To strengthen the cooperation among Universities in order to boost innovation and exchange of best practices.
To develop a multidisciplinary and highly specialized training course in Nephrology, Pathology and Molecular Medicine Applied to Nephrology.
To train a new professional, the renal molecular pathologists, able to evaluate clinical, histopathological and molecular signatures of renal damage.
To set-up an e-learning course containing learning materials specifically designed to train physicians, pathologists and molecular biologists to perform diagnosis and manage chronic kidney diseases correctly.
The SC is the main decision-making body in the ReMaP project. It comprises of one member for each partner and is chaired by the Coordinator. SC monitors project execution and the evolution of the project towards its scientific and technical objectives. SC proposes decisions on strategic orientations, future activities and budget allocations. It formally meets annually, although extraordinary meetings can be requested by any members.
During the meetings, each Partners Representatives’ present at the Steering Committee an assessment of activity progress, proposing contingency plans where necessary to address any specific identified risks.
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Steering Committee
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Dr. Massimo Papale | ![]() |
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Dr. Roberta Memeo | ![]() |
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Dr. Gregory Papagregoriou | ![]() |
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Internal Quality Control Committee
All Partners
WP 5 Leader
WP1 comprehends all the activities and resources to ensure the smooth coordination and management of the overall project, so it is active throughout all the project’s duration and interrelates with all other WPs.
The main objectives of WP1 are to ensure:
WP2 concentrates all the activities and resources for setting up, developing and maintaining efficiently the operational ICT Platform and its on-line service functionalities, as knowledge repository and on-line system for knowledge sharing.
In addition WP2 will include all the activities concerning the Consortium agreement between participants, the recruitment of teachers, the selection of 12 students, University agreements administration (e.g. ECTS validation), drafting of the Dissemination Plan and the preparation of courses to develop in WP3.
WP3 will include the conduct of highly specialized e-course in Nephrology, Renal Pathology and Molecular Medicine Applied to Nephrology. All the partners will contribute to the activities of each module. Tweleve trainees (2 for each scientific partner) will be selected to take part in the training course. The partners (6 highly specialized nephrology clinical centers, renal pathology centers and research units) will develop the following modules:
Each group of trainees will follow the lectures provided by its reference project partner, while the other trainees will access the lessons’ content through the virtual room of the e-learning platform.
The contents of the lectures will be accessible to other trainees from a dedicated e-learning platform developed by an ICT partner (GRIFO multimedia s.r.l.) that will provide its experience for the digitalization of the training course’s contents.
Each group of trainees will rotate through the laboratories and clinical units of the project’s partners to practice. The duration of the visit in each partner’s unit will depend on the kind of pratice session, which will be defined in detail in the preparation phase. The practice session will cover the following activities:
Specific new OMICS-based protocols will be developed and evaluated to verify their usefulness for the introduction into clinical practice.
Evaluation (Lead: UKA, M6-M36)
WP4 will be responsible for the coordination of the evaluation activities of the project and will include an assessment of relevant input, process and outcome variables. At regular intervals, project activities will be documented, analyzed and compared to the project objectives and deliverables.
Achievement of the learning aims and objectives of the project capacity-building activities (training course, distance learning tool, conference, etc.) will be assessed by appropriate means for each target group (e.g. questionnaires, interviews, group methods) to assess increased knowledge and skills. Outcomes of these process evaluations will be continually feed back to partners to ensure optimal project actions.
At the end of the project a final evaluation will be carried out based on qualitative/quantitative indicators. Evaluation phase will include also the testing of the e-learning platform by 12 independent users selected by the consortium partners.
Dissemination (all partners)
WP5 is dedicated to develop and implement a plan of dissemination and exploitation of ReMaP results EU-wide (then also and especially in EU countries not directly represented in the ReMaP partnership) and also in the view of a sustainable valorization of ReMaP activities after the project implementation.
Main objectives:
The ReMAP e-learning platform (Learning Management System or LMS) is the online tool that allows trainees to access the three modules that make up the ReMAP training course (Nephropathology, Telepathology and OMICS applied to Nephrology), providing all the learning materials and the lectures video-recorded using the integrated virtual classroom facilities. It will also provide surveys and questionnaires to assess the effectiveness of the training programmes.
Partners Involved: Grifo Multimedia (leader), UNIBA, UKA, CUNI, UCY, AMC, IIS-FJD
The first module provides detailed knowledge about acquired and inherited kidney diseases. The lectures are focused on etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis and management.
Partners Involved: UKA (leader), UNIBA, UKA, CUNI, UCY, AMC, IIS-FJD, Grifo Multimedia
L. Gesualdo (University of Bari) – Introduction to REMAP
L. Gesualdo (University of Bari) – History of renal biopsy, procedures, indications and contraindications
J. Floege (University of Aachen) – IgA Nephropathy
F. Pesce (University of Bari) – Membranous GN, idiopathic and secondary
M. Moeller (University of Aachen) – Podocytopathies (FSGS, minimal change)
J. Egido (Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Jimenez Diaz) MPGN type 1 and secondary
A. Ortiz (Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Jimenez Diaz) – Dense deposit diseases
J. Rojas (Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Jimenez Diaz) – C3GP
B. Fernandez (Istituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Jimenez Diaz) – Post-infectious glomerulonephropathy
Z. Hruskova (Univerzita Karlova) – Renal vasculitis, ANCA-associed vasculitis and crescentic glomerulopathy
V. Tesar (Univerzita Karlova) – Lupus nephritis
R. Rysava (Univerzita Karlova) – Renal diseases associated with monoclonal Ig
S. Florquin (Amsterdam University Medical Centre) – Fibrillary GP and Amyloidosis (non AL)
G. Castellano (University of Bari) – Thrombotic microangiopathies
L. Gesualdo (University of Bari) – Diabetic nephropathy
Catalina Martin-Cleary (Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Jimenez Diaz) – Tubulointerstitial diseases
Uta Kunter (University of Aachen) – Hemodynamic mediated diseases
J. Roelofs (Amsterdam University Medical Centre) – Mechanisms and pathology of acute and chronic allograft rejection
C. Deltas (University of Cyprus) – Collagenopathies and other inherited disorders (Alport disease, Thin basement membrane nephropathy)
G. Papagregoriou (University of Cyprus) Cystic diseases (Polycystic Kidney Disease, Medullary Cystic Diseases)
The second module provides theory and practical knowledge of telepathology applied to renal diseases.
Partners Involved: AMC (leader), UNIBA, UKA, CUNI, UCY, IIS-FJD, Grifo Multimedia
The third module provides state of the art knowledge and practical skills on new high-throughput techniques in OMICS sciences applied to Nephrology.
Partners Involved: UNIBA (Leader), UCY, UKA, IIS-FJD, Grifo Multimedia
The e-learning training course made up of the three modules (Clinical Nephrology, Digital Pathology and OMICS applied to Nephrology) will be evaluated by 12 external auditors through a pilot study before its final release.
This task involves recruiting 12 participants for the pilot testing and developing a plan to define data to be collected, and how they will be collected. The plan will include questionnaires and interviews in order to record customer satisfaction and get suggestions to improve the e-learning course.
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