Targeted Research , funded by the Italian Ministry of Health through competitive grant calls, is one of the principal instruments for achieving the objectives of the Italian NHS policies. It has a clear applied focus and aims to generate knowledge and evidence that can guide decision-making in the strategic areas identified by the Ministry of Health.
The focus on outcomes that can be directly translated into clinical practice and patient care delivery within the NHS (translational research) is the defining feature of Targeted Research. These projects do not fall within the realm of basic research; rather, they are biomedical and clinical research projects whose ultimate goal is to address health needs in the community placing the individual at the core of the care process.
- Targeted Research 2019 – Standard Targeted Research Projects Change-promotingRF-2019-12371145 – Role of Nutritional intervention for the treatment of sarcopenia in in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites candidate to Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt placement and identification of prognostic factors related to clinical outcome
- RF 2016 – Giovani Ricercatori (GR) Change-promoting
GR-2016-02361494 – Dealing with patients with consciousness disorders: a multimodal approach to support the diagnosis and prognosis - RF 2013 – Giovani Ricercatori (GR) Clinico-assistenziale: GR-2013-02357764 The addition of simvastatin portal venous infusion to cold storage solution of explanted whole liver grafts for facing ischemia/reperfusion injury in an area with low rate of deceased donation
- RF 2011- 2012 – Progetti Ordinari di Ricerca Finalizzata (RF) Clinical: RF-2011-02351116 – New allocation criteria for liver transplantation in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma based on transplant benefit principles: a multicenter, prospective study
- RF 2011-2012 – Giovani Ricercatori (GR) Biomedical: GR-2011-02348129 – Hemodynamic and Biomarkers for Clinical Risk Stratification of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm with Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- RF 2010 – Clinico-assistenziale: SRF-2010-2354429 – Utilization of a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device for NYHA Class III and IV Heart Failure
- RF 2008 – Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS): Gestione delle tecnologie per la sicurezza nelle strutture sanitarie (Programma Strategico Sicurezza e Tecnologie Sanitarie)
- RF 2007 – Progetti Ordinari Aspetti innovativi nella logistica e nell’organizzazione dei centri di trapianto di organi, cellule e tessuti
- RF 2007: Adult mesenchymal stem cell: differentiative lineages and applications in autologus and allogenic implantation and tissue remodeling
- RF 2006 – Programmi Strategici ed i percorsi assistenziali dalla lista di attesa al care integrato ospedaliero e territoriale del paziente trapiantato (Programma Strategico Buon Uso dell’Organo)
