Results of the 2021 JPND Expert Working Groups Call for “The Impact of Covid-19 on Neurodegenerative Disease Research”

Ten project proposals were recommended for funding by the Peer Review Panel based on scientific excellence and by the Call Steering Committee.

COVAMINF
COVID, Amyloid, and Inflammation

Coordinator:
Joshua T Berryman, University of Luxembourg

STRAP
Strategizing transdisciplinary research priorities around the impact of COVID-19 control measures on people with dementia and informal carers living at home: A European and Global South perspective

Coordinator:
Geeske Peeters, Radboud University Medical Center

GSLSALSCOV
Sphingolipids as crucial links between COVID-19 and neurodegeneration

Coordinator:
Pierre Gressens, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)

DigiDist
Distance-Based Digitized Intervention Framework Development

Coordinator:
Robert Lowe, University of Gothenburg

IMPACT
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Alzheimer’s care

Coordinator:
Auriane Gros, Université Côte d’Azur Faculty of Medicine

EU-Connect: NeuroCovid
European Solution for the Global Problem of dementia and Neurodegeneration following COVID-19

Coordinator:
Paul Edison, Imperial College London

NATAIS
Research agenda on the effects of nature and animals on the quality of life and the feelings of loneliness of people living with neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers during COVID-19

Coordinator:
Rusland Leontjevas, Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands

PREP-ND
Pandemic Prepareness Plan for common Neurodegenerative Diseases

Coordinator:
Silvan Licher, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam

DECOVEXP
DEMENTIA AND COVID19: EXPERIENCES IN CARE

Coordinator:
Christine Moroni, University of Lille

DEFINE
Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s disease patients

Coordinator:
Axel Sandvig, Norwegian University of Science and Technology