaches and tools for MANAGEMENT of ALLERGENS in FOOD and integrate ...
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REAPYC - Baltic Sea training on alcohol policy for youth organisations

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

REAPYC - Baltic Sea training on alcohol policy for youth is happening after as successful Eastern European and Caucasus REAPYC conference in Chisinau, Moldova in 2013. The harmful use of alcohol is considered to be one of the main risk factors for poor health globally. It is estimated that 2.5 million people worldwide die of alcohol related causes, including 320.000 young people between 15 and 29 ...
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Integrating Post-Abortion Family Planning Services into China's existing abortion service in hospital settings (INPAC)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

In 2008 an estimated 13 million induced abortions were conducted in China. Induced abortions are associated with a high risk of injury or long-term physical and psychological morbidity and a heavy social and economic burden. Most abortions occur in cities and the epidemic affects young and unmarried women as well as rural-to-urban migrant women.The large number of abortions is primarily due to con ...
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Breaking the Silence 2016

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

... launched at the TOT in 2012, but has far exceeded the conceptual methods. Through the learning of sign language, workshops and international exchange, the project offers a great base for students of medical sector rated the basics of communication with deaf and hearing impaired. Education about access to health minorities Deaf and Hard of Hearing, addressing the issue of integration of disabled p ...
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HypErspectraL Imaging Cancer Detection (HELiCoiD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Starting with some specific types of cancers, this project will try to generalize the methodology to discriminate between healthy and malignant tissues in real-time during surgical procedures. Using the hyperspectral signatures of the healthy tissues and the same tissues affected by cancer, a mathematical model of how cancer affects to the hyperspectral signature will be derived. The research will ...
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International study for treatment of childhood relapsed ALL 2010 with standard therapy, systematic integration of new agents, and establishment of standardized diagnostic and research (INTREALL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Though survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has improved, relapse remains a leading cause of mortality in childhood cancer. Given the rarity of the disease, only a large international cooperative group can recruit sufficient patients for prospective studies with specific questions in biologic subgroups. Under the umbrella of the I-BFM SG all relevant mainly European study ...
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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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Triangle 2.0

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The Triangle project features four partners from three European Union Countries (Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta) and a neighboring country (Turkey). Additionally the leading partner of the project is the Alcohol Policy Youth Network and one of the member organizations from Lithuania that was very active in the pilot Triangle project in 2013-14. Triangle aims at building coalitions (Alcohol Policy You ...
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Youth Can Do It !

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

“Unemployment levels are alarmingly high, concealing many different realities and causes that often run deep”- Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, June 2013;Youth unemployment is considered by many to be one of the most pressing issues facing European governments, and is high on the agenda of EU leaders.According to recent statistics the average EU28 youth unemployment rate (age ...
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Young People, Enviroment and Health

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The project "Young People, Environment and Health" consists of four main activities - the starting Youth seminar for 20 participants, two study visits (to Belgium and Romania) for Slovenian youth organizers and the final youth exchange with 48 participants. In both international activities (seminar and youth exchange), there will be 9 youth organizations from 9 countries involved. The main idea of ...
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Electronic Health Record systems for Clinical Research (EHR4CR)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Current medical needs, the growth of targeted therapies and personalized medicines, and escalating R&D costs result in formidable cost pressures on healthcare systems and the pharmaceutical industry. Clinical research is also growing in complexity, labour intensity and cost. There is a growing realization that the development and integration of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) for medical ...
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Genomic and lifestyle predictors of foetal outcome relevant to diabetes and obesity and their relevance to prevention strategies in South Asian peoples (GIFTS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Despite a strong genetic component to diabetes and obesity, the rapidly rising prevalence of these disorders is due to adaptation to a changing environment. The epicentre of the ‘diabetes epidemic’ is in South Asia and this is reflected in the migrant populations in Europe. Current prevention strategies are focused on adult life and target over-nutrition in high-risk adults. However, for many popu ...
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Towards a Healthier Society

Start date: Aug 31, 2015, End date: Jan 30, 2016,

The first step of the project was to conduct a needs analysis. The Draft National Youth Policy Framework for Malta was analysed and particular problems with sexual behaviours, obesity and inclusion in relation to Maltese youth were identified. The project served to understand better these problems and predominant trends within the demographic. These circumstances showed that a lot of work has to ...
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Systems microscopy – a key enabling methodology for next-generation systems biology (Systems Microscopy)

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

Biological processes occur in space and time, but current experimental methods for systems biology are limited in their ability to resolve this spatiotemporal complexity of life. In addition, traditional “omics” methods often suffer from limited sensitivity and need to average over populations of cells at the expense of cell to cell variation. Next-generation systems biology therefore requires met ...
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Media, Health and Young People

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Youth organisations have an important part in youth lives and this project will help us to show importance of youth organisations in providing the knowledge and awareness about healthy life style for the young people. We want to show them that they have to be critical about the messages that they get from the media on daily basis regarding this topic. The main activity of the project will be a sem ...
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Breaking the Silence 2014

Start date: Jun 19, 2014, End date: Nov 18, 2015,

...nd learn about different ways of integration of disabled people into activities through education through sports. This knowledge also enables participants to minimize the barrier between patients and medical workers, that comes with aural or any other disability. Last year, the project aimed to collect and learn basic knowledge about the presented problem and educate trainers for peer to peer educ ...
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Formare europeana pentru o mai buna integrare a asistentilor medicali pe piata muncii

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

...ll, it does not have practical skills required by the labor market and not sufficiently prepared to integrate into diverse cultural, linguistic and social Europe. Creating strategic partnerships with medical units in Europe and expanding mobility opportunities for training can make education more attractive to the pupils, helping them, to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies that will make t ...
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Personalized Medicine 2020 and beyond – Preparing Europe for leading the global way (PerMed) (PERMED)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The Health Directorate of the European Commission's DG Research and Innovation recently stated that Personalized Medicine is one of the most innovative areas in the future of health research with a high potential for patients, citizens and the economy. However, today the full potential can not be developed due to fragmented activities, insufficient communication and lack of generic solutions in th ...
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Life is Worth Living

Start date: Jan 5, 2015, End date: May 4, 2015,

...work closely with those that will implement the policy and these must in turn, take into acount the impact of the policy will have on the end user.' Since our area of concern, as members of the Malta Medical Students Association (MMSA), is in the medical sector, we will give our contribution with the aim of increasing the healthy lifestyles of youth. The project focuses on the prospect of a health ...
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Développement d'un réseau associatif des jeunes euroméditerranéens en faveur des plus démunis

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Secours populaire français (SPF) and its euro-Mediterranean partners organized a seminar which welcomed 50 youth workers. It took place from 24th till 26th October 2014 in Nîmes. Some European participants were also welcomed within a departmental federation of Secours populaire a day before the seminar. The specific objectives of the seminar were: - Inform volunteers and youth workers on the situa ...
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WINTHERapeutics: development of a systems biology method to predict efficacy of cancer drugs to optimize individualized therapeutic decision and improve clinical outcome for cancer patients (WINTHER)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Relevance: WINTHER project focuses on the development and validation, in 24 months, of industry supported new tools and computational methods, to predict efficacy of drugs in cancer patientsCurrent medical needs: Selection of cancer targeted therapies based on molecular abnormalities (mutations /amplifications/ translocations) benefit today only to 10-40% of patients. For the remaining majority, ...
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