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Historic Ice Core
Arcadia Fundation
Harvard University (Department of History)
360G-ArcadiaFund-4190
To document and interpret historical environmental data captured in an ice core from a glacier in the Alps.
Other / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_51ffb2a79c3b97e5808eea7706c86b40
Historical Ice Core Project
Arcadia Fundation
Harvard University (Department of History)
360G-ArcadiaFund-3862
To continue extraction and interpretation of data from an ice core documenting European climate in the last 3,500 years.
Other / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_84532a96025a151c41c506b0909f1db0
Mapping Africa's endangered sites and monuments
Arcadia Fundation
University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
360G-ArcadiaFund-4179
To undertake large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and to make the results available online through an open-access database.
Heritage sites / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_9037569aabc408670819602dc5fb921a
Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa
Arcadia Fundation
University of Oxford (School of Archaeology)
360G-ArcadiaFund-4178
To document archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery.
Heritage sites / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_28cd5e03a4bb3cae7f982846aca64cca
Developing non-destructive methods to read texts in mummy cartonnages
Arcadia Fundation
University College London
360G-ArcadiaFund-3733
To assess the feasibility of nondestructive digital imaging technology to read texts on papyri in mummy cartonnages. All data, findings and methodologies will be freely available online for further research.
Other / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_d254647a09e082ad3fff64a958dced42
Mosfell Archaeological Project
Arcadia Fundation
Vikingaminjar ehf
360G-ArcadiaFund-3119
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies.
Heritage sites / Strategic
6project_grants_public
gen_c04fe5ad85f80fa4cc536239a3b2653c
Noves estratègies per la identificació i caracterització funcional de marcadors genètics pronòstics en les síndromes mielodispàsiques/leucèmies agudes mieloblàstiques hereditàries de la infància
La Marató de TV3
Fundació per a la Recerca i la Docència Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - FSJD
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_ed09a2d7b889b6b7ebb6d216f95ffa5c
Transcripció espurial neuronal i desregulació d'estimuladors en l'etiologia de la discapacitat intel·lectual
La Marató de TV3
Institut de Neurociències - Universitat Miguel Hernández, Alacant
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_bc7dd453c1f52688d7f8a6caef6c825f
iGenCO: anàlisi genòmica exhaustiva i anàlisi cross-òmica per a malalties minoritàries no diagnosticades en una plataforma col·laborativa amigable
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Privada Centre de Regulació Genòmica - Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica CRG
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_24697349f8b239bac8779c79164823ab
Anàlisi preclínica de nous tractaments combinats per a l'atròfia muscular espinal: efectes sobre la supervivència de la moroneurona, la integritat sinàptica i la preservació del múscul esquelètic
La Marató de TV3
Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida Fundació Dr. Pifarré - IRBLL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_d50aab7938c04a00721ad68ec39b48e0
Genòmica avançada i lipidòmica per a la identificació de noves causes genètiques de trastorns de moviment hereditaris
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_3ff7115203df53d8fa39b9a8d0fc7cf8
Recerca centrada en el pacient: estudi de les necessitats dels pacients, fenotipació clínica i patogènesi molecular en la Neurofibromatosi tipus 2
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol - IIGTP
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_78cb1cf2c7d6dc925f7a0fef7b780a63
Predisposició germinal a la síndrome de poliposi serrada: caracterització funcional de gens candidats mitjançant CRISPR/CAS i organoides
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_88d28d5312822a31f280d8ae38065215
Registre PSP: estudi de cohort clínics, recerca de biomarcadors i programa d'educació sanitària
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clìnic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_ca3954694330d0a3e7ee6306fb525012
Avaluació de la teràpia cel·lular mitjançant cèl·lules RPE corregides genèticament en mamífers inferiors i superiors per al tractament de les distròfies hereditàries de la retina
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Centre d'Investigació Príncep Felip, València - CIPF
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_273b3526c051fc57cb7499a85e9939b0
Desenvolupament de tractaments personalitzats en malalties genètiques rares causants de parkinsonisme pediàtric
La Marató de TV3
Fundació per a la Recerca i la Docència Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - FSJD
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_23a1ebbe1a5b48198d16a092724ca799
Gliotransmissors i receptors de cannabinoides en l'origen dels dèficits cognitius i de plasticitat sinàptica en la malaltia de Huntington
La Marató de TV3
Universitat de Barcelona - Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut UB
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_e970d2f4a3853f9ade61576486c865b2
Fenilcetonuria: de la infantesa als adults a través del connectoma cerebral, canvis cardiovasculars, característiques metabòliques i de la microbiota intestinal
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_2332d23bbb8ef63941008a54d126aa11
Eliminar cèl·lules senescents per controlar les comorbiditats de la síndrome de Cushing
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_57ed88e3460d8d17e2f7ecc951ce51c6
CoALeS: Optimitzant els resultats a llarg termini de nens amb coartació de l'aorta mitjançant l'aprenentatge automàtic integrant dades des del fetus fins a la infància
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_cd13f4c0f76706b5327dfba1447f9651
Rol de l'Apolipoproteïna A-Ib en la síndrome nefròtica idiopàtica
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca - VHIR
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_88b047ed434aa48cb3e051c75545320c
Alteracions bioquímiques i del neurodesenvolupament en la malaltia de Lesch-Nyhan
La Marató de TV3
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Institut de Neurociències UAB
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_2ae490f3e0d8d008c2ef8a8b197568fb
Vinculació de defectes cel·lulars amb manifestacions clíniques a la síndrome de Cohe
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona - IRBB
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_c5ad294e3c9e525a198175fc5d1a33de
Desoxiribonucleòsids com a teràpia per als trastorns de la replicació de l'ADN mitocondrial: investigació dels mecanismes terapèutics i ampliació del tractament a les mutacions en POLG i altres gens
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca - VHIR
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_dd181764041697c1847a204c99f87dbb
La senescència cel·lular, un nou objectiu per combatre i millorar la distròfia muscular de Duchenne
La Marató de TV3
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida UPF
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_56da632247102543f6db1c792fc6cf64
ArmTracker: Un sistema portable per avaluar la funció motora de les extremitats superiors durant la vida diària per a pacients amb distròfia muscular de Duchenne i atròfia muscular espinal
La Marató de TV3
Fundació per a la Recerca i la Docència Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - FSJD
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_2a1351d508232816089aa626b6a0f35e
Noves aplicacions terapèutiques a l'acondroplàsia
La Marató de TV3
Institut de Neurociències d'Alacant - CSIC
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_0fe9a1b96faaea357edaf6e0020fdfbc
Estratègies terapèutiques per a la cistinúria
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_fe4629edda25bf14463826678909efbe
Anàlisi del sistema de complement en la preeclàmpsia greu i la síndrome de Hellp com a diana terapèutica
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Recerca Clínic BCN – Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_1b9c9efd175958b432c7076bca4ea7f2
Impulsa la integració de cèl·lules trasplantades per regenerar retines amb Retinitis Pigmentària
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Privada Centre de Regulació Genòmica - CRG
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_c390f6babf37d6cbd2839d9f36e62632
Caracterització dels esdeveniments moleculars inicials de la carcinogènesi associada a la síndrome de Deficiència Reparadora Constitucional (CMMRD) per millorar el seguiment i la prevenció del càncer
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge - Institut Català d'Oncologia ICO IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_c8717fcadd4774609732c2701a365967
Cap a la millora de l'assistència clínica i la cura de la linfangioleiomiomatosi: estudi integrat de biomarcadors i teràpies
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge - Institut Català d'Oncologia ICO IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_5925e086069db4d1407a102e737a9015
Modulació de la senyalització retrògrada mitocondrial com a tractament de la síndrome de Leigh
La Marató de TV3
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Facultat de Medicina UAB
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_86fd243d84483acbd886ef13ddb3e97a
Alteracions de la tiroide en pacients amb un defecte heretat de la maquinària de biogènesi del miRNA
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_663206c605c9db460705e820a865a814
La malaltia de Lafora: paper de la glia en la producció de glicogen aberrant i neuroinflamació
La Marató de TV3
Institut de Biomedicina de València, CSIC
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_a055bbdcc9661c7288e98d0eb9766128
Lipodistròfia i sarcopènia en la síndrome de progèria Hutchinson-Gilford: mecanismes i paper en la progressió de la malaltia
La Marató de TV3
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida UPF
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_dc9d90492ebd8cda59894e15c5db91a4
Noves teràpies dirigides contra subpoblacions de cèl·lules fibroadipogèniques implicades en la degeneració muscular
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - IRHSCSP
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_e4fed8952425105f1be70b7827e9879b
Disfunció de la barrera hematoencefàlica i modulació de l'estrès oxidatiu en malformacions arteriovenoses cerebrals: Un estudi translacional del dany secundari posterior a la resecció quirúrgica
La Marató de TV3
Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_6dadb4457b4fb6a8864c1306d8b03a75
Ús de la intel·ligència artificial i la biologia de sistemes per a la diagnosi i l'avaluació de risc personalitzat per a les malalties renals hereditàries, centrat en la síndrome d'Alport
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - IRHSCSP
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_9db9700fca5fafb456ed4746b26b550f
Desxifrant els mecanismes de l'autoimmunitat de cèl·lules B específiques de PLA2R a la nefropatia membranosa primària (PMN) (BCELL-MEM)
La Marató de TV3
Fundació Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_eb0fbb3b81d574762d922aff73a767f4
Inhibició d'ACVR1-PI3K a Fibrodisplàsia ossificant progressiva: noves teràpies per a l'ossificació heterotòpica
La Marató de TV3
Universitat de Barcelona - Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut UB
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_76512b0e2edf95a19d3f841af6311e00
Relació de la infertilitat genètica masculina amb les regions d'unió entre toroides de l'espermatozoide
La Marató de TV3
Universitat de Girona - Departament de Ciències Mèdiques UDG
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_72417b4ba9fdd32683688094fc261aae
Mecanismes aritmogènics específics del genotip en la síndrome d'Andersen-Tawil
La Marató de TV3
Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Universitario La Fe - FIHFE
Not available
La Marató 2019 Malalties minoritàries
6project_grants_public
gen_2bf029061f90f61fd5109956a0489cb1
A randomised, observer-blind, non-inferiority trial to evaluate alternative human papillomavirus vaccination schedules in young females in West Africa
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_00757
The trial will investigate the potential future utility of alternative HPV vaccination schedules in West Africa. The schedules aim to reduce the financial and logistical burden of HPV vaccine rollout and to provide new opportunities to optimise coverage. The following questions will be addressed: 1. Does the administra...
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_8d97ad5ca923cbdf97e6e728e3a19b5d
A non-inferiority trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of yellow fever vaccine dose sparing strategies for campaign and programmatic use
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_00759
A phase 3, randomized, observer-blind non-inferiority trial will be undertaken to assess the safety and immunogenicity of fractional doses of the yellow fever vaccine when administered to 9-12 month olds in The Gambia. In 2016, the worst epidemic of yellow fever in 30 years occurred in Central Africa on a background of...
3.4 Vaccines / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_85f17067dd28f985da8ab86f1ed276b4
SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING OFFER FOR THE MRC UNIT, THE GAMBIA AT LSHTM (resource to support a clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin, studies on the transmission and antibody dynamics to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and to further support
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_00851
This £4.4m award provides resource to support a clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin, studies on the transmission and antibody dynamics to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and to further support surveillance activities funded by BMGF. Including PaTS-COVID CLINICAL TRIAL – led by Professor Beate Kampmann with an e...
2.2 Factors relating to physical environment / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_ec150e5ae6f02f91d95e69dbf3004761
Enhancing the Unit Support of Uganda’s Efforts to Contain COVID-19 - part 2
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_00854
Following the initial rapid successes in supporting the national diagnostic capacity and to characterise the viruses, the Unit now recognizes its ability and responsibility to continue working as a close partner and reliable ally of the Government in ramping up the response to prevent the further spread of this deadly ...
2.6 Resources and infrastructure (aetiology) / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_a193486af86348a1286693130ae7f4fb
Community surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in the general and in high risk populations in Uganda and assessment of the wider impact of infection and of pandemic mitigation.
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_00855
In collaboration with MoH, we will undertake rigorous community SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 surveillance in high-risk and general populations, to identify infected individuals with and without symptoms. This would provide a robust foundation for answering critical scientific questions relating to the pandemic, including on tran...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_5c848934184f9fe38c34ba0042d3855a
Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia: a denominator based analysis within the HDSSs
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_00861
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented global burden of mortality. Mathematical models predicted that most West African countries, one of the poorest regions in the world, would exceed 100,000 COVID-19 cases by June 2020. As a result, most countries reacted pragmatically closing borders after the first few c...
2.4 Surveillance and distribution / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_627b7f0839b8fa1e3d89099c280a44e6
Population differences in vaccine response (POPVAC)-2: the impact of environmental exposures and selected interventions on waning of vaccine-induced immune responses
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_00901
We propose that parasite infections contribute substantially to population differences in vaccine response; and that their effects are mediate We will test this hypothesis through four linked objectives among Ugandan adolescents. An immunisation programme comprising relevant live and inert vaccines will be given over o...
3.4 Vaccines / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_b614a0b9e47755a15c752f3d8bef3ecb
Evaluating the implementation of the Peer Educator Intervention for improving adolescent health in India's National Adolescent Health Programme
Medical Research Council
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
HRCS22_00921
India is home to 243 million adolescents, yet they remain an understudied population in India with lack of data on the health indicators for this age group and current levels of knowledge on adolescent health issues and effective approaches on reaching marginalized adolescents. In 2014, the Ministry of Health and Famil...
8.4 Research design and methodologies (health services) / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_7bcd0ff5f84840c02583f9d7b525f059
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate a scalable active case finding primary care-based intervention for tuberculosis using a point-of-care
Medical Research Council
University of Cape Town
HRCS22_00923
A startling statistic is that more than 40% of TB cases in endemic countries are "missing" (~4.2 million cases globally remain undiagnosed or unreported)! Most of these undiagnosed cases, which continue to transmit disease, are concentrated in the peri-urban 'slums' and 'shanty towns' of large African cities. Without a...
2.5 Research design and methodologies (aetiology) / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_18ae9effe140ccabece4c4174c5756cf
Two decades of primary health care expansion in Latin America: evaluation and forecasting study for health-related SDGs
Medical Research Council
Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
HRCS22_00924
A strong Primary Health Care(PHC) is essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage(UHC) and should be an integral part of and coordinate multi-sectoral actions addressing economic and social determinants of health, acting synergistically with social interventions such as cash transfer programmes(CCT) and social pen...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_91b732bf910d7647ee8ecdb4f7c445d1
The risk of a chronic clinical condition following a previous hospitalisation by a psychiatric disorder: a linkage nationwide study in Brazil
Medical Research Council
Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)
HRCS22_00928
This project will analyse electronic data routinely collected within the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS). It involves enriching this type of data by linking them to other Brazilian governmental databases destined to national social protection programmes, which have important socio-economic variables of the individ...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_7b55d04f512318b25e23a3c8846f52b1
The Khayelitsha Comorbidity Cohort: Establishing a multimorbidity cohort with integrated clinical, genomic and epidemiological data in South Africa.
Medical Research Council
University of Cape Town
HRCS22_00931
There is high multimorbidity in South Africa, consisting both infectious and non-communicable diseases. Elucidating diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic genetic drivers of morbidities can help tailor preventative and therapeutic patient care at both population and individual levels, and requires research into associa...
4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_eb9b1ecaad9361f9c491f612bf1bc0bb
Exploring treatment burden and capacity for self care among patients with HIV/NCD multimorbidity in South Africa to inform interventions (EXTRA)
Medical Research Council
University of Cape Town
HRCS22_00932
In Sub-Saharan Africa the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) against a background of chronic infectious disease epidemics, most notably HIV, is giving rise to patterns of multimorbidy that are occurring in people of working age, with implications for productivity and social stability. Chronic care for pa...
7.1 Individual care needs / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_810a22d5b07954b690f943dbd1a85ae0
Developing a Digital Health-enabled Intervention to tackle Multimorbidity in Primary care in India
Medical Research Council
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
HRCS22_00936
More than a quarter of adult patients attending primary care facilities in India have multimorbidity. However, national health programmes are disease-centric, including the ongoing National Programme for Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), which caters to large population groups in primary ca...
8.2 Health and welfare economics / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_6784b3f85bb352fcededea9a93f951fc
Self-management approaches for individuals with multiple chronic health conditions in rural South Africa
Medical Research Council
University of the Witwatersrand
HRCS22_00938
South Africans are experiencing a complex, protracted health transition characterised by ongoing burdens from epidemic infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS, rapidly increasing morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, cancer and metabolic disorders and ill-prepared healthcare s...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / P&Cs
6project_grants_public
gen_26dae5ea3087e2c13354a6d978362f86
2018 - DTA - Gambia (at LSH&TM)
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01015
In developing societies characterised by complete absence of vital registration systems, the continuous demographic surveillance (DSS) approach to data collection provides the best opportunity to generate the quantitative and qualitative evidence of disease burden needed for the formulation and/or adjustment of health ...
HRCS Research Uncodeable / Studentship
6project_grants_public
gen_5221aaeb96a8e0631bf1eb98dab77d07
Pathogen Genomics, Phenotype and Immunity (PGPI) & Basic Sciences Programme
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_01304
We propose to monitor the HIV epidemic by characterising the circulating HIV-1 subtypes especially in recent infections and use full length genome sequencing to understand better the increasing recombinant viruses using better bioinformatics tools. We will use molecular in combination with social-epidemiological and mo...
1.1 Normal biological development and functioning / Unit
6project_grants_public
gen_a346b078bc8447e355fc08f394c7f98b
Cancer Epidemiology
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_01305
We will build on our work showing that the malignant and non-malignant consequences of oncogenic infections (including HIV) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda and that lifestyle risk-factors such as tobacco are currently relatively less important in this setting. We will i) examine the transmission ...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / Unit
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HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Programme
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_01306
This Programme has two broad areas within which there are specific projects. a) Prevent acquisition of new infections in general and in key populations: i) assess knowledge and preferences for biomedical HIV prevention interventions and adherence to oral PrEP and determine best recruitment and retention strategies for ...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Social Aspects of Health across the Life Course Programme
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_01307
The aim of the programme is to further our understanding of the social aspects of health and wellbeing for specified individuals and populations to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions, as well as contribute to policy development. We will work primarily across the HIV and Non-Communicable D...
2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Immunomodulation and Vaccines
Medical Research Council
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit Uganda
HRCS22_01308
Our goal is to understand the impact of infection exposure on human immunological programming and health. Our overarching hypothesis is that chronic and cumulative infection exposure influences immunological mechanisms through active processes (during current infection), lasting epigenetic modifications, and genetic se...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Thematic Support - Disease Control and Elimination
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01342
The theme answers scientific questions related to the control and elimination of infectious diseases by designing large epidemiological studies and clinical trials (i.e., individually and cluster randomized). These projects target, beyond clinical cases, asymptomatic infections as these are key for maintaining transmis...
2.2 Factors relating to physical environment / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Thematic Support - Vaccines and Immunity
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01344
The Vaccines & Immunity (V&I) Theme aims to contribute to the evidence‐based development and delivery of vaccines through integration of laboratory science with clinical trials and longitudinal cohort studies, including for tuberculosis. Using cutting‐edge immunological methods and bioinformatic approaches, we investig...
3.4 Vaccines / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Thematic Support - Nutrition Planetary Health
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01345
Emerging nations such as The Gambia suffer a double burden of malnutrition: rates of undernutrition in mothers and young children are gradually diminishing but remain a major threat to health and well-being; meanwhile rates of overweight and obesity are escalating rapidly with the attendant risks of diabetes and hypert...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / Unit
6project_grants_public
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Surveillance & Epidemics Preparedness
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01347
Surveillance & Epidemics Preparedness
HRCS Research Uncodeable / Unit
6project_grants_public
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A randomized controlled trial of influenza vaccine to prevent adverse vascular events.
Medical Research Council
McMaster University
HRCS22_01393
The goal of this study is to assess whether inactivated influenza vaccine can reduce adverse vascular events in high risk participants. We will address the question by randomizing patients at high risk for adverse vascular events to either annual inactivated influenza vaccine or to placebo over three influenza seasons....
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_5ab0b550e0335ea1d235ab2fdfad6605
Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: understanding costs, mechanisms of effect and impact
Medical Research Council
Curatio International Foundation
HRCS22_01486
The study will first inform how the problem is conceptualised and the intervention is designed in collaboration with the policy makers at national level. Once piloting is started, the research will seek to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the impact of provider-focused Results Based Financing (RBF) ...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Examining the level and variation in the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya, and how it can be improved
Medical Research Council
KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
HRCS22_01633
This research aims to measure the level of efficiency of the 47 county health systems in Kenya, and to examine its determinants. It also aims to examine the potential for efficiency gains and how this can in turn result in increased fiscal space for the Kenyan health sector. Further, the research aims to test the appli...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_d6012a09ab0cfb33779eeb031a1e7faf
Infection, inflammation and hepcidin-mediated iron deficiency anaemia in African children
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_01722
The 2016 Global Burden of Disease analysis estimates that 1.225 billion people suffer from iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) and it is the fourth largest contributor to years lived with disability (YLD) globally. The burden is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Iron is crucial for neural development and ear...
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_67a03f2d3ada67b73f7de4f7d46706a0
Phase III, Multicentre, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy of Probiotic Supplementation for Prevention of Neona
Medical Research Council
Indian Council for Medical Res (ICMR)
HRCS22_01846
Neonatal infections (pneumonia, septicaemia, meningitis) are responsible for more than a quarter of the 1 million neonatal deaths every year in India(1). Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a very important indirect cause of death in neonates, accounting for 40% to 80% of neonatal deaths (2-3). Management of neonatal sepsis with...
3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_7a537b0ab3b7752ee4525651213e3ff3
High Dose Oral Rifampicin to Improve Survival from Adult TB Meningitis - (HARVEST) Trial
Medical Research Council
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
HRCS22_01848
Tuberculous meningitis, the most severe form of TB, results in death or neurological disability in >50% of those affected, and mortality is 2-3 fold greater in HIV-infected patients. Rifampicin, a primary TB medication, only achieves in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 10-20% of the levels observed in blood. We propose a phas...
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
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gen_38515e5f983819c08693833c505a0c33
Integrating Refugees into National Health Systems: Enhancing Equity and Strengthening Sustainable Health Services for All.
Medical Research Council
American University of Beirut
HRCS22_01945
This study will employ a comparative case study approach focusing on three countries currently hosting large numbers of refugees: Lebanon (1.1m), Jordan (655,624), and Uganda (940,800). We plan to focus on Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, and South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. Our research will seek to: (i) under...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Adolescents' Resilience and Treatment nEeds for Mental health in Indian Slums (ARTEMIS)
Medical Research Council
The George Inst for Global Health India
HRCS22_02027
The proposed trial will be a hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised trial with wards/blocks (only urban slums will be included) being the unit of allocation. The trial will implement a mobile-technology enabled mental health services delivery model for adolescents living in slums in two Indian cities - ...
6.6 Psychological and behavioural / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_5b435c65b1c8580ae6b51a0e381e3cf8
Crowdsourcing with adolescents in Senegal to address social norms limiting their access to sexual and reproductive health services
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_02034
The overall aim of this research project is to co-develop an intervention with adolescents aged 15 to 19 in order to address the social norms that limit their access to available sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. The proposed research will take place in two regions of Senegal, one peri-urban area in Dakar ...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Project HASHTAG: Health Action in Schools for a Thriving Adolescent Generation
Medical Research Council
Stellenbosch University
HRCS22_02037
Background. Adolescents suffer a high burden of disease, mostly injuries and mental disorders. Universal school interventions offer opportunities to address early symptoms and risk factors. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of such interventions, finding that most are 'single-issue' interventions from ...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_10a932e9e6a618e716ff107d92257b7f
Prevention of Addiction and Mental Ill Health in Adolescents in Georgia (PAMAd)
Medical Research Council
Curatio International Foundation
HRCS22_02050
The study will first inform how the PAMAd service (package of interventions) is designed in collaboration with potential service beneficiaries (CA and their family members), service providers, main stakeholders and policy makers at national level and also generate evidence on effectiveness of CA targeted service (clini...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_302b609aa9fa8f72caa8fd286ec6784b
A Novel High Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention for Non Communicable Disease(NCD) Prevention in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls-THANDAV
Medical Research Council
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
HRCS22_02201
The proposal aims to study the effect of the THANDAV intervention on physical activity, fitness levels,body weight and fat % in Asian Indian adolescent girls using digital technology. High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of cardiovascular exercise plan alternating short periods of intense aerobic exercise ...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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BRIGHT-SAM: BRaIn development, Growth and HealTh in children with Severe Acute Malnutrition
Medical Research Council
National Institute for Medical Research
HRCS22_02203
The use of ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) for community-based management of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is well-established and saves lives. However, current RUTF formulations result in a low ratio of n3/n6 essential fatty acids (EFAs) and other data show that low levels of the n3 EFA, docosahe...
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_ba9307636ff18b8eadc0086dabc9c349
Development and application of Novel, Integrated Tools for monitoring and managing Catchments
European Commission
Ajuntament de Manlleu; AZIENDA GARDESANA SERVIZI SPA; Brunel University London
CORDIS-689341
INTCATCH will instigate a paradigm shift in the monitoring and management of surface water quality that is fit for global waters in the period 2020-2050. INTCATCH will do this by developing efficient, user-friendly water monitoring strategies and systems based on innovative technologies that will provide real time data...
H2020-EU.3.5. / 3.5 Societal Challenges - Climate
6project_grants_public
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Latent rheumatic heart disease in West Africa: a pilot multi-country study
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_02207
This trial development grant (TDG) aims at generating epidemiological and feasibility data data to inform the design of a multicentric trial in West Africa to test the efficacy of penicillin to prevent the progression of latent RHD towards overt clinical disease. This is urgently needed to formulate long awaited guidel...
4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Enhancing brain development by early iron supplementation of African infants: An enabling pilot study
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_02208
Growth and organisation of the human brain is maximally active in late fetal life and early infancy. Breast milk contains very little iron and babies born to iron deficient mothers lack the full endowment of hepatic iron that usually subsidises the needs for growth and brain development in early infancy. We have recent...
4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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MICA: The third, Intensive care bundle with blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral haemorrhage (INTERACT3) trial
Medical Research Council
George Institute for Global Health
HRCS22_02216
INTERACT3 is an international, multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, blinded outcome assessed, clinical trial (Phase III-IV). The objective is to determine the effectiveness of a goal-directed care bundle of active management involving intensive BP lowering, glycaemic control, early treatment of pyrexia, and ...
4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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A feasibility and pilot trial of enteral probiotic administration in preterm infants admitted to a neonatal unit in Nigeria
Medical Research Council
University of Ibadan
HRCS22_02219
Our proposal is based on a fixed effects meta-analysis of 23 RCTs of preterm infants in 10 LMICs (n=4,783; Deshpande 2017). Probiotics reduced all cause mortality (RR 0.73 [95% CI 0.59 to 0.90]; P=0.003), necrotising enterocolitis (RR 0.46 [0.34 to 0.61]; P<0.00001), late-onset sepsis (RR 0.80 [0.71 to 0.91]; P=0.0009)...
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_a06c36db975df5a6d6dea4884511fd99
Concentration and fragmentation: analysing the implications of the structure of Georgia's private healthcare market for quality and accessibility
Medical Research Council
Curatio International Foundation
HRCS22_02313
To inform decisionmakers on how to engage effectively with the private sector, better evidence is needed of how healthcare markets are structured, the risks of different market structures for patients and for the health system as a whole. This evidence can help design health system policies to (i) shape the market to a...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_0bf4b85a5197144f7d0e838e27c6cc26
Understanding male engagement in child health and nutrition in urban informal settlements: A formative participatory exploration
Medical Research Council
KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
HRCS22_02326
Improving child health requires primary prevention, quality health services and community action. Whilst there is recognition that the health system encompasses both the suppliers of policy, services, and interventions, and the communities and households intended to benefit from them; in health systems research the foc...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_81a0a381f6ec9b4b97c27b89eff7cc00
Identifying the health systems changes necessary to sustain and scale up the integration of mental health services into primary care in Lagos, Nigeria
Medical Research Council
Lagos State Univ Coll of Med LAUSCOM
HRCS22_02328
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: There are policy and ethical implications of developing effective heath programmes without sustainability and scale-up. This feasibility study aims to identify the strategies to facilitate the health system changes necessary to sustain and scale up mental health services in primary care in Lag...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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A systems approach to examining health sector responses to cholera epidemics in Kenya
Medical Research Council
Strathmore University
HRCS22_02329
Technical Summary Kenya has experienced an increased disease burden due to cholera outbreaks characterized by continuous transmission in the refugee camp settings of Garissa and Turkana, and sporadic transmission in cities such as Nairobi and Mombasa. However, while inquiry has been made regarding how the health sector...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_616b48f87f61ad34e5d97364ab410e72
Examining effects of decision-making space and its practices on health systems performance in Tanzania
Medical Research Council
University of Dar es Salaam
HRCS22_02342
Many low and middle income countries (LMICs), including Tanzania, have been implementing decentralisation since 1990s as a process to strengthen health systems and its performance through improved efficiency, quality of services and a means of promoting democracy and accountability. While decentralisation is widely pra...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_eea8f20f4ca1030a45c8a293ee297574
Understanding the consequences for quality and efficiency of expanding services through the private sector in South Africa
Medical Research Council
University of the Witwatersrand
HRCS22_02343
The private sector provides a large proportion of health services in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly for primary health care (PHC), even for the poor. But the role of the private sector in expanding universal health coverage (UHC) in LMICs is contentious. Supporters of private care provision...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_f94b42d390f12bd3822aa39bba3485ff
An inter-disciplinary approach to understanding and intervening on contextual factors that shape HIV-risk for young women and men in South Africa
Medical Research Council
South African Medical Research Council
HRCS22_02420
Background: South Africa remains the epicentre globally of the HIV-epidemic, driven by harsh contexts of gender inequalities, poverty and community violence. Understandings of how these impact on the syndemic of HIV-acquisition risk, intimate partner violence (IPV), poor mental health and substance misuse, for young wo...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Nutrition and the epigenome: early environmental factors influencing human developmental programming
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_02477
A seasonal 'experiment of nature' in rural Gambia has revealed the presence of DNA methylation (DNAm) hotspots sensitive to periconceptional environment. These are enriched for metastable epialleles, endogenous retroviruses and parent-of-origin-specific methylation (PofOm) suggesting establishment in the early embryo. ...
2.4 Surveillance and distribution / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
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Understanding and measuring pregnancy-related anxiety in low- and middle-income contexts: A pilot study in northern Ghana
Medical Research Council
University for Development Studies
HRCS22_02499
Women's anxiety during pregnancy is widespread and has been associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes for both mothers and their children. One type of anxiety which seems to be particularly problematic is anxiety about the pregnancy itself. We know little about pregnancy-related anxiety in LMICs and ther...
2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_fd679e6b38a0acdead398406441f2e81
Oral Vitamin D supplementation as a safe, affordable treatment for profound vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy
Medical Research Council
CBCI Society for Medical Education
HRCS22_02500
We aim to address to the extent supplementation with 2000 IU/day vitamin D3 corrects deficiency in pregnant women in India, which has not previously been tested. We propose this is linked to lack of awareness amongst stakeholders of the benefits of offering higher vitamin D doses than current Indian RDA (<500 IU/day). ...
6.1 Pharmaceuticals / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_91d501031e530c6fbcc381b3f41f57a8
Capacity building for a Centre of Design, Innovation and Translational Excellence (CITE) for clinical trials of healthcare technologies in SS Africa
Medical Research Council
Makerere University
HRCS22_02505
Great strides have been taken to reduce global maternal and neonatal mortality. However, due to numerous factors such as limited access to resources including funding, healthcare providers among others, means that maternal and neonatal mortality have remained stubbornly high in sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in technolog...
3.5 Resources and infrastructure (prevention) / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_1d8b4b877270e7d308fb7e8cf8ccd086
Reducing infection risks in maternity and neonatal wards through improved environmental hygiene: an exploratory study in The Gambia.
Medical Research Council
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
HRCS22_02506
The aim of this research is to explore the links between environmental hygiene and infection risks in maternity and neonatal units in two hospitals in the Gambia. We will use the learning derived from this preliminary work to convene a network of researchers to build the case for a future African trial of this interven...
3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_a625673d2919a2b7decd897415f181fc
Adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing policy, program and primary care implementation priorities in West Africa
Medical Research Council
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
HRCS22_02510
The principal research question of this study is: "what and why are adolescent wellbeing policy and program priorities in countries in West Africa, what mental, sexual and reproductive health services are available at primary health care level for adolescent health and wellbeing; are they proven effective, what and why...
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Research Grant
6project_grants_public
gen_2355cf34df175e087a29e54d99db74fa
If I Were Thabo: Optimisation and feasibility trial of a gender transformative sexual and reproductive health intervention in South Africa and Lesotho
Medical Research Council
Stellenbosch University
HRCS22_02512
A key social determinant of sexual and reproductive health-related (SRH) morbidity and mortality in Southern Africa is unequal gender norms. The importance of working with men as well as women using Gender-Transformative (GT) approaches, in order to reduce gender inequality and improve SRH outcomes for all is well-reco...
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / Research Grant
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