Full Title: Watching the Risk Factors (WARIFA)
Funded by: European Commission, Horizon 2020 program (Grant Agreement No. 101017385)
Grant awarded: Total Budget: €6,726,468.75. EU Contribution: €6,000,000
Duration: 4 years (1/1/2021 – 31/12/2024)
Participating Partners: The WARIFA consortium consists of 12 partners from 6 European countries: The Norwegian Centre for E-health Research (NSE), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Arctic University of Norway (UiT), SESCS/Fundación Canaria Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC), University of Oslo (UiO), Munster Technological University (MTU), CiaoTech Srl (CIAOTECH), NetSun Software (NETSUN), The National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Sensotrend (Sensotrend), Norwegian Melanoma Association (Melanoma Assoc.)
Principal Investigator: The Norwegian Centre for E-health Research (NSE)
Researchers at SCS/FIISC: Lilisbeth Perestelo Pérez, Alezandra Torres Castaño, Analía Abt-Sack, Ana Toledo-Chavarri
Project Summary:
The main objective of the WARIFA project is to develop an artificial intelligence-based tool for the prevention of the following chronic diseases: Type 1 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, melanoma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This project embraces digital health to generate personalized recommendations for preventing the main risk factors associated with these diseases, as well as promoting healthier lifestyles among citizens.
Through an artificial intelligence-based system, citizens and patients will receive personalized recommendations to help improve risk factors in their lifestyle, such as excessive sun exposure, unhealthy diet, harmful alcohol and tobacco consumption, and physical inactivity. The digital tool will be available to citizens via a smartphone app that will automatically integrate both the data generated by users and that stored in a central system, in order to offer a personalized set of recommendations according to each individual’s risk levels.
WARIFA will thus contribute to health promotion and prevention efforts, helping to alleviate the burden on healthcare systems. With the development of this early risk factor assessment tool for chronic diseases, WARIFA will also encourage healthier lifestyles among citizens.
Contact person: Alezandra Torres Castaño (atorrcas@sescs.es)
Website with project information: www.warifa.eu