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The gut microbiota-brain axis role in neurodegenerative diseases and implications according to the sex

Authors: Marina Mora-Ortiz, Helena García-Fernández, Pablo Perez-Martinez, Antonio Camargo

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Janis Rebecca Dr. Bedarf, Peppino Mirabelli

Published: May 11, 2026
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Ex-vivo evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum-induced cytokine expression in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected and uninfected individuals

Authors: Selorm Philip Segbefia, Diana Asema Asandem, Bright Asare, Rawdat Awuku-Larbi, William van der Puije, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Frank Osei, Doreen Teye-Adjei, Georgina Agyekum, Oscar Darko, Seth Agyemang, Lutterodt Bentum-Ennin, Kofi J. H. Bonney, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Linda Eva Amoah, Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi

Funders: Horizon Europe, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Antonio Bertoletti

Published: October 15, 2024
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Profiling of linear B-cell epitopes against human coronaviruses in pooled sera sampled early in the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Emil Bach, Mustafa Ghanizada, Nikolaj Kirkby, Søren Buus, Thomas Østerbye

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Erin Scherer

Published: October 11, 2024
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Post-trial access practices in conducted clinical trials for Malaria, Tuberculosis, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) across Sub-Saharan African countries: A quantitative study

Authors: Yemisrach Seralegne, Cynthia Khamala Wangamati, Rosemarie de la Cruz Bernabe, Ibrahim Mdala, Martha Zewdie, Hawult Taye Adane

Funders: Horizon 2020, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: George Ayodo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Promise Okereke, Richard Idro

Published: November 11, 2025
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Evidence-based exercise recommendations to improve functional mobility in older adults - A study protocol for living systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Bettina Wollesen, Tamar Yellon, Antoine Langeard, Vera Belkin, Anna Wunderlich, Eleftheria Giannouli, Guoping Qian, Rafael A. Bernades, Zbigniew Ossowski, Uros Marusic, Rajesh Sighdel, Yael Netz, Claudia Volecker-Rehage

Funders: COST Actions

Peer reviewers: Luis A. Berlanga, Paulo Bento

Published: January 14, 2025
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Low levels of hypertension screening in HIV care clinics in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study

Authors: Mucunguzi Atukunda, Edwin D. Charlebois, Brian Twinamatsiko, Ambrose Byamukama, Andrew Mutabazi, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Michael Ayebare, Winston Tindimwebwa, Alan Asiimwe, Geoff Lavoy, Elizabeth Arinitwe, Joan Nangendo, Justus Tumusiime, Laura B. Balzer, Emmy Okello, Gerald Mutungi, Heiner Grosskurth, Moses R. Kamya, Jane Kabami

Funders: Horizon 2020, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Veronica Tonwe

Published: September 9, 2024
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Unmasking metabolic disruptors: The NEMESIS project's quest for Novel Biomarkers, Evidence on Adverse Effects, and Efficient Methodologies

Authors: Henriikka Hakomäki, Sini Pitkänen, Anna-Liisa Levonen, Paavo Honkakoski, Dario Greco, Nicoletta D'Alessandro, Laura Aliisa Saarimäki, Susana Viegas, Cristina Godinho, Nanna Fyhrquist, Emma Wincent, Volker M Lauschke, Janne Hukkanen, Jukka Hakkola, Ludovic Vallier, Vittorio Fortino, Antreas Afantitis, Toshiaki Sawatani, Tereso J Guzman, Miriam Cnop, Tim Nawrot, Sophia Harlid, Marie-Therese Vinnars, Adonina Tardon, Joan O Grimalt, Jenni Küblbeck, Jaana Rysä

Funders: Excellent Science, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ishfaq Sheikh, Sofie CHRISTIANSEN

Published: December 9, 2025
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A Hospital-Based Survey Assessing Facility-Level Factors Contributing to Late-Stage Cervical Cancer Diagnosis: A Mixed-Methods Approach.

Authors: Marthaclaire Zammit, Jackline Nyaberi, Susan Mambo, Careena Otieno

Funders: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Bernardo Vega, Leon Snyman, diane HARPER, rogers Kajabwangu

Published: February 6, 2025
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Impacts of obesity and obesogenic behaviours on climate change: a systematic review protocol

Authors: Francesco D'Agostino, Maria Vliora, Elisabetta Grillo, Michela Corsini, Cosetta Ravelli, Anna Simonetto, Gianni Gilioli, Stefania Mitola, Andreas D. Flouris

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Mengmeng Ji

Published: August 5, 2024
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Unveiling Maternal Health Dynamics from Pregnancy Through Postpartum Perspectives

Authors: Marina Mora-Ortiz, Lorenzo Rivas-García

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Dorota Darmochwał-Kolarz, Jessica Faulkner, Xinhua Xiao

Published: November 12, 2024
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Getting ready for the European Health Data Space (EHDS): IDERHA's plan to align with the latest EHDS requirements for the secondary use of health data

Authors: Rada Hussein, Irina Balaur, Anja Burmann, Hanna Ćwiek-Kupczyńska, Yojana Gadiya, Soumyabrata Ghosh, Prabath Jayathissa, Florian Katsch, Andreas Kremer, Jaakko Lähteenmäki, Zhaoling Meng, Kathrin Morasek, Rebecca C. Rancourt, Venkata P. Satagopam, Stefan Sauermann, Simon Scheider, Tanja Stamm, Christian Muehlendyck, Philip Gribbon

Funders: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Filipe Andrade Bernardi, Gunnar Piho, SUBHASHIS DAS, Snezana Savoska

Published: July 30, 2024
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Facilitating remote and virtual access provision by European research infrastructures – requirements, issues, and recommendations

Authors: Michael RAESS, Omran Alhaddad, Johanna Bischof, John Dolan, Ayoub El Ghadraoui, Menattallah Elserafy, Marco Galeotti, Ulla Lächele, Xavier Meyer, Oguz Ozkan, Ivan Rodero, Hannele Savela, John Shepherdson, Vanessa Spadetto, Valentina Tegas, Susanne Vainio, Alen Vodopijevec, Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch, Claudia Alen Amaro, Annika Thies

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Daniele Bailo, Lai Ma, Pasquale PAGANO

Published: May 16, 2025
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Promoting physical activity and healthy diets by modifying the social and/or physical environment at local level: a scoping review of evidence-based policy actions.

Authors: Elisa Chilet Rosell, Marta Puig García, Blanca Lumbreras, María Pastor Valero, Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, Lucy Anne Parker

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Sven Messing

Published: July 12, 2024
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Prevalence and individual level enablers and barriers for COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adult tuberculosis patients attending selected clinics in Nairobi County, Kenya

Authors: Boru Waqo, George Makalliwa, Caroline Musita

Funders: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: July 9, 2024
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Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people living with HIV and attending selected HIV clinics in selected sub-counties of Nairobi, Kenya

Authors: Nomsa Phiri, Susan Mambo, Careena Otieno Odawa

Funders: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Naomi Wekwete, Sylvia Ayieko

Published: July 25, 2025
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Prospective cohort study on non-specific symptoms, cognitive, behavioral, sleep and mental health in relation to electronic media use and transportation noise among adolescents (HERMES): study protocol

Authors: Hamed Jalilian, Nekane Sandoval-Diez, Valentin Jaki Waibl, Michael Schmutz, Simona Trefalt, Nasrullah Arslan, Adriana Fernandes Veludo, Laura Tincknell, Irina Wipf, Lena Steck, Stefan Dongus, Agnieszka Jankowska, Gabriela P. Peralta, Kinga Polanska, Maja Popovic, Milena Maule, Patricia de Llobet, Monica Guxens, Martin Röösli

Funders: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Atanu Pati, Payam Sajadi

Published: November 24, 2025
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IMMUnity Unveiled: A Translational NETwork for tackling PARKinson's Disease – IMMUPARKNET

Authors: Mitilda Gugu, Shubhra Acharya, Dogukan Pira, Simona Poletti, Alessia di Flora, Tamara Saksida, Vladimirs Pilipenko, Marina Romero-Ramos, Franca Marino, Laura Muñoz Delgado, Neda Nikolovski, Yasemin Gursoy Ozdemir, Dale Lawson, Cristoforo Comi, Inês Figueira

Funders: COST Actions

Peer reviewers: Johannes Schlachetzki, Rifat Hamoudi

Published: January 23, 2025
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Risky sexual behaviours and utilization of HIV testing services among the adolescent girls and young women aged between 15-24 years in Kibra Sub County, Nairobi County, Kenya

Authors: Onesmus Muti Mutie, Kenneth Ngure, Aggrey Gisiora Mokaya

Funders: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Peer reviewers: Alfred Musekiwa, Elizabeth Kiilu

Published: January 31, 2025
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On the need to better integrate the social environment in research on climate change and health: recommendations and thinking tools

Authors: Laurence Mabile, Lola Neufcourt, Matthew Chersich, Valériane Leroy, Cyrille Delpierre, Michelle Kelly-Irving

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Panagiota Kotsila, Rhiannon Thompson, Roger FEW, Rosemary Hiscock, Sandrah Eckel

Published: January 14, 2025
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Universal mental health training for frontline professionals (UMHT)’s feasibility analysis

Authors: Viktoriia Gorbunova, Vitalii Klymchuk, Philip Santangelo

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Kathryn Kanzler, RODOLFO BUSELLI, ling wang

Published: March 21, 2025
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Liquefied capsules containing nanogrooved microdiscs and umbilical cord-derived cells for bone tissue engineering

Authors: Mariana Carreira, Manuel Pires-Santos, Clara R Correia, Sara Nadine, João F Mano

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jeroen Rouwkema, Mani Diba, Paula Vázquez Aristizabal, Tiziano Serra

Published: September 9, 2024
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Incidental findings in development and use of digital health ecosystems for older people

Authors: Asbel Kipchoge Tanui, Teija-Kaisa AHOLAAKKO

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Eija METSÄLÄ, Ralph Möhler

Published: April 15, 2024
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Lyophilized fecal microbiome transfer for primary Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicenter randomized controlled trial (DONATE Study)

Authors: Milena Pitashny, Dina Kao, Gianluca Ianiro, Benjamin Mullish, Gergely Nagy, Tadas Urbonas, Inbar Kesten, Yoav Stabholz, Juozas Kupcinskas, Rose Franz, Debora Rondinella, Sabrina Tamburini, Zsuzsa Tudlik, Luca Masucci, Gianluca Quaranta, William Fusco, Giovanni Cammarota, Jurgita Skieceviciene, Karen Wong, Nicola Segata, Mical Paul, Haggai Bar-Yoseph

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Shaohui Wang, Zoltán Dr. Péterfi

Published: March 26, 2024
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Twinning for the Armenian research infrastructure on cancer research

Authors: Karine Sargsyan, Judita Kinkorova, Gabriele Hartl, Ladislav Pecen, Stephanie Villar, Tracy Wootton, Zisis Kozlakidis, Davit Babikyan, Tamara Sarkisian

Funders: Horizon 2020, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

Peer reviewers: Emad Shash, Neela GUHA

Published: March 20, 2024
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Better treatment response in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with more use of a planning-focused coping style

Authors: Elizabeth Kirkham, Yintao Cao, Martyna Król

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: March 20, 2024