University College Cork Survey on Digital Endpoints and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
Are you a healthcare professional working in adult medicine? Do you use or would you like to use patient-reported outcomes or digital tools in your clinical or research work? We would then like to hear from you! Researchers from our consortium partner, University College Cork, are conducting a brief 15-minute survey to understand how digital […]
Real World Stories – Ulli Funken
Since its inception, the heart of the IDEA-FAST initiative has been the involvement of patients in all possible facets of the project. To shed light on their participation and experience within the project, we will be presenting a series titled “Real World Stories”, a set of conversations with some patient representatives who have been involved […]
IDEA-FAST General Assembly 2025 – Lisbon, Portugal
On March 25th – 26th, the IDEA-FAST consortium gathered for the 2025 General Assembly in Lisbon to discuss the project’s developments over the past year and plans for the upcoming months. Around 100 participants from over 50 partner organizations attended the sessions, in person and online. The discussions enabled us to review the project’s […]
Celebrating Early Career Researchers in IDEA-FAST
In IDEA-FAST, we firmly believe that the passion, energy, and fresh perspectives of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are essential to the success of our ambitious project. These talented individuals are not merely contributors; they are the innovators and visionaries shaping the future of healthcare and digital health technologies. Through their dedication, expertise, and curiosity, our […]
IDEA-FAST Zenodo Community is Now Available!
We are happy to announce that the IDEA-FAST Zenodo repository is now up and running! This platform is your gateway to a treasure trove of knowledge from the IDEA-FAST project, dedicated to changing the way we understand and monitor fatigue and sleep disturbances. What can you find in the repository? – Open-access publications, project deliverables, and […]
Happy Holidays from IDEA-FAST
✨ Happy Holidays from the IDEA-FAST Project Team! 🎄✨ As we close the chapter on 2024, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our consortium members, partners, and supporters. IDEA-FAST is making great progress, thanks to your dedication and hard work over the past year, which has been essential to its advancement. […]
Inside the IDEA-FAST Project: Perspectives from the Principal Investigator at Asociación Parkinson Madrid
Miriam Grande is a Researcher at the Unidad de Innovación e Investigación at Asociación Parkinson Madrid (APM). She holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Psychology and has experience as a lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Miriam has actively participated in several research projects with the association and has extensive training and expertise in […]
Early Career Researcher Spotlight – Dr. Ekaterina Sorkina
Dr. Ekaterina Sorkina is a Clinical Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Royal Victoria Infirmary. She is a Doctor of Medicine and further obtained her PhD in Endocrinology in 2015 at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University in Russia. Ekaterina continued her work as a Senior Researcher, consulting Endocrinologist, and […]
New Paper Out – Evaluation of walking activity and gait to identify physical and mental fatigue in neurodegenerative and immune disorders
A new paper by Hinchliffe et al. has been published. In this paper the authors explore the relationships between gait characteristics derived from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and patient-reported fatigue in the IDEA-FAST feasibility study. The current knowledge of the relationships between walking and abnormal fatigue in NDDs and IMIDs is very limited. Therefore, […]
IDEA-FAST May 2024 Newsletter is Out!
We are proud to announce the latest edition of the IDEA-FAST Newsletter is here! Here are some of the highlights: Over 1200 participants recruited across 19 active sites in our Clinical Observation Study, thanks to the hard work of the IDEA-FAST members Spotlight on Young Researchers and their work in IDEA-FAST Most recent project deliverables […]