HECOFUND2025–2029

BREATH · BRinging hEAlTH and social sciences to a new level through an interdisciplinary doctoral programme

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2025-01-01 → 2029-12-31
EU contribution
€2,016,000
Participants
28
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-D

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Project objective

It is widely recognised that non-medical determinants of health play a major role in health. Many of these determinants fall within the scope of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). World Health Organisation estimates that Social determinants of health (housing and working conditions, social inequalities, education, etc.) account for between 30-55% of health outcomes. Today, there are urgent needs of profiles capable of understanding the issues in their entirety rather than through a strictly health or social point of view. BREATH program will fill that gap by training excellent researchers. BREATH aims to be the next interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Health and SSH, offering 20 doctoral positions for 3 years each at one of the 3 Pays-de-la-Loire Universities in France, led by distinguished supervisors. Through an open and merit-based recruitment procedure, it will provide excellent opportunities for international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research and training under attractive working conditions. BREATH is coordinated by the University of Angers, with the Universities of Nantes and Le Mans as implementing partners. The 3 public universities have long-standing habits of strong collaboration in doctoral studies, already managed jointly by the Doctoral College, with 83 research groups including 49 in Health and SSH. BREATH will also rely on a 27 associated partners network that will strongly enhance the opportunities of the Doctoral Candidates (DCs). DCs will come closer to the private sector by collaborating with medical and healthcare organisations during secondments or special events. Beyond training through their own research, they will benefit from training courses in research techniques, complementary workshops for transferable skills, scientific meetings and conferences and the access to international scientific networks, with the final aim to promote knowledge exchange and mobility among academic and non academic partners.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITE D'ANGERS · Angers Cedex 01CoordinatorFrance
  • ANGERS TECHNOPOLE · ANGERSFrance
  • ATLANPOLE · NantesFrance
  • Angers Loire Metropole · AngersFrance
  • Association Atelier Kawa · MazéFrance
  • Association Costarmoricaine d'accompagnement et de protection · Saint-BrieucFrance
  • BERNARD GREGORY · ParisFrance
  • CENTICH Groupe VyV · AngersFrance
  • CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE D'ANGERS · AngersFrance
  • CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NANTES · NantesFrance
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • Centre Hospitalier Le Mans · Le MansFrance
  • Comité du Maine et Loire Ligue contre le Cancer · AngersFrance
  • Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire · NantesFrance
  • EIP ON AHA REFERENCE SITES COLLABORATIVE NETWORK · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
  • EUROPEAN HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
  • FUNDACJA KLASTER LIFESCIENCE KRAKOW · KrakowPoland
  • Groupement national de coopération handicaps rares · ClichyFrance
  • LE MANS METROPOLE COMMUNAUTE URBAINE · LE MANSFrance
  • NANTES METROPOLE · NANTESFrance
  • OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITAET MAGDEBURG · MagdeburgGermany
  • Policlinique médicale universitaire et dispensaire central de Lausanne · LausanneSwitzerland
  • Report'Cité · AngersFrance
  • Smart Macadam · NantesFrance
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA · PARMAItaly
  • UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA · OttawaCanada
  • UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY WE WROCLAWIU · WrocawPoland
  • Universidad de Extremadura · BadajozSpain

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