Projects

Horizon 2020	Duration	Department	Project coordinator and main 5 partners
Evaluation of a patient-centred biopsychosocial blended collaborative care pathway for the treatment of multi-morbid elderly patients (ESCAPE)	2021 – 2025	Institute of Cardiology	SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET (Denmark) (coordinator), Region Sjaelland (Denmark), Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen – Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen – Stiftung Oeffentlichen Rechts (Germany), Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany), Klinikum Der Universitaet Zu Koeln (Germany), Universitaet Leipzig (Germany), Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland (Ireland), Semmelweis Egyetem (Hungary), Azienda Unita’ Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna (Italy), Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita Di Bologna (Italy), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev (Germany), Eurocarers-Association Europeenne Travaillant Avec Et Pour Les Aidants Non-Professionnels (Belgium), Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfe Von Menschen Mit Behinderung Und Chronischer Erkrankung Und Ihren Angehorigen E.V. (Germany), Linkopings Universitet (Sweden), Erinn Innovation Limited (Ireland)
Understanding microbiomes of the ruminant holobiont (HoloRuminant)	2021 – 2026	Faculty of Veterinary	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L’AGRICULTURE (coordinator), L’alimentation Et L’environnement (France), Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Agresearch Limited (New Zealand), Agrifood And Biosciences Institute (United Kingdom), The Agricultural Research Organisation Of Israel – The Volcani Centre (Israel), Ben-Gurion University Of The Negev (Israel), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain), Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (Australia), Federazione Europea Di Zootecnica (Italy), European Forum Of Farm Animal Breeders (Netherlands), Institut De L’elevage (France), Institut De Recerca I Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (Spain), Inrae Transfert Sas (France), Luonnonvarakeskus (Finland), Norges Miljo-Og Biovitenskaplige Universitet (Norway), National University Of Ireland Galway (Ireland), The Queen’s University Of Belfast (United Kingdom), Sruc (United Kingdom), Teagasc – Agriculture And Food Development Authority (Ireland), The Governors Of The University Of Alberta (Canada), The Regents Of The University Of California (United States), Universiteit Gent (Belgium), Universitaet Greifswald (Germany), Wageningen University (Netherlands)

Horizon Europe	Duration	Department	Partners
Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC)	2022 – 2029	Neuroscience Institute	Agence Nationale De La Securite Sanitaire De L Alimentation De L Environnement Et Du Travail (France) (Coordinator), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs (France), Universitaet Graz (Austria), Universiteit Gent (Belgium), Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Kobenhavns Universitet (Denmark)
Modern ‘‘AKIS“ Modernisation of Agriculture through more efficient and effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (modernAKIS)	2022 – 2029	Faculty of Veterinary	Landliches Fortbildungsinstitut Osterreich, Kurz LFI Osterreich (Austria) (coordinator), Innovatiesteunpunt Voor Landbouw Enplatteland (Belgium), National Agricultural Advisory  Service (Bulgaria), Ministarstvo Poljoprivrede (Croatia), Pollumajandusuuringute Keskus (Estonia), Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry Of Finland (Finland), Assemblee Permanente Des Chambres  D’Agriculture (France), Universitaet Hohenheim (Germany), Verband Der Landwirtschaftskammernev (Germany), Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon ( Greece), Aki Agrarkozgazdasagi Intezet Nonprofit Kft (Hungary), Teagasc – Agriculture And Food Development Authority (Ireland), The Circa Group Europe Limited ( Ireland), Consiglio Per La Ricerca In Agricoltura E L’analisi Dell’economia Agraria (Italy), Latvijas Lauku Konsultaciju Un Izglitibas Centrs (Latvia), Centrum Doradztwa Rolniczego W Brwinowie (Poland), Consulai, Consultoria Agroindustrial Lda (Portugal), Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development (Romania), Ministerstvo Podohospodarstva A Rozvoja Vidieka Slovenskej Republiky (Slovakia), Ministerio De Agricultura, Pesca Y Alimentacion (Spain), Fundacion Empresa Universidad Gallega (Spain), Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos – Dimitra (Greece), Ministrstvo Za Kmetijstvo Gozdarstvo In Prehrano (Slovenia), Ministerie Van Economische Zaken En Klimaat (Netherlands), Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslu Universitetas (Lithuania), Direcao-Geral De Agricultura E Desenvolvimento Rural (Portugal), Ustav Zemedelske Ekonomiky A Informaci (Czechia), A.M. Filagrotiki Symvouleftiki Ltd (Cyprus), Ministerstwo Rolnictwa I Rozwoju Wsi (Poland), Universiteit Gent (Belgium), Statens Jordbruksverk (Sweden), Ministere De L’agriculture, De La Viticulture Et Du Developpement Rural (Luxembourg), Seges Innovation Ps (Denmark), Malta College Of Arts Science And Technology (Malta), Prasidentenkonferenz Der Landwirtschaftskammern Osterreichs (Austria)
A novel multi-functional elastin-like recombinant hydrogel for the prevention of scar tissue formation following a myocardial infarction (ELR-SCAR)	2023 – 2027	Faculty of Veterinary	National University Of Ireland Galway (Ireland) (Coordinator), Technical Proteins Nanobiotechnology Sl (Spain), Boston Scientific Limited (Ireland), Hemex Germany Gmbh (Germany), Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny W Katowicach (Poland), Cardiovascular Research Center Aalst Vzw (Belgium)
Personalised blueprint intestinal health (miGut-Health)	2023 – 2026	Faculty of Medicine	European Federation Of Crohn’s And Ulcerative Colitis Associations (Belgium), Region H – Hvidovre Hospital (Gastrounit), Region Hovedstaden (Denmark), European Research And Project Office Gmbh, UKE – University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein (Germany), Weizmann Institute Of Science (Israel), Engageminds HUB, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (Italy), University Medical Center Groningen (Netherlands), Örebro University (Sweden), École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (Switzerland)

Horizon	Duration	Department
A European “shield” against colorectal cancer based on novel, more precise and affordable risk-based screening methods and viable policy pathways (ONCOSCREEN)	2023 – 2027	Faculty of Medicine	Exus Software Monoprosopi Etairia Periorismenis Evthinis (Greece) (Coordinator), Universitaetsmedizin Der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (Germany), Erevnitiko Panepistimiako Institouto Systimaton Epikoinonion Kai Ypologiston (Greece), Firalis (France), Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Universitaet Zu Luebeck (Germany), Medizinische Universitat Graz (Austria), Instituto Portugues De Oncologia Do Porto Francisco Gentil, Epe (Portugal), Institutul Oncologic Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti (Romania), Technion – Israel Institute Of Technology (Israel), Universidade Do Minho (Portugal), Tilburg University- Universiteit Van Tilburg (Netherlands), Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (Belgium), Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (Greece), Innovation Sprint (Belgium), Scientific Academy For Service Technology Ev (Germany), Ainigma Technologies (Belgium), Catalink Limited (Cyprus), Konnekt Able Technologies Limited (Ireland), Beia Consult International Srl (Romania), Universidad De La Rioja (Spain), Time.Lex (Belgium), Carr Communications Limited (Ireland), Ministry Of Health (Greece), Pagalbos Onkologiniams Ligoniams Asociacija (Lithuania), Europacolon Portugal- Associacao De Luta Contra O Cancro Do Intestino (Portugal), Elliniki Etaireia Ogkologias Peptikou (Greece), Europaische Vereinigung Der Gastrointestinalen Onkologie(European Society Of Digestive Oncology – Esdo) (Austria), Fundatia Youth Cancer Europe (Romania), Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck (Austria), Lietuvos Respublikos Sveikatos Apsaugos Ministerija (Lithuania), Ey Advisory Spa (Italy), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain), Universite De Franche-Comte (France), Rozenbaum Konsulting (Bulgaria), Gie Axa (France), Association Gercor (France), Louwen Rogier (Netherlands), Sanne Voogd (Netherlands).
Towards gastric cancer screening implementation in the European Union (TOGAS)	2023 – 2026	Faculty of Medicine	Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine of the University of Latvia (Latvia) (coordinator), International Agency for Research on Cancer, European Society of Digestive Oncology, Digestive Cancers Europe, European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group, European Cancer Organisation, National Institute of Public Health (Slovenia), Nantes University Hospital (France), Erasmus University Medical Center (the Netherlands), Portuguese Oncology Institute (Portugal), Madrilenian Health Service (Spain), Foundation for Biomedical Research (Spain), Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania), Wroclaw Medical University (Poland), University Hospital Centre Zagreb (Croatia), Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (Croatia), Thomas More University (Belgium), Beakon Hospital Sandyford Limited (Ireland), Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany), Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology (Poland)
Evidence-based Participatory Decision Making for Cancer Prevention through implementation research (ONCODIR)	2023 – 2026	Faculty of Medicine	Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (Greece) (coordinator), Fundacion Para La Investigacion Del Hospital Clinico De La Comunitat Valenciana (Spain), Fundacion Incliva, European Cancer Patient Coalition (Belgium), Europaische Vereinigung Der Gastrointestinalen Onkologie(European Society Of Digestive Oncology – Esdo) (Austria), fundatia youth cancer europe (Romania), European Regional And Local Health Authorities Asbl (Belgium); Ministry Of Health (Greece), Lietuvos Respublikos Sveikatos Apsaugos Ministerija (Lithuania), European Forum For Primary Care (Netherlands), Regional Development Fund Of Central Macedonia (Greece), Agenzia Regionale Per La Salute Ed Il Sociale (Italy), Erevnitiko Panepistimiako Institouto Systimaton Epikoinonion Kai Ypolgiston-Emp (Greece), Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslu Universitetas (Lithuania), Institutul Oncologic Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti (Romania), Exus Software Monoprosopi Etairia Periorismenis Evthinis (Greece), Universidad De La Rioja (Spain), Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece), Innovation Sprint (Belgium); Catalink Limited (Cyprus), Unisystems Luxembourg Sarl (Luxembourg), Nutrinomics (Belgium), Ey Advisory Spa (Italy), Beia Consult International Srl (Romania), Synyo Gmbh (Austria), Diadikasia Business Consulting Symvouloi Epicheiriseon Ae (Greece), Institut Catala D’oncologia (Spain), Pagalbos Onkologiniams Ligoniams Asociacija (Lithuania)
Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies (ECHoS)	2023 – 2027	Faculty of Medicine	Aicib – Agencia De Investigacao Clinica E Inovacao Biomedica (Portugal) (coordinator), Gesundheit Osterreich Gmbh (Austria), Sciensano (Belgium), Cyprus Cancer Research Institute (Cyprus), Fakultni Nemocnice Olomouc (Czechia), Fakultni Nemocnice U Sv. Anny V Brne (Czechia), Ustav Hematologie A Krevni Transfuze Praha (Czechia), Sihtasutus Tartu Ulikooli Kliinikum (Estonia), Tartu Ulikool (Estonia), Suomen Syopayhdistys -Cancerforeningen I Finland Ry – Cancer Society Of Finland Csf (Finland), Hus-Yhtyma (Finland), Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft – Und Raumfahrt Ev (Germany), Ethniko Kentro Tekmiriosis Kai Ilektronikou Periechomenou (Greece), Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet (Hungary), Health Service Executive Hse (Ireland), University College Dublin, National University Of Ireland, Dublin (Ireland), Ministry Of Health (Israel), Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (Italy), Fondazione Irccs Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (Italy), Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba (Lithuania), Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslu Universitetas (Lithuania), Institut National Du Cancer (Luxembourg), Ministry For Education, Sport, Youth, Research And Innovation (Malta), Ministry For Health – Government Of Malta (Malta), Stichting Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland (Netherlands), Kreftforeningen (Norway), Oslo Cancer Cluster Sa (Norway), Norges Forskningsrad (Norway), Narodowe Centrum Badan I Rozwoju (Poland), Narodowy Instytut Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie – Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (Poland), Asociatia Centrul Pentru Inovatie In Medicina (Romania), . Narodny Onkologicky Ustav (Slovakia), Nadacia Vyskum Rakoviny (Slovakia), Nacionalni Institut Za Javno Zdravje (Slovenia), Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Region Stockholm (Sweden), Stiftelsen Stockholm School Of Economics (Sse) Institute For Research (Sweden), Institut National Du Cancer Gip (France), Turkiye Saglik Enstituleri Baskanligi (Turkiye), Rigas Austrumu Kliniska Universitates Slimnica Sia (Latvia), Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Sestre Milosrdnice Ustanova (Croatia)
Centre of Excellence of AI for Sustainable Living and Working (SustAInLivWork)	2023 – 2029	Institute of Cardiology	Kauno Technologijos Universitetas (Lithuania) (coordinator), Vilniaus Gedimino technikos Universitetas (Lithuania), Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas (Lithuania), Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas (Lithuania), Tampereen Korkeakoulusaatio (Finland), Technische Universitat Hamburg (Germany)
Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalising, Post-Pandemic Europe (Bootstrap)	2023 – 2025	Neuroscience Institute	Institut Catala De La Salu (Spain) (coordinator), Universitaet Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem (Hungary), Universidade Do Porto (Portugal), Reichman University (Israel), Medical Research Infrastructure Development And Health Services Fund By The Sheba Medical Center (Israel), Zentrum Fuer Integrative Psyhiatrie (Germany), Tallinn University (Estonia), Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslu Universitetas (Lithuania), Universitaet Ulm (Germany), Stichting Vu (Netherlends), Fundacion Para La Investigacion Biomedica Del Hospital Gregorio Maranon (Spain), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier (France), Centro Di Neurologia Psichiatria E Psicologia Clinica Srl (Italy), Monash University (Australia), Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz (Germany)

The EEA and Norway Grants	Duration	Department
Towards elimination of cervical cancer: intelligent and personalised solutions for cancer screening	2020 – 2024	Department of Health Management	Tartu University (Estonia) (coordinator), Cancer Registry of Norway (Norway), Rīga Stradiņš University (Latvia)
Integrated model for personalized diabetic retinopathy screening and monitoring using risk-stratification and automated AI-based fundus image analysis (PerDiRe)	2021 – 2024	Department of Ophtalmology	University of Latvia (Latvia) (coordinator), University of Oslo (Norway), University of Tartu (Estonia)

Interreg Baltic Sea Region	Duration
Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region	2023-2025	International Relations and Study Centre	Odense Municipality (Denmark) (coordinator), Ministry for health, women and consumer (Germany), Bremer Volkshochschule – adult education centre (Germany), University of Southern Denmark (Denmark), Cesis Municipality (Latvia), Saldus district municipality (Latvia), Westpomeranian Region (Poland)

EURONANOMED	Duration
MoleculAr harvesTing with electroporation, microfluidics and nanoparticles for dIagnoSticS and thErapy of heterogeneous solid tumours (MATISSE)	2021 – 2024	Faculty of Medicine	Tel Aviv University (Israel) (coordinator), Izmir Institute of Technology (Turkey), Research council of Norway (Norway)
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND NORWEGIAN FINANCIAL MECHANISMS
Inhibition of AHR signalling in pancreatic cancer to increase susceptibility to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and chemotheraphy via ELAV1 pathway (INSCPTION)	2021 -2023	Faculty of Medicine	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (coordinator), University of Oslo (Norway), Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (Latvia), University of Tartu (Estonia)
Edible coating formulated with liquid acid whey protein and bioactive compounds, and biopacking for safety and quality of probiotic cheese (BIOCOAT)	2021 -2023	Faculty of Veterinary	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (coordinator), Nofima (Norway), Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (Latvia), Biotechnology competence centre (BioCC) (Estonia)
Gut-blood-liver axis: circulating microbiome as non-invasive biomarker for inflamatory bowel disease (IBD) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) [Blood-Biome]	2021 – 2023	Faculty of Medicine	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (coordinator), Oslo University Hospital (Norway), Latvia Biomedical Research and Study Centre (Latvia), University of Tartu (Estonia)
JPIAMR-ACTION
Interventions to control the dynamics of antimicrobial resistance from chickens through the environment (ENVIRE)	2022 – 2025	Faculty of Veterinary	Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) (Coordinator), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (France), Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Poland), University of Sousse (Tunisia), Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (Germany)
EJP-RD
Holistic mixed approaches to capture the real life of children with Rare Eye Diseases (SeeMyLife)	2022 – 2025	Faculty of Medicine	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (France) (Coordinator), University of Strasbourg (France), University Hospital Bonn (Germany), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta (Italy), Ghent University Hospital (Belgium), Medical University of Lublin (Poland)

Explore partnerships ERA-GAS	Duration
Climate Care Cattle Farming Systems (CCCFarming)	2019 – 2023	Institute of Animal Sciences	Wageningen research (the Netherlands, (Coordinator), University Firenze (Italy), Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (Latvia), Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany), Scottish Rural University College (UK), French Livestock Institute De L’Elevage (France), INRA UMR PEGASE (France), UMR 1069 SOL AGRO AND HYDRO SYSTÈMES (France), UMR Ecosysteme Prarial (France), Poznan University of Life Sciences (Poland)

Other international projects	Duration
Clinical neglect and stroke study: Clinical assessment and interventions for spatial neglect	2019 – 2025	Faculty of Medicine	University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences (Iceland)
Non-coding RNAs Analysis of Eosinophil Subtypes in Asthma	2021 – 2025	Faculty of Medicine	GlaxoSmithKline&Development Limited (UK)
Evaluation of the impact of alcohol control policies on morbidity and mortality in Lithuania and other Baltic states	2020 – 2025	Faculty of Public Health	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada)