DESIRA
Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas (H2020-RUR-2018-818194)
DESIRA will develop the concept of Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems to advance understanding of the impact of digitisation in rural areas, linking analysis directly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Operationalising the Responsible Research and Innovation approach, DESIRA will enrol agriculture, forestry and rural stakeholders in co-developing scenarios and policies in Living Labs established in 20 European Regions, and a Rural Digitization Forum gathering 250 stakeholders from all Europe. A Virtual Research Environment tailored to the purposes of the project will connect all participants and allow to increase substantially the interaction within the network.
DESIRA will provide a Taxonomy and Inventory of Digital Game changers which will be implemented into an online Visualization Tool, a Set of Socio-Economic Impact Indicators aligned to the Sustainability Development Goals implemented into an online Socio-Economic Impact Tool, a Pan-European Assessment of digitization in European rural regions, a Needs, Expectations and Impact appraisal report, a Comparative Scenario Report based on scenario development activities of Living Labs and the Rural Digitization Forum, a Policy analysis and Roadmap, an Ethical Code to be adopted by researchers and innovators and recommended by policy bodies, five Use Cases that will report a further analysis – co-created by Living Labs with the support of ICT specialists – of the most promising solutions identified by Living Labs, Showcase Technologies – including a Virtual Farm Platform – that will créate a selection of proof of concepts suggested by Use Cases. A detailed, multi-media dissemination, engagement and communication strategy will accompany the project from the beginning, looking at research as a multifunctional (research, engagement and communication) process and at the same time involving communication specialists in the development of adequate messages and in the choice of the most effective media.
Objetivos generales
- To fill the socio-economic knowledge gaps on digitisation in agriculture, rural areas and forestry through the development, dissemination and communication of a transdisciplinary Conceptual and Analytical Framework and a Taxonomy and Inventory of Digital Game Changers.
- To assess the past and current socio-economic impact of digitisation in relation to Sustainable Development Goals by carrying out, disseminating and communicating a participatory Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of digitisation based on an innovative assessment methodology.
- To improve the capacity of rural communities to reflect on future risks and opportunities related to digitisation by co-creating, disseminating and communicating a set of rural digitisation scenarios, and by developing Use Cases and two Showcase technologies including a Virtual Farm Platform, adopting RRI-based value sensitive solutions.
- To improve the capacity of rural communities to reap the opportunities offered by digitisation and to improve resilience to related hazards by identifying and assessing existing policy instruments, by developing a Policy Roadmap, and by promoting the embodiment of an Ethical Code into private and public innovation strategies.
- To promote online interaction and learning – complementary to face-to-face interaction – among a wide range of stakeholders through a Virtual Research Environment, which will provide online tools for knowledge exchange and easy and open access to research findings.
- To increase the uptake of societal concerns in ICT-related policy and innovation, and to align digitisation scenarios with societal needs and expectations through an effective Exploitation, dissemination, communication and outreach strategy
Papel de la Universidad de Córdoba
The University of Córdoba coordinates WP4 Policy Analysis and Ethical Code and will provide one of the key deliverables, the Policy Roadmap.
It also participates in the following WPs:
- WP1. Conceptualising and Mapping Digital Game Changers.
- WP2. Assessing Past and Present Impact.
- WP3. Developing Scenarios, Use Cases and Showcase Technologies.
- WP4. Policy Roadmap and Ethical Code (Lead beneficiary).
- WP6. Exploitation, Dissemination, Communication and Outreach.
- WP7. Project Coordination.
Investigador principal: María del Mar Delgado Serrano
E-mail: mmdelgado@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: http://desira2020.eu/BIOFRESHCLOUD
Enhancing Mediterranean Fresh Produce Shelf-life using Sustainable Preservative Technologies and communicating knowledge on dynamic shelf-life using Food Cloud Services and Predictive Modelling (PRIMA-S2-2019-PCI2020-112015)
The proposal aims to develop an integrated, innovative, and eco-friendly approach to assess optimal shelf-life and minimize food losses of strawberries and tomatoes produced in the Mediterranean region, by combining food bio-preservation technologies, food modelling, and Food Cloud tools. The technological solutions will be imbued by a sustainable and circular view, making use and valorising Mediterranean agri-food resources to develop natural preservative, that will be applied so as to extend food shelf-life and provide safer and fresher products to consumers. The limitation in resources of Mediterranean food enterprises, typically small or medium size, will be overcome through the application of Information Technologies (IT) and Predictive modelling based on Food Cloud Computing enabling food traceability and control at distance in automatic manner.
The scientific results will be shared to a large group of producers and retailers via participant networks. The project is active in qualitative research and also aims at bringing an assessment of the quantitative performance as a basis for the future commercial exploitation of the innovation results. In the last quarter, the technologies will be performed under simulated and real food environments including all project partners and third parties interested in the project.
Objetivos generales
- Objective 1. To obtain and assess lignocellulose nanofibres (LCNF) and microorganisms from agrifood residues, as a sustainable and circular approach, for application in active packaging and preservation of vegetable products.
- Objective 2. To extend shelf-life of fresh tomatoes and strawberries by applying bio-protective cultures and bio-active compounds, in combination with LCNF nanocomposite, using suitable methods such as edible coating and nanocomposites (e.g. package pads and films).
- Objective 3. Generate and validate mathematical models to predict microbial dynamics and sensory dynamics in the targeted produces under real storage conditions considering the effect of the natural preservative techniques obtained from Objective 2.
- Objective 4. To develop a Cloud Computing based system for food transparency and dynamic shelf life prediction.
- Objective 5. To optimize logistics and retail to reduce food waste using smart contracts.
- Objective 6. To test the full solution simulating real world conditions based on associated food stakeholders from farm to fork, including testing of consumer acceptance.
Papel de la Universidad de Córdoba
- WP1. Toward a sustainable and eco-friendly approach for generating biopolymers, from agri-food residues, for application in food preservative and packaging systems.
- WP2. Looking for natural and bio-protective cultures to fight against microbial pest at postharvest.
- WP3. Development of an expert system based on the application of Predictive Models to manage shelf-life in vegetable products.
- WP4. Food cloud system to combine product, logistic and quality data along the supply chain and to provide enriched information regarding shelf-life and supply chain optimization
- WP5.Application of the developed technologies under different scenarios simulating food distribution conditions
- WP7. Management.
Investigador principal: Fernando Pérez Rodríguez (Coordinator)
E-mail: b42perof@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: https://biofreshcloud.eu/
«»BIOFRESHCLOUD» project, PCI2020-112015, is funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR”.
MEDIFIT
An interlinked digital platform for Food Integrity and Traceability of relevant MEDIterranean supply chains (PRIMA-S1-2019-MEDIFIT)
Food fraud, including the more defined subcategory of economically motivated adulteration, is a public-health food risk that is growing in awareness, concern, and danger1. Each food fraud incident has the potential to threaten consumers’ well-being but also undermine confidence in the EU food market. The impact may be higher for the Mediterranean traditional food products considering that they are generally recognized for their high nutritional and sensory value. Due to increasing number of food fraud incidents, there is an inherent need for the development and implementation of analytical platforms enabling detection and quantitation of adulterations. A comprehensive shared, trusted repository of analytical information about the Mediterranean foods is still lacking. The creation of a platform providing access to reference data would foster the necessary harmonization of the analytical methods and would create the foundation for trans-national authenticity and traceability systems.
The overarching objective of MEDIFIT is to enable traceability, authenticity control of traditional Mediterranean foods integrating innovative analytical methods and digital technologies. To accomplish that, the consortium will link Decision Support Systems (DSSs) to a cloud-based Distributed Data and Service Integration BackBone (DDSIBB) providing access to decentralized food integrity information repositories. MEDIFIT will implement this IT-standards-driven solution for food integrity scenarios in two Mediterranean food chains: honey and cheese products by adopting a multi-actor approach from farm to fork. A key aspect of MEDIFIT will be to disseminate this platform to end-users, and organizing training courses for companies and stakeholders.
Objetivos generales
- Establish industry standard based IT service which provides interfaces and services (Application Programming Interface, API) to collect and share information on events related to traceability, analytical measurements, data processing pipelines (workflows), decision support (predictive) models.
- Harmonize and standardize aspects of innovative non-targeted screening methods and sample preparation procedures for the identification of adulterations in honey and cheese.
- Decision Support Systems (DSSs) integrating data from the cloud-based Distributed Data and Service Integration BackBone (DDSIBB).
- Demonstration and piloting the digital driven solution for traceability and food integrity.
- Establishment of appropriate communication channels, tools and plans.
- Establishment and maintenance of regular dialogue with the industry, policy makers, standardization stakeholders and train users.
- Manage the MEDIFIT partnership.
Papel de la Universidad de Córdoba
WP 2: Harmonization and standardization aspects of innovative authentication methods for food integrity monitoring in cheese and honey products WP3. Integration of a harmonized Food Integrity Database into Decision Support Systems by adopting a multi actor approach from farm to fork.
- Task 3.3: Integrating Computing Tools for enhancing biological food risk assessment systems: microhibro.com
WP4. Piloting of the digital driven solutions for traceability and food integrity in two Mediterranean food chain scenarios for honey and cheese products.
- Task 4.1 Scenarios design for piloting and assessing the implementation of the digital driven solution for traceability and food integrity in two Mediterranean food chains.
- Task 4.2 Simulation of the scenarios.
Investigador principal: Fernando Pérez Rodríguez
E-mail: b42perof@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: https://medifitprima.wordpress.com/
CILIFO
Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra Incendios Forestales (INTERREG-POCTEP-0753_CILIFO_5_E)
For some years now, fire risk and emergency management have been very serious threats to the territory of Andalusia/Portugal, especially in the border area. In fact, the progressive abandonment of cultivation and grazing has allowed the development of combustible and permanent biomass which can generate large forest fires which have the particularity of being rapid, powerful and difficult to stop. In addition to the high risk of fire associated with the physical characteristics of the territory, the difficulties due to the border situation between two states have so far prevented this risk from being reduced. There are serious obstacles to obtaining data, exchanging information, inadequate anticipation and management plans; and a difficulty in coordinating between emergency services, elements which limit the effectiveness of the intervention and place it in a situation of great legal uncertainty.
Through this project, it is proposed to create CILIFO (Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires) in the province of Huelva, preferably located in an already built site, and which can maintain its functionality once the project has been completed, as well as to establish subheadings and strategic antennas which are estimated, with CILIFO being the administrative headquarters and promoting training and research in the different laboratories and centres of the participating partners. The Andalusian provinces in which this project has being develop are Huelva, Sevilla, Córdoba and Cádiz.
The aim is for CILIFO to become a reference point for forest fires throughout the Iberian Peninsula and Europe, and more specifically for:
– Forest fire fighting operations in Spain and Portugal.
– Research, information and dissemination entities on forest fires.
– The population in general and schoolchildren in particular.
In this sense, CILIFO will be established as a technical-scientific Research and Dissemination Centre, a Technology Centre specialised in forest fires and forest management that coordinates research and disseminates it. CILIFO is an opportunity to lay the foundations so that, after three years of economic viability, the centre can be sustainable or almost self-financing. A CILIFO with a vocation for international leadership will be committed to different lines of research, aspiring to European funds, and to the incorporation of companies and administrations, leading, or at least participating, in the research being developed in this sector in Europe through the different public calls, or through private sponsorship, with the vision of management-research so necessary to ensure the transfer of R&D&i results.
Objetivos generales
- To strengthen and unite cooperation, working procedures and training between the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction mechanisms in the cooperation area of the Euroregion Alentejo-Algarve-Andalusia.
- To promote the creation of lasting and quality employment in the area; to reduce the economic cost of fires by creating a rural economy linked to the landscape.
- To improve the response capacity to forest fires of the administrations and authorities involved in fighting them in the three participating regions.
Papel de la Universidad de Córdoba
The University of Córdoba will participate in the following project activities:- A0 – Project preparation
- A2 – Training, accreditation and joint protocols
- A4 – Development and Innovation Programme
- A5 – Management and Coordination
- A6 – Communication
Investigador principal: Francisco Rodríguez y Silva
E-mail: ir1rosif@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: http://cilifo.eu/FORCE
Molecular basis underlying the QTL responsible for the genetic control of flowering time in chickpea: an integrative approach (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-844431)
Our ability to feed the world with innovative products depends on new breeding methods and technologies that will require well-trained plant breeders who understand fieldwork, skilled scientist who understand the genetic basis of the traits to improve and data scientist to help geneticist and breeders to make more informed material selections. Flowering time is the major domestication trait defining the adaptation of chickpea to different agroclimatic conditions, and therefore is a major determinant of its productivity. Understanding how individual genetic variants combine to provide adaptation in specific situations is fundamental to accelerating introgression of new traits into adapted backgrounds. Today a number of genomic resources developed in the past for model plant systems are available for agronomically important crops. In FLOWERING CHICKPEA we will dissect the molecular basis controlling flowering time.
Adopting an integrative approach will open new prospects for the biological understanding of flowering time adaptation. A major objective proposed in FORCE (FlOweRing ChickpEa) is to (i) identify the molecular basis underlying the QTL responsible for the genetic control of flowering time in chickpea. By the end of the project, if we understand and learn the allelic variation of the gene network controlling flowering time, we will be able to (ii) obtain molecular tags for early/late flowering that will ultimately be used by the breeding programs to develop adapted cultivars to their specific environments.
This will allow us the construction of high- density integrated physical and genetic linkage maps, and eventually the assessment of colocalization between flowering time loci/QTL and flowering time genes. Results will be an important resource for geneticists currently investigating legume phenology around the globe. Moreover, the project could have useful applications in agriculture.
Objetivos generales
The specific objectives of the project involve:
- Characterizing a comprehensive inventory of genes controlling flowering time.
- Constructing the highest-density genetic map available using large-scale mapping populations through a novel genotyping by sequencing strategy.
- Addressing differential expression profiles for the candidate genes
Supervisor: Juan Gil Ligero e-mail: juan.gil@uco.es
Investigador Principal: José Die e-mail: jodiera@upv.es
Página web del proyecto (enlace CORDIS): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/844431/es
SUPRAS-RAM
Hyphenating SUPRAS and LC-MS-MS for high throughput universal testing of banned substances in urine (2019R1000388G)
Prohibited substances in sports encompass a large number of chemicals covering a wide range of structures and polarities, which makes it difficult their efficient simultaneous extraction from biological fluids. On the other hand, LC-MS/MS, suitable for detecting and quantifying a large number of compounds, is prone to matrix effects that cause analyte ionization suppression or enhancement, which often compromises sensitivity and selectivity and consequently the accuracy of its application. As a result, sample extraction and clean-up for anti-doping testing usually involves extensive and time-consuming matrix-dependent protocols that are only applicable to a reduced number of structurally related chemicals.
This project aims to develop a high throughput matrix- and compound-independent platform for the reliable detection and quantification of the most commonly abused substances detected in urine in anti-doping testing. The approach will be based on the combination of the capability of supramolecular solvents (SUPRASs) to efficiently extract compounds in a wide polarity range and integrate sample extraction and cleanup with the power of LC-(quadrupole-linear ion trap (Q-LIT)MS/MS for compound identification and quantitation.
GENERAL OBJETIVES
The final goal is to provide WADA-accredited labs with an universal, fast and reliable approach for the high-throughput assessment of prohibited substances in urine.
ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA
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UCO CONTACT INFORMATION
Principal investigator: Soledad Rubio Bravo
E-mail: qa1rubrs@uco.es
LAGMED
Improvement of preventive actions to emerging LAGoviruses in the MEDiterranean basin: development and optimisation of methodologies for pathogen detection and control (PRIMA-S2-2018-PCI2019-103698).
The traditional epidemiologic triad model holds that clinical infectious diseases result from the interaction of the pathogen, the host and the environment. The initial impact in the 1980s of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) on wild and domestic rabbits slowly abated over time in rabbitries as a consequence of the use of efficient vaccination campaigns and other control measures. However, in 2010, a new genotype named RHDV2 or RHDVb, and more recently GI.2, emerged in France with an unknown origin, but linked to the European (Mediterranean) area. This new genotype that possibly represents a new serotype, was detected both in wild and farm animals, including rabbits vaccinated against RHDV GI.1 (former G1-G6) or naturally immunised, and showed the relevant impact of this disease, particularly on the fragile equilibrium of the Mediterranean ecosystem. Indeed, RHD is still one of the most (if not the most) devastating diseases of rabbits, with high mortality rates occurring within a few days and with an outstanding ability of transmission at long distance.
The main objective of this project is to increase interdisciplinary scientific and technical knowledge on the epidemiological characteristics of RHD and its aetiological agent, the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV). This will contribute to develop effective preventive actions, capable to reduce the socio-economic impact of future outbreaks or of the emergence of new genotypes of unknown origin. This is especially relevant for African countries of the Mediterranean basin where rabbits have been promoted for poverty reduction programmes due to the “low investment and early benefits, and subsistence on renewable resources for feeding, housing and general management”.
General objectives
The following objectives were set:
- O1. Epidemiology and surveillance.
- O2. Optimisation and validation of technical tools for better prevention and control of RHDV.
- O3. Analyses of RHDV-host interactions; induction and regulation of immune responses.
- O4. Biosecurity measures, control and prevention strategy.
- O5. Mediterranean networking activities and technology transfer.
Role of the University of Cordoba
- WP1. T1.1: collection of rabbit/hare samples, mainly liver, spleen and duodenum samples, and when possible, blood, from leporids killed through regular hunting season from several different geographical areas from Spain. Additionally, samples will also be collected from deceased leporids found by the network of collaborators (e.g. WWF, hunting federations, farmers, etc.).
- WP1. T1.2: analysis of the epidemiological status and its potential correlation with different biotic and abiotic variables obtained from samples collected and variables measured during the implementation of Task 1.1.
- WP2. T2.1: will test diagnostic tools developed in this task in samples collected during rabbit control operations carried out in game emergency zones, to assess its rapid and sensitive diagnosis.
- WP4. T4.1: participation on the review of the intervention plans and on the writing of a Manual and implementation of specific intervention plans to prevent and/or control occurring outbreaks, particularly in cases affecting African countries.
- WP4. T4.2: will evaluate the efficiency of defensive and offensive measures; will contribute for the search of passive vectors of the disease.
- WP5. T5.1: participation to the consortium annual meetings and co-organisation of one of them; presentation of the results in at least one international and one national congress; supervision of a PhD dissertation based on the analysis of data collected along the project.
- WP5. T5.2: co-organisation of workshop 2 “Biosecurity measures against RHDV”, in order to communicate scientific knowledge gathered during the project to transfer best practices to reduce the impact of RHD in wild rabbit populations and rabbitries.
- WP6. T6.1: will participate in the development of the Data Management Plan.
- WP6. T6.2: will contribute to the elaboration of the “Consortium Agreement”.
- WP6. T6.3: will contribute with data and protocols produced within LAGMED for the internal database.
Investigador principal: Carlos Rouco Zufiaurre
E-mail: crouco@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: https://lagmed.eu/
TAO
From Data to Decision: Collecting, Mobilizing, and Harmonizing Tropical Andes Observatory Data for Improved Conservation Planning (ERA-Net LAC17-PCI2019-103734).
Effective and timely conservation and sustainable development policy relies on high quality biodiversity information. Yet the capacity to generate, integrate and deliver this information in user-friendly formats is a particular challenge in biodiversity hotspots such as the Tropical Andes. Existing efforts suffer from taxonomic, spatial and temporal biases and inadequate integration, and often remain within the academic context thereby limiting their access and utility to policymakers. Recent advances in biodiversity informatics, communication tools and observation network design, combined with petabytes of satellite information, offer a unique opportunity to improve efficiency and impact of biodiversity observatories in the region. The challenge is to harness these advances through the establishment of a network of harmonized, efficient national observatories that can not only improve change detection capacity, but also inform effective conservation and policy.
General objectives
We propose to address this challenge through the applied integration of:
- Biodiversity Observation Network design approaches developed by GEO BON.
- State of the art data collection & management systems promoted by GBIF and iNaturalist.
- NatureServe data analytics and visualization capacity for powerful, and userfriendly Biodiversity indicators.
Role of the University of Cordoba
Work Package 5: Capacity building and knowledge Exchange.
T 5.1: Biodiversity Monitoring for decision makers Training Course.
T 5.2: Biodiversity Monitoring using insitu and remote sensing observations, Training Course.
T 5.3: Data mining and data integration Training Course.
Investigador principal: Francisco Javier Bonet García
E-mail: bv2bogaf@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: https://geobon.org/about/projects/tao-tropical-andes-observatory/
ArtiSaneFood
Innovative Bio-interventions and Risk Modelling Approaches for Ensuring Microbial Safety and Quality of Mediterranean Artisanal Fermented Foods (PRIMA-S2-2018-PCI2019-103453)
The overall objective of this project is to develop efficient intervention strategies, enhanced process control criteria, monitoring sampling schemes, and an easy-to-use food safety decision-support IT tool for artisanal food producers, aiming to the reduction and control of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Staphylococcus aureus in selected traditional food products produced in Mediterranean regions of Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
The artisanal foods are 15 fermented foods of meat or dairy origin with unique technological and sensory characteristics, chosen for research because they may be potential vehicles for the transmission of foodborne diseases due to inadequate or antiquated manufacturing practices or final products’ microbial instability. These artisanal foods may pose health risks to consumers as they are often produced with variable, mostly non-standardised productive processes, undergo short fermentation and, in some cases, are directly consumed without any cooking.
General objectives
The successful development of the proposed project will be achieved through multinational and inter-disciplinary research activities divided into the following six specific objectives:
- Determination of the origin and routes of contamination with foodborne pathogens in the artisanal food chains to identify the manufacturing faults/risk factors favouring the growth of pathogens; which will be carried out through the conduction of manufacture surveys, and physicochemical and microbiological surveys of raw materials, mid-products and end-products sampled during actual artisanal elaboration.
- Assessment and development of biopreservation strategies based on functional starter cultures and natural plant-based antimicrobial extracts to control pathogens and extend shelf-life of each of the artisanal foods.
- Conduction of a series of fate studies of pathogens inoculated in prototype artisanal foods in order to understand the pathogens’ viability during fermentation, ripening and storage under traditional manufacture process and enhanced manufacture variants (i.e., use of biopreservatives and alternative process variables).
- Development of dynamic predictive microbiology models that mathematically describe the growth, survival and inactivation of pathogens as affected by the intrinsic properties of the product (i.e., water activity, pH, and lactic acid concentration) and the enhanced manufacture variants.
- Delineation of intervention strategies, optimisation of process variables, norms/standards and design of monitoring sampling schemes for the control of pathogens during the artisanal food processing, all of which will be derived from process risk models built upon the actual artisanal production processes, alternative production processes and the predictive models of pathogens.
- Construction of a prototype safety decision-support IT framework for the artisanal producers, intended to serve as a quality and safety self-evaluation tool for assessing the lethality of their (traditional and biopreservation-based) manufacturing processes towards pathogens, predicting contamination levels in final products, designing quality monitoring tools, such as sampling schemes and control charts, upon current and target safety levels, suggesting possible corrective actions, with the notebook capability of assessing quality improvements in time and accessing traceability information.
Role of the University of Cordoba
Leadership WP5. Fate studies of pathogens in artisanal foods.
Investigador principal: Antonio Valero Díaz
E-mail: bt2vadia@uco.es
Página web del proyecto: http://www.ipb.pt/artisanefood/
dreaMS
Digital tool for remote monitoring and management of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (H2020-DIATOMIC-Call-2-dreaMS)
Multiple sclerosis affects over 1MN people in EU and 2.5MN worldwide. It is a chronic, progressive illness which results in significant physical and cognitive disabilities. Neurologists use clinical, biological and imaging biomarkers to establish a diagnosis and well-established treatments to temper symptoms or reduce disease progression. However, chronic shortage of neurologists means patient do not see their treatment team often enough to assess disease progression. In the absence of a cure for the illness, doctor rely on existing biomarkers and clinical assessments to make clinical and treatment decision. This approach, while standard of care, is viewed as imprecise and calls for improve patient information in between appointments.
Objetivos generales
- Validating the relapse protocol provided via mobile app and the capacity to capture relevant data about the patient symptoms and daily routine activities in order to measure progression of the disease (50-100 patients). Outcome: Demonstrate that dreaMS app based assessment are as-good-as in-person clinical assessment.
- Cloud-based clinical dashboard to summarise patient information and appbased assessment results to support neurologist’s clinical decision. Outcome: Requirements of software based medical device class I.
- Integrate telehealth capabilities into the clinical dashboard to enable remote patient monitoring and cut the cost of hospital’ patient visit. Outcome: Neurologists confirm that telehealth capabilities are helping them treat patients remotely and optimise patient visits to the clinic.
Papel de la Universidad de Córdoba
The University of Córdoba is in charge of the following Work Programmes:
- WP 1. Project management: Consortium Agreement completed, formal sign-off pending internal review.
- WP 2 + 3. Consumer application: Sensor data capture and data transfer testing with support Prof. S. Ventura and team.
- WP 4. Production of full treatment platform: Development and integration of the algorithm, neurologists dashboard and data visualization and production of full platform ready for clinical trial.
- WP 6. Validation: Fine tuning of algorithm and integration into treatment platform.
- WP7. Dissemination and communication.
Investigador principal: Sebastián Ventura Soto
E-mail: sventura@uco.es