ITSMed projects
Key current translational and stratified medicine projects at the University of Plymouth

AiPBAND is a four-year, €3.7 million, pan-European, Horizon 2020, Marie Curie Innovative Training Network led by researchers at the University of Plymouth, designed to train the next generation of researchers in the early diagnosis of brain tumours
Identify blood biomarkers; design multiplex biosensors; develop intelligent data management infrastructure; develop cloud-based diagnostic systems
Find out more about the AiPBAND Innovative Training NetworkEPIC is a £2.7 million ERDF funded University led collaboration, involving doctors, nurses, care homes, patients, academics and SMEs in Cornwall/IoS to help find the best uses of the internet, apps, and robotics in health and social careLearn more about EPIC and our eHealth innovation work
BBDiag is a pan-European, University of Plymouth led Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Innovative Training Network that will address the lack of specific, sensitive and minimally-invasive biomarkers and techniques to identify people with early stage Alzheimer's
Brings together leading academic and industrial experts from five major consortia across Europe
Find out more about the BBDiag Innovative Training NetworkA national £1.8 million NIHR Health Technology Assessment funded study to assess the effectiveness of Health Trainer support to help smokers who want to reduce but not quit
The study will also estimate costs and predict long-term health and social care savings that the programme may produce
Learn more about the TARS studyA nationwide clinical trial, funded by The JP Moulton Trust and The Cure Parkinson’s Trust, to investigate whether the cholesterol-lowering treatment Simvastatin has the potential to slow or halt the progression of Parkinson’s disease
Part of Linked Clinical Trials Programme, bringing drugs with proven safety records for treatment of other conditions into Parkinson's clinical trials
Find out more about the PD STAT clinical trialAn international University of Plymouth led clinical trial funded by Cancer Research UK to investigate the use of a novel therapeutic treatment approach for mantle cell lymphomaLearn more about the ENRICH clinical trial
Down’s syndrome screening statistical support service provided by the University of Plymouth's Medical Statistics team to Public Health England
Monitors and supports the quality and effectiveness of prenatal screening programme in England
Find out more about DQASS