Projet DIALECT (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

DIALECT aims to combat diabetic foot disease through personalised medicine, by establishing an innovative, international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research and training effort that will deliver the next generation of leading, entrepreneurial and creative scientists to reinforce the European innovative workforce. This is both timely and urgent, illustrated by that the burden of diabetic foot disease is in the top-10 of all medical conditions, and emphasized by the fact that every 20 seconds someone in the world loses a leg because of foot disease. Currently, we lack success in delivering the right treatment to the right person at the right time to prevent foot ulceration and amputation. We will provide unique world-class interdisciplinary and intersectoral training to a new generation of high-achieving DCs in the areas of biomechanics, activity behaviour and footwear related to diabetic foot disease. A well-balanced consortium of academic, industry, healthcare and implementation partners will deliver the carefully designed DIALECT training network, comprising training through research, structured network-wide training events, intersectoral secondments and future work skills training. This will result in a paradigm shift towards personalised medicine that goes beyond state-of-the-art, by developing new personalised risk stratifications, biomechanical foot models, innovative activity and adherence profiles, wearable technology systems for biomechanical and activity monitoring, and personalised optimised footwear intervention products. DIALECT will provide DCs with a comprehensive skillset capable of delivering high-quality scientific and industry solutions to develop into leading innovators in the European healthcare sector, who are highly employable and ready to engage and lead the next European generation of scientists-entrepreneurs to expedite progress in reducing the patient, societal and economic burden of diabetic foot disease.

Mots clés : diabetic foot disease, biomechanics, foot ulcer, lower extremity amputation, prevention, footwear, sensor technology, physical activity behaviour, rehabilitation medicine, podiatry

Participants :
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 820824.78 €
- Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Taika 3d oy (Finlande) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bologne (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 518875.2 €
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Kievit orthopedie (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Podartis srl (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Vibram spa (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Capital Region of Denmark (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 603576.0 €
- German Sport University Cologne (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université calédonienne de Glasgow (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Cap partner aps, ewma secretariat dfsg secretariat (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Novel gmbh elektrische spezialgerate (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 521078.4 €
- Université de Maastricht (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Firefly orthoses limited (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €