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Atopic diseases in changing climate, land use and air quality
Start date:2011-10-01
End date:2014-09-30
Project Acronym:ATOPICA
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Michelle |
SPITALGASSE 23 WIEN ÖSTERREICH Region:OSTÖSTERREICH WIEN |
| Tel:+43-140160630012 | |
| Fax:+43-140160963012 | |
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| URL:http://www.meduniwien.ac.at | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
There is an urgent need to understand how global and regional climate, land use and air quality changes will impact human health. Our consortium constitutes an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to explore the combined pan-European impact of changes in climate, land use and air pollution on allergen pollen-induced diseases through a chain of quantitative physical and statistical models. We plan to develop integrated and cross-disciplinary approaches to assess the health risks resulting from severe environmental change and to design suitable adaptation policies. We will study vulnerable groups of atopic patients and search for predictive biomarkers, and establish statistical models of disease response to pollen for assessing future trends and risks. We will examine the effects of climate and air quality directly on pollen allergenicity using experimental animals. Furthermore, we will maintain a dialogue with relevant stakeholders and provide recommendations for policy makers. We chose to focus on the invasive and highly allergenic Ambrosia pollen because of the high rate at which it is spreading through Europe and the high frequency at which Europeans are becoming allergic to it with its consequent negative impact on health and the European economy. The outcome of this state-of-the-art project is; 1) improved understanding of the changes of multiple environmental factors and stressors on allergic disease, 2) scenarios of allergic disease risk currently and in the future, 3) useful information for response policies at national and European levels, 4) increased awareness of allergic disease risk in response to multiple environmental changes, 5) improved communication strategies between science and stakeholders, 6) contribution to the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report (AR5) due in 2013-14, and 7) policy-relevant guidance to combat Ambrosia invasion and air pollutant interactions with aeroallergens.
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Project Details
Start date:2011-10-01
End date:2014-09-30
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:282687
Project cost:4426870 EURO
Project Funding:3497160 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Environmental change and its effects on atopic diseases (allergies, asthma, eczema) in Europe
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
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Subject index:Environmental Protection
Other participants
| Organization name:INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DES RISQUES INERIS | |
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Name:Fabienne |
Parc Technologique Alata BP 2 VERNEUIL EN HALATTE FRANCE Region:BASSIN PARISIEN PICARDIE Oise |
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| Fax:+33-344556160 | |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | |
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Name:Fiona |
EARLHAM ROAD NORWICH UNITED KINGDOM Region:EAST ANGLIA Norfolk |
| Tel:+44-1603591484 | |
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| URL:http://www.uea.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO | |
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Name:Susanne |
PLACE DE FONTENOY 7 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
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| Fax:+39-0402240449 | |
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| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
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Name:Michele |
Rue Michel -Ange 3 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
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| Organization name:PROMOSCIENCE SRL | |
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Name:Riccardo |
LOCALITA PADRICIANO 99 TRIESTE ITALIA Region:NORD EST FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA Trieste |
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| Organization name:ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED | |
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Name:Mikhail |
West Common HARPENDEN UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BEDFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE Hertfordshire |
| Tel:+44-1582763133 | |
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| Organization name:MOVERIM CONSULTING SPRL | |
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Name:Laura |
SQUARE AMBIORIX 32 BRUXELLES BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:REG.BRUXELLES-CAP./BRUSSELS HFDST. GEW. |
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| Organization name:SREBRNJAK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | |
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Name:Mirjana |
Srebrnjak 100 ZAGREB Hrvatska Region: |
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| URL:http://www.bolnica-srebrnjak.hr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA VITA-SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE | |
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Name:Maria Rosa |
Via Olgettina 58 MILANO ITALIA Region:LOMBARDIA |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITAET ULM | |
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Name:Christiane |
HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 16 ULM DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG TÜBINGEN Ulm, Stadtkreis |
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Record control number:100880
