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CATCH - Cancer: Activating Technology for Connected Health
MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS - European Industrial Doctorate (ITN)
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Why should researchers use Social Media?
When one does an academic, scientific or research work, what they are primarily seeking is to learn, deepen and focus on a specific...
Mercè Bonjorn Dalmau
Dec 13, 20173 min read
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Public Dissemination of Science - why is it so important?
As researchers, we are judged on our ability to publish high quality research in peer reviewed academic journals. For the researcher,...
Dominic O'Connor
Nov 28, 20173 min read
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Working FOR & WITH patients: thoughts about the upcoming secondment @Oncoavanze
A year has flown by since the beginning of my industrial doctorate in the European project CATCH. A time spent at Salumedia, a digital...
Francisco Guerra
Nov 15, 20173 min read
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Nordic Walking for Breast Cancer
When I first came to work with physical activity in the CATCH project I came across the Nordic Walking (NW) program of Oncoavanze Clinic,...
Gabriel Signorelli
Oct 31, 20172 min read
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Living with Cancer and Mental Illness – Developing a More Integrated Care System
Last week I attended one of the Irish Cancer Society’s Decoding Cancer events. The event was one of a series of public talks held across...
Gillian O'Neill
Oct 23, 20173 min read
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Deep learning ... we too are incorporating it into CATCH project
Photo credits @aunalytics With last year being declared as the “Deep Learning Year”, it is a fair assumption that everyone has either...
Ornela Bardhi
Oct 4, 20173 min read
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If you are thinking of selling, value is the key!
One of the central ideas in the previous blog post of mine was how important it is to think about commercialization at early stages of...
Juan Miguel Muñoz Peñas
Sep 28, 20173 min read
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Researching eHealth as a distance race
This week I delivered my PhD proposal framed in the CATCH programme, specifically on support commercialization of service innovation...
Mercè Bonjorn Dalmau
Sep 10, 20176 min read
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation: an alternative therapy in cancer rehabilitation?
Currently more than 10 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually, with the number of cases set to increase by 50% between now and...
Dominic O'Connor
Aug 23, 20172 min read
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Designing for Wellbeing in Cancer: Combining the Fields of Health Psychology and Human-Computer Inte
Supporting Wellbeing in Cancer Wellbeing is a multidimensional construct which goes beyond measuring the absence of dysfunction, but...
Gillian O'Neill
Aug 9, 20174 min read
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It's time to get serious about games for health!
The first summer school devoted to Serious Games for Health and Sport from the Harvard Medical School, ENTI-UB and EUSES, took place from...
Francisco Guerra
Jul 25, 20175 min read
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How Physical Activity for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors are being communicated on Facebook Pa
Social networks are an important communication tool in the contemporary world. Facebook presently has a daily use of 727 million people...
Gabriel Signorelli
Jul 18, 20172 min read
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Attending Conferences: The Joy of Combining Work and Travel!
I sometimes feel the need to be careful when speaking about travelling internationally for work. I get asked ‘how was your holiday’ and...
Louise Brennan
Jul 3, 20173 min read
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Get in contact with real patients
CATCH ITN Orientation Conference, June 2017, Dublin The Patient Journey Map Workshop, part of CATCH ITN orientation Conference, provided...
Gabriel Signorelli
Jun 21, 20171 min read
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“I’ll tell me Ma when I go home” – sharing insights from the CATCH Orientation Conference 2017
CATCH’s first conference was held in Ireland last week at University College Dublin, and while the weather may not have always been on...
Gillian O'Neill
Jun 15, 20173 min read
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Let's catch up!
“Let’s catch up” was the first expression my friend Antonio told me before I started to tell him the news. “Hey, that's exactly what I...
Juan Miguel Muñoz Peñas
Jun 8, 20174 min read
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eHealth research on cancer brings together academics and health professionals in Dublin
The University College Dublin will host the CATCH Orientation Conference from 6th to 9th June 2017, presenting their research on...
Päivi Salminen
May 31, 20173 min read
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3 Months with CATCH: The beginning, the present and what's to come
My journey to CATCH occurred mostly by chance in that my MSc supervisor at the time had been sent an advertisement looking for suitable...
Dominic O'Connor
May 1, 20173 min read
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Rome wasn’t built in a day – my road to becoming a CATCH ESR
I have been very fortunate to be funded throughout my studies by the European Commission. It all started during the 2nd year of my...
Ornela Bardhi
Apr 12, 20174 min read
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A Roller Coaster Opportunity
----- Roller coasters are designed to give you a thrill, to make you feel that you’re in danger. It’s normal to be nervous, but you will...
Francisco Guerra
Apr 3, 20174 min read
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