FP7 HEALTH 2012 ORIENTATION PAPER
The European Commission has published its FP7 Health 2012 orientation paper which includes proposed priorities for innovative health research 2012. More exactly, it provides context to the upcoming call for proposals, including the influence of the Innovation Union. Active and healthy ageing, dissemination actions and the inclusion of SMEs are among the additional dimensions in the call. The latter will be shaped around a specific pilot call (FP7-HEALTH-2012-SMEs-FOR-INNOVATION) providing very specific conditions for the SMEs for innovation initiative in health research.
Many will be mostly interested in the number of calls published in the paper. The final 2012 calls are expected to be published in July 2011.
More information is available here.
EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTON AGAINST CANCER (EPAAC) - KICK OFF MEETING FOR HEALTHCARE WORK PACKAGE
Last week EHMA Staff member Richard Merrick attended the kick off meeting for the Healthcare work package of the EPAAC, the Joint Action aiming to share and promote best practice in cancer prevention and control across Europe.
Representatives of project partner organizations came together in Barcelona to present and discuss plans for each objective of the project. EHMA is leading the objective to review successful implementation and barriers of clinical guidelines in cancer care, with a focus on addressing health inequalities, the results of which will be discussed at an EU level stakeholder workshop.
If you have an interest in this topic, and would like to contribute to the review or workshop, then please do get in touch with Richard.
NEW EUROPEAN PROJECTS MANAGER AT EHMA!
EHMA is delighted to announce that Katrien Van Gucht has joined the organisation as new European Projects Manager. Katrien will be managing EHMA's EU funded projects, helping develop new bids and connecting EHMA members working on EU research.
She obtained a Masters in Political Science at the University of Ghent and she is specialized in European Politics. The last couple of years she has lived in Valencia (Spain) where she worked as an Innovation Manager at the Instituto de Biomecánica managing R&D projects in the health related sector.
Katrien will from now on be reachable on the following email address: katrien.vangucht@ehma.org
Best wishes from the EHMA Team,
Jeni, Lizzie, Sonia, Michael, Paul, Ilaria, Katrien, Gaia, Richard and David.
