Stavria-Artemis Elia, from the Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics Research lab (CVEG) of the Cyprus University of Technology, performed the second Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) of one month at the Laboratory of Primary Health Care, General Medicine and Health Services Research of the School of Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, under the supervision of Dr. Areti Triantafyllou. She collected and analyzed the results of a qualitative survey, proposed by
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We are happy to announce the first VascAgeNet training school, entitled “Vascular ageing: physiological and technical aspects”. It is expected to take place in Split (Croatia) from the 6th to 8th of September 2021. More information can be found here and applications can be submitted here!
What are you working on? Dr. Juan Antonio Moreno is a Principal Investigator. His research includes understanding alterations in the renal and vascular wall to identify new molecules involved in the progression of renal and cardiovascular disease. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Moreno+JA&cauthor_id=30334635
What are you working on? Dr. Martin Bahls is an exercise physiologist. His research includes translational cardiovascular primary and secondary disease prevention. More information can be found here https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=IVxoo08AAAAJ&hl=en
The virtual networking continues! Thank you for the virtual Vienna tour and for all the active participation! On Wednesday (25/06/2021), we did a virtual tram tour through Vienna. Our “tram drivers” Nicole (The Interactivist) and Christopher (Chair of VascAgeNet) guided the participants through Vienna. Nicole presented in the interactive tour lots of information about the history of Vienna with a special focus on medical aspects and the history of wine
What are you working on? Achim Schwarz is an entrepreneur and founder of ALF Distribution GmbH. His interests include identification of innovative approaches for the measurement of vascular ageing and bringing these technologies to the research community. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33470736/
Thank you to everyone who took part in the first Vascular Ageing Awareness Day on June 6th. 31 Countries, spanning the globe, helped us to make the arteries visible! #visiblearteries #vascularage21 #arteryawareness21 Highlights can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGLX94BLdE
Registration is now open for webinar 10. “Will the routine measurement of vascular age be implemented into clinical practice?” with Professor Alta Schutte. June 22nd, 11am CET. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cdTAY6SAR4S9WaOKPLMjjw
What are you working on? Dr Madeleine Johansson is clinician and a postdoctoral researcher. Her research interests include syncope, orthostatic hypotension, heart failure, vascular ageing and diabetes. More information here https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-9148
We are happy that the first call for Virtual Mobility (VM) Grants is open! Please find all information about the Grant, the eligibility criteria and rules, and the timeline here: https://vascagenet.eu/vm-grants VM are a new networking tool started as a pilot by the COST Association. The VM Grants should specifically contribute to reaching the research coordination and capacity building objectives objectives of the VascAgeNet COST Action (see VascAgeNet Objectives). These activities