Descrizione del progetto
Una rete di formazione innovativa in un approccio sistemico alle disfunzioni del neurosviluppo
I disturbi di salute mentale compaiono in una fase precoce dello sviluppo e comportano disfunzioni del neurosviluppo, problemi che in molti casi determinano una disabilità a lungo termine. Finanziato dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto Neo-PRISM-C istituisce una rete di formazione per la ricerca allo scopo di studiare questo tipo di disfunzioni e formare alcuni ricercatori all’inizio della propria carriera specializzati in diverse discipline nell’applicazione dell’approccio RDoC (research domain criteria, ovvero criteri di classificazione basati sui circuiti neuronali coinvolti), sviluppato dall’Istituto nazionale per la salute mentale degli Stati Uniti. Vari modelli teorici e predittivi nell’approccio RDoC si occupano della significativa eterogeneità e della comorbilità nelle disfunzioni del neurosviluppo. La rete fornisce a una nuova generazione di ricercatori gli strumenti per migliorare la comprensione del comportamento e della diagnosi, sviluppare trattamenti personalizzati per la prevenzione delle disfunzioni del neurosviluppo ed eliminare le disparità presenti nelle popolazioni scarsamente servite.
Obiettivo
Mental health disorders pose a massive economic and societal burden. Emerging early in development and resulting in long-term disability, neurodevelopmental dysfunctions (NDD) compromise the quality of life of millions of Europeans. The purpose of the Neo-PRISM-C ETN is (1) to train Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in applying the Research Domain Criteria, a novel framework for understanding psychopathology, to the study of the mechanisms and treatments of NDD. It aims (2) to train ESRs from multiple disciplines (psychology, neuroscience, data science) in state-of-the-art and transferable skills for innovating the study of brain-behavior relationships in NDD, in the context of a systems-based, trans-diagnostic theoretical frame. This ETN will also (3) support training in designing evidence-based, individualized treatments of learning, behavioral, and social maladjustment, bridging across diagnostic categories. Towards these goals, we have assembled a trans-sectoral European network with expertise in cognitive, social, educational, clinical, and emotion research and in training ESRs. Six research, training and management work packages (WPs) pursue these goals. WP1 comprises innovative projects, investigating risk and protective factors that span across NDD diagnostic categories (autism, learning, emotional difficulties) and linking to healthcare industry and education. WP2 examines systems-level brain development to identify biological substrates of specific dysfunctions. WP3 applies this knowledge to develop new multi-modal interventions to address domains of impairment. The academic, industrial and clinical partners collaborate across themes, offering ESRs project-specific secondments, supervision, workshops, summer school and courses on research, transferable and entrepreneurial skills. Neo-PRISM-C is expected to further understanding of NDD and improve the competitiveness of EU health professions, providing the market with highly-skilled researchers and clinicians.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinatore
1678 Nicosia
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