Table 2

Examples of research proposals approved by the two programmes in question (randomly chosen) [16].

Prevention+
Innovation+

-Risk prediction based on vascular risk factors; Development of an instrument for guiding preventive measures in the elderly.
-Rehabilitation and Sports: a study on the effect of a sports and physically active lifestyle stimulation programme during and after the regular rehabilitation treatment, on the degree of sports participation, daily physical activity and health status in a population of rehabilitating patients.
-Development and evaluation of an educational intervention targeted at optimizing adherence to measures aimed at preventing asthma in children with a familial allergic disposition.
-Cellular reprogramming in neuromuscular tissues as a response to genetic lesions in the cellular network for energy homeostasis – Adaptation and (programmed) cell death.
-Towards gene therapy for haemophilia: a research programme on the transfer of the genes for factor VIII and IX into hepatocytes and into the liver.
-Functional and molecular characterization of the role of cytokines in development of human lymphocytes.
-The role of the glycocalyx in myocardial perfusion and coronary endothelial function in health and disease

+As a result of privacy considerations, no titles of grant research proposals included in this study are shown.

Keuken et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 6:13   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-6-13

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