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| Project | Centre involved | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary European network for research, prevention and control of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Carlos III Institute of Health | It aims to constitute a multidisciplinary network for research, prevention and control of COVID-19. The I-MOVE will analyze the coronavirus in humans and in different animal species, study its expansion and identify different ways of controlling contagion. Specifically, ISCIII researchers will participate in primary and hospital care networks and will develop clinical, virological and epidemiological studies. |
| Institute of Public and Labor Health of Navarra |
Funding COVID-19 Fund
| Project | Centre involved | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: detection in hospitals and innovative technologies | Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center (CBMSO), Health Research Institute of La Paz Hospital (IdiPAZ), Severo Ochoa Hospital, IMDEA Nanociencia Center, ISCIII and ISGlobal. | Use of sampling equipment to locate the virus in the air in healthcare environments, such as hospitals and health centers. |
| Infection, hospitalization, admission to ICU and death due to SARS-Cov-2 in a population cohort | Institute of Health Research of Navarre (idiSNA) | Research that seeks to estimate the effect of sociodemographic characteristics and chronic diseases on the risk of infection, hospitalization and development of serious COVID-19 disease. The project will address the following predictor variables: sex, age, chronicity, pregnancy, obesity, hypertension, smoking, functional capacity, socioeconomic level, number of cohabitants, children in the home and use of health services. |
| Elaboration of maps of the danger of transmission of COVID-19 in urban spaces oriented to the application of anti-propagation measures at a scale of detail | University of Malaga | The study of the possible spread of the virus in urban environments. The spatial behavior of the virus in cities will be analyzed to know where the main sources of infection are located, which of them are more virulent and evolve at a faster pace, with which urban factors are related, and which are the key places to act with measures to stop the infection. |
| Addressing unknowns of COVID-19 transmission and infection combining pathogen genomics and epidemiology to inform public health interventions | Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (IBV-CSIC) | Project to improve the knowledge of the patterns of transmission of the disease, improving epidemiological information. The research, of a global nature, seeks to improve knowledge in different areas, combining genomic, clinical and epidemiological information to specify transmission mechanisms, facilitate the therapeutic approach, promote diagnosis and establish public health recommendations. |
| The project will collect data from about 1000 residents in nursing homes to analyze their epidemiological, clinical and economic conditions and their possible association with the COVID-19 epidemic. | Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) | Clinical and epidemiological study in the homes of elderly people of Albacete province, which seeks to analyze their clinical, sociodemographic, functional, cognitive, nutritional and geriatric syndromes characteristics to identify factors that predispose to infection. The ultimate goal is to know the specific health outcomes in this high-risk population. |
| Evaluation of epidemiological scenarios of COVID-19 disease using an original model using membrane computing | Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital (FIBio-HRC) | Evalua escenarios epidemiológicos de la enfermedad COVID-19 mediante un modelo original de la denominada ‘computación de membranas’. The objective is to predict the effect of different interventions on the epidemic, managing various scenarios and taking into account factors such as ages, contact and transmission rates, contact times, protective measures, effects of possible therapeutic and vaccine agents, etc. Researchers will observe how the modification of each factor influences the epidemiological trend of the disease. |
| Real-time quantification of new unreported cases of COVID-19 in Spain | Consortium Center for Mathematical Research (CRM) | It develops mathematical models to quantify in real time the new unreported cases of COVID-19 in Spain. The estimates will be used to study the dynamics of the disease using epidemiological models that allow better accuracy of morbidity and mortality. |
| Determination of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples and its potential indirect transmission | University of Valencia | It coordinates a project that seeks to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples and its potential indirect transmission. This is a study of epidemiological surveillance and molecular epidemiology that will analyze environmental and social factors of the propagation. The potential for environmental transmission of the virus in the specific conditions of Spain will be investigated, studying the release of the virus by the intestinal route and the wastewater treatment plants, in addition to its presence and behavior on common surfaces such as plastics, stainless steel and glass. |
| Dynamic prediction of COVID-19 affectation scenarios in the short and medium term (PREDICA) | University of Santiago de Compostela | He coordinates the ‘Predic’ study on dynamic prediction models on COVID-19 affectation scenarios in the short and medium term. The objective is to predict the evolution of the expansion and incidence of the pandemic and solve one of the main problems that the known models are facing: the reliability of the available data, both due to difficulties in the detection mechanisms and a probable abundance of asymptomatic cases. |
| Study of the dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic with physico-mathematical epidemiological models. Monitoring, control strategies, simulations and surveys | University of Murcia | It will analyze the dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic with physico-mathematical epidemiological models. Control strategies, simulations and surveys will be used to study the official figures associated with the pandemic and propose a scientific basis for designing future more suitable containment strategies beyond confinement. Simulations on different scenarios of the incidence and affected curves will help to anticipate control measures and to understand the risk of importing cases and outbreaks. |
| Medium and long-term forecasting of the spread of COVID-19 | Carlos III University of Madrid | It seeks to improve the preparation of public health responses to the pandemic with short-, medium- and long-term simulations in different propagation scenarios. The project studies issues such as possible campaigns of selective vaccination, influence of the environment on the spread of the virus and the development of strategies of social confinement according to the breadth and extent of different periods of infection. |
| Mathematical modelling and prediction of the incidence of COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe | University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea | It coordinates research based on mathematical modeling to predict the incidence of possible new COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe; the objective is to help predict more accurately the short- and long-term impact that the various control strategies have had and will have on the health of its inhabitants. |
| Simulation and evaluation of the transmission dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Spain | National University of Distance Education (UNED) | Development of computational tools for simulation and evaluation of the dynamics of virus transmission. |
| Application of AI to immediate prediction of time series to optimize resource management in epidemics | National University of Distance Education (UNED) | It will apply artificial intelligence techniques to make immediate predictions of time series and crisis scenarios, with the aim of optimizing the management of health resources in the management of the pandemic. |
Others
| Project | Centre involved | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Characterizing the immune response to the coronavirus to control the epidemic phase | Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center (CSIC-UAM) | Determine the percentage of children from 5 to 16 years old who will be immunized against the virus and know the ability of the virus to generate COVID-19 disease in the population, to be able to guide treatment therapies and vaccines. |
| Study of the comparative genomes of the coronavirus of patients with COVID-19 disease to understand and predict their evolution and epidemiology in space and time | Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia | An ambitious scientific project led by CSIC researchers in collaboration with 40 hospitals throughout Spain will study the comparative genomes of the new coronavirus of patients with Covid19 disease, to understand and predict the evolution and epidemiology of the virus. The study also aims to provide information to public health authorities. The generated data will be deposited in public repositories, as well as in the global platform NextStrain (nextstrain.org). The project is integrated into the new Global Health Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform, which has been launched by the CSIC to address the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 since the research. |
| Understand the effects of mobility and social distancing restriction measures on the spread of the disease | Institute of Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems | It will be based on anonymized data from mobile phones and cartographic services, using computational techniques and artificial intelligence for the massive analysis of data (of human mobility patterns and forms of contact), in order to study the real effectiveness of social distancing measures and find the best strategies for their relaxation. |
| Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes | ||
| Design of coordination mechanisms between health policy and other public policy sectors | Institute of Public Policy and Public Goods | To speed up the response to crises by studying the relationships between the health system and institutionalized care for the elderly, in the context of the pandemic in Spain and Europe. |
Analysis of mobile data to study the effectiveness of confinement on the spread of COVID-19 | Institute of Complex Systems Physics | It uses computation and data science techniques to check how the containment measures that have been taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 disease are being effective. |
| Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) | ||
| Centre for Ecological Research and Forest Applications | ||
| Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD-CSIC) | ||
| Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA-CSIC) | ||
| National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) | ||
| Pompeu Fabra University | ||
| National Epidemiology Center-Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) | ||
| Carlos III Institute of Health | Investigation of which meteorological variables can be considered of interest when analyzing the incidence and spread of the COVID-19 disease and the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Spain. |
| State Agency of Meteorology | ||
| Checking the effectiveness of containment measures | Center for Research in Animal Health | It uses computation and data science techniques to check how the containment measures that have been taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 disease are being effective. |
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