CHERISH Project 

Cherish Workshop 

28th October 2011- EuroMediterranean University Center of Ronzano- Bologna Italy

The University of Bologna organizes a Workshop in the framework of the European Project Cherish.

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Project Description

CHERISH (Improving Diagnoses of Mental Retardation in Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through Genetic Characterisation and Bioinformatics/Statistics).
Mental retardation (MR) is a highly heterogeneous disorder and is of genetic origin in about 50% of the cases. Despite recent progress in research the causes and the pathophysiology of MR remains obscure. It is essential to investigate this in order to develop future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. The overall goal of this proposal is to establish an interdisciplinary Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) consortium of experts with a joint programme of activities to generate knowledge about MR and the structure and dynamics of the brain as such. This project will be the first to study in depth the prevalence and incidence of MR in EECA.

CHERISH project Improving Diagnoses of Mental Retardation in Children in Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia through Genetic Characterisation and Bioinformatics/Statistics

Start date 01/02/2009

End date 31/01/2012

Duration 36 months

Subprogramme Area Childhood and adolescent mental disorders

Contract type Collaborative Project (Small and medium-scale focused research project/STREP) - Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA)