In 2021, ISSPAM launched 11 calls for projects leading to the funding of 15 projects (see below) some PAAs had no response while others funded a larger number of projects.
AAP_ Support for the initiation of innovative and collaborative projects
The ISSPAM's objective is to promote scientific exchanges and to encourage the emergence of new collaborative projects. The call for projects (AAP) "Seed" is part of this objective. Its purpose is to allow the initial development of innovative and collaborative research or training projects within the Institute.
The "Seed" PAA has a total budget of 80 k€. Each selected project will be granted up to 20 k€ over a period of 12 months. This amount will be managed (within ISSPAM) by one of the partners involved in the project, which will be defined by the applicants.
More details on the winners of this call here.
Winner 1
Project title: "Covid Long": social science perspectives on an uncertain category
Project Acronym: Covid Long SHS
Project leaders :
- Gabriel GIRARD (SESSTIM)
- Brigitte JUANALS (CNE)
Key words:Covid long; social sciences; patients' association; social networks; media coverage.
Winner 2
Project title : Artificial intelligence to adapt prevention for drug users
Acronym: AI4DU (Artificial Intelligence for drug users)
Project Leaders:
- Maria Raquel UREÑA PEREZ (SESSTIM)
- Pierre CHAPARD (PsychoActif association)
- Lionel DANY (LPS)
Key words:Artificial intelligence; drug users; recommendation systems; personalization; clustering.
Winner 3
Project title : Adaptive and Personalized Self-Learning for Statistical Analysis Using R
Project Acronym: PersonAlyseR
Project Carriers:
- Roch GIORGI (SESSTIM)
- Marina BURAKOVA (LPS)
- Jean-Charles DUFOUR (SESSTIM)
Keywords: Statistical analysis; self-learning platform; adaptive teaching; personalized teaching; R software.
AAP_Flash projects "Public Health Sciences
Current events show the need for a certain reactivity of research in public health science to provide an answer to certain public health problems. The "Flash" AAP aims to support research projects that aim to develop a rapid response to a public health issue of significant relevance. The projects submitted must meet at least two of the following criteria: interdisciplinarity, inter-teams, innovation, attractiveness, socio-economic and cultural links.
The "Flash" PAA takes place on a "rolling" basis during each calendar year. It has a total budget of 40 k€. Each selected project will be granted up to 10 k€ over a period of 12 months (consecutive, maximum limit).
More details on the winners of this call here.
Winner 1
Project title : Analysis of sars-cov-2 seroprevalence in rural areas (March cohort) in Mali
Project Acronym: MARSCOV
Project Leaders:
- Jordi LANDIER (SESSTIM)
- Issaka SAGARA (SESSTIM)
Key words: SARS-CoV-2; seroprevalence; rural Mali cohort.
Winner 2
Project title : Communicating in Covid times: an observational study in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Project Acronym: ReaNeo2C
Project Carriers:
- Barthelemy TOSELLO (ADES)
- Lionel DANY (LPS)
Keywords: Pediatrics; communication; covid19; care organization; observation.
AAP_Mobility incoming junior and senior
This mobility grant is intended to support the temporary hosting of a foreign researcher or teacher in one of the ISSPAM teams.
The objective of this call for proposals for ISSPAM is to reinforce its attractiveness and to encourage the structuring of international partnerships.
Two grants for incoming mobility may be awarded in 2021.
The aim is to provide each selected researcher or teacher with financial support of 2,000 euros, mainly to cover travel and accommodation expenses, and possibly other living expenses.
More details on the winner of this call here.
Winner
Missionary : Catherine LEGRAND (Louvain Institute for Data Analysis and Modeling (LIDAM)
ISSPAM host structure: SESSTIM
Project Title: Right to be forgotten: methodological approaches to assist decision making in public health (DALO)
Keywords: Cancer; right to be forgotten; relative survival; registries; cohorts.
AAP_Junior and Senior Outgoing Mobility
This mobility grant is intended to support the hosting of a researcher or teacher from ISSPAM in an academic or non-academic institution (university, private institution, association, socio-cultural...) abroad.
The objective of this call for proposals is to encourage ISSPAM to structure international partnerships.
Two grants for outgoing mobility may be awarded in 2021.
The aim is to provide each selected researcher or teacher with financial support of 2,000 euros, mainly to cover travel and accommodation expenses, and possibly other living expenses, for a mobility abroad.
More details on the winners of this call here.
Winner 1
Missionary : Samuel DUPOIRIER (LPS)
Host structure abroad (title, director, university): Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale de l'Université de Lausanne (UNILaPS) ; STAERKLÉ Christian ; Université de Lausanne
Project Title: Exploring the links between universal income and subjective health
Key words:Universal Income; Vulnerability; Social Representations; Social Order; Public Health.
Awardee 2
Missionary : Maria Raquel UREÑA PEREZ (SESSTIM)
Overseas host structure (title, director, university): Information Science Institute, Dr José Luis Ambite Molina, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, US
Project Title: Applying artificial intelligence methodologies to improve cancer patients care management.
Key words: Artificial Intelligence ; Deep learning ; elderly people ; frailty ; cancer.
Awardee 3
Missionary : Themistoklis APOSTOLIDIS (LPS)
Overseas host structure (title, director, university):
- Post-Graduation Program in Nursing, Dir. Pr Denize Oliveira, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, Brazil)
- Laboratory of Human Social Interaction (LABINT), Dir. Pr Fatima Santos, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil)
Project Title: Social representations and scientific cooperation with Brazil in the field of health
Key words: Social representations; community research; interdisciplinarity; biomedical innovation; international cooperation.
Winner 4
Missionary : Eva LEGENDRE (SESSTIM)
Overseas host structure (title, director, university): Institute of Health and Development (ISED), Pr. Adama Faye, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal
Project Title: Study of the acceptability of mass interventions against Plasmodium carriage in the Kédougou region, Senegal
Keywords:Malaria; reservoir; mass intervention; acceptability; mixed method.
AAP_Allocation 4th year of thesis
The call for proposals (AAP) "4th Year PhD Allocation" of ISSPAM aims to support the finalization of a thesis in progress within the research environment of ISSPAM (PhD student and supervisor affiliated to ISSPAM).
More details on the winner of this AAP here.
Winner
Thesis title: Adherence to adjuvant hormone therapy after diagnosis of non-metastatic breast cancer
Doctoral candidate:Victoria MEMOLI (SESSTIM)
Key words: Breast cancer; hormone therapy; GBTM; adherence; quality of life.
AAP_PhD Contract
The call for proposals (AAP) "Doctoral Contract" of ISSPAM aims to support the preparation of a thesis within one of the 6 research units (ADES, AMSE, CEReSS, CNE, LPS, SESSTIM) and one of the 4 Doctoral Schools (Cognition, Language, Education - ED356 ; Espaces, Cultures, Sociétés - ED355; Sciences Économiques et de Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - ED372; Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé - ED62) constituting the research environment of ISSPAM.
The projects submitted must be in line with at least one of the ISSPAM "pillars": interdisciplinarity, inter-teams, innovation, attractiveness, socio-economic and cultural links. The selected project will be granted a doctoral contract (see below) for a period of 36 months.
More details on the winner of this call here.
Winner
Title of the thesis : LGBTQI+ people in the urban governance of psychotropic drugs
Doctoral candidate : Solenn REAL MOLINA (SESSTIM)
Key words : psychotropic substances; health; LGBTQIA+; public action; gender and sexualities
AAP_Bourses to go to a thematic school
This mobility grant is intended for doctoral students whose thesis (co)supervisor is a member of one of the research teams of the Institute of Public Health Sciences of Aix-Marseille (ISSPAM) to support their participation in a thematic school, in France or abroad.
The objective of this call for projects is to allow the doctoral student to benefit from additional training but also from an opening experience.
The total budget of this call for projects, open throughout the year 2021, is 2 000 euros.
Each grant will provide financial support of up to 1,000 euros per doctoral student (registration fees, travel, accommodation).
More details on the winner of this AAP here.
Winner
Title of the thematic school : 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics
Applicant:Nicolas NGO (SESSTIM)
Key words:Joint model; Dynamic prediction; Personalized medicine; International Society for Clinical Biostatistics.
AAP_Co-financing of a scientific event
As part of its mission to disseminate and transfer knowledge and skills in Public Health Sciences within the scientific community and to the general public, the Institute of Public Health Sciences of Aix-Marseille (ISSPAM) proposes to co-finance the organization of scientific events (symposiums, debates, actions towards patients' associations, the socio-cultural world or the general public,...) on public health sciences themes.
The objective of this call for projects is to have a structuring effect on the site, to develop its visibility and attractiveness.
The total budget for this call for projects, open throughout 2021, is 3,000 euros.
More details on the winner of this call here.
Winner
Title of the scientific event : 15th French-speaking Conference of EPICLIN 2021 (EPICLIN 2021) / 28th Days of the Statisticians of the Cancer Centres (CLCC)
Event Organizers:
- Roch GIORGI (SESSTIM)
- Jean-Marie BOHER (Biostatistics and Methodology Unit)
Keywords: Clinical research; clinical epidemiology; artificial intelligence; interventional research; Southern countries.
Financial support for a thesis
More details on the winner of this call here.
Winner
Thesis title: Evolution of malaria epidemiology according to societal, meteorological and environmental factors in Mali
PhD student: Mady CISSOKO (SESSTIM)
Keywords: Malaria; geo-epidemiology; hotspots; stratification and NMCP.