In January, members of the Public Ambassador Group (PAG) for the PREDICTOM project were invited to participate in an online meeting and provide written feedback. This online consultation was organised in close collaboration with project partners from King's College London (UK) and focused on the second phase of the at-home participant journey for the PREDICTOM project. The members were sent two different at-home biofluid collection kits to try out and review. The main objectives of the consultation were to assess the user-friendliness of the provided test kits, evaluate the clarity of the instructions and gather feedback on the overall experience. The session was led by Sarah Campill, Public Involvement Officer at Alzheimer Europe. Research partners Zunera Kahn, Anna-Katharine Brem and Gabrielle Nieuwoudt provided on-the-spot responses and asked follow-up questions to the PAG members.
The PAG feedback received was extremely valuable, offering insights and highlighting issues that need further development. PREDICTOM is supported by the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU), under Grant Agreement No 101132356. JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, COCIR, EFPIA, EuropaBio, MedTechEurope and Vaccines Europe. The UK participants are supported by UKRI Grant No 10083467 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), Grant No 10083181 (King's College London), and Grant No 10091560 (University of Exeter). University of Geneva is supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Ref No 113152304. For more details, see: www.ihi.europa.eu