On Tuesday, 19 November several of the members of the Public Ambassador Group (PAG) for the PREDICTOM project met online together with research partners from the University of Exeter (UK) and Kings College London (UK) to discuss the first part of the participant journey on the PREDICTOM platform. The meeting started with a presentation by Jack Lewis from the University of Exeter, followed by a very fruitful discussion about the user-friendliness of the PREDICTOM platform so far. This discussion was led by Sarah Campill, Public Involvement Officer at Alzheimer Europe. The meeting ended with a preview of the topic of the next meeting, given by Zunera Khan, and with praise from the PAG members for the joint efforts of the PREDICTOM partners and their goal to make early detection of dementia more accessible.
They highlighted how this use of technology and biomarkers, accessible from the comfort of your own home, is almost futuristic. ”This is fantastic! This is like science-fiction.”, they commented. 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. See www.ihi.europa.eu for more details.
