Descripción del proyecto
Una plataforma innovadora para la evaluación neurológica neonatal
La evaluación neurológica neonatal y el reconocimiento precoz de anomalías pueden evitar retrasos en el diagnóstico y ayudar a iniciar tratamientos beneficiosos. El equipo del proyecto INFANS, financiado por las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, pretende desarrollar un innovador sistema de seguimiento encefálico neonatal diseñado para superar la grave escasez de herramientas clínicas para controlar la actividad encefálica en la infancia. El objetivo es prevenir deficiencias neurológicas, cognitivas y motoras en la edad avanzada. El consorcio, formado por socios de universidades, industrias y clínicas de prestigio, ha creado un programa europeo de formación de doctorandos en investigación sobre ingeniería biomédica, procesamiento de señales y procedimientos clínicos para crear una nueva generación de jóvenes especialistas. El trabajo de estos investigadores noveles culminará en una plataforma de seguimiento encefálico neonatal no invasiva de alta calidad y clínicamente viable.
Objetivo
INFANS will train 15 ESRs with background from basic to clinical sciences in multiple aspects of neonatal brain monitoring. The need for a coordinated research training programme in neonatal brain monitoring arises from i) the severe shortage of clinically viable means to high quality monitor the brain function in infancy, crucial to prevent later life neurological, cognitive and motor impairment and ii) the lack of well-educated PhDs in this field. Through their individual research projects, encompassing technological innovation, industrial development, clinical validation, identification of neonatal healthcare needs, the INFANS ESRs will develop a novel platform for high quality, clinically-viable EEG-NIRS monitoring accessible worldwide. Excellent science, industrial leadership and societal challenge are merged in INFANS: 6 academic and 4 non-academic partner from 6 EU countries, among which leading universities, industries, clinical institutions, share complementary expertise and facilities to provide international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research training and mobility that will complement local doctoral training. Well-targeted visits and secondments, soft skills and dynamic training activities, an Open Science strategy, extensive involvement of ESRs in the network events organization, extensive contacts with other research, training and industrial European networks, dissemination activities and the award of Double doctoral degrees are further assets of INFANS. The ESRs will learn to transform a scientific/technological challenge into a product of socio-economic relevance, as the INFANS functional neuro-monitoring system will reduce the number of children with neurological, cognitive or motor dysfunctions associated with brain injuries at birth. The INFANS ESRs will become independent researchers with career prospects in both the academic and non-academic sectors, and will advance the EU capacity for innovation in biomedical engineering.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
98693 Ilmenau
Alemania