Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BonePain (European Training Network on Bone Pain)
Período documentado: 2017-01-01 hasta 2018-12-31
The overall objectives of the BonePain training network were to train early stage researchers to become highly skilled and innovative researchers and provide them with expertise that will enable them to gain high level employment both in academia and industry. Through integrated research projects they would address key questions related to bone pain and push forward the field towards better treatment for the millions of Europeans suffering from bone pain.
The early stage researchers have participated in a range of training activities. At the network meetings they have presented their results and chaired sessions, and profited from scientific discussions with the principal investigators and other senior scientists, and they have had workshops on research specific subjects and on presentation skills. At our industrial participants they have attended workshops on biomarkers and on drug discovery and development. They have been exposed to successful scientists in academia and industry and discussed their individual career paths. They have also all trained through secondments with academic and industrial beneficiaries and partners in the BonePain network. In addition, the early stage researchers have participated in courses covering research subjects as well as transferable skills.
The early stage researchers have disseminated their research results both to the scientific community and to the general public. They have given oral presentations and poster presentations at national and international scientific meetings and have published the results of their studies. So far 14 papers have been published in scientific journals such as Arthritis and Rheumatology and PAIN, and many more manuscripts are submitted for publication. The early stage researchers have engaged in outreach activities to the general public. They have participated in science fairs, culture nights and a rock festival with interactive education on bone pain. The ESRs have also established contacts with patients with bone pain through patient organizations in Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. The ESRs have conducted video or written interviews with the patients to share their experiences of living with bone pain. The interviews will be posted on the BonePain webpage (www.bonepain.eu). The aim is to raise awareness of the impact pain has on patients suffering from skeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis, cancer in the bone and rare bone disorders.