In 2021, La Marató de TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio was dedicated to mental health in order to raise public awareness of disorders with many stigmas, and it raised 12.1 million euros. Now, these funds will be used to promote 36 research projects led by 81 research teams. The ceremony took place on Thursday 3 November at the TV3 facilities.
With the funds raised thanks to this solidarity initiative, new tools will be created for the prevention and diagnosis of mental illnesses, and more efficient treatments will be designed, with the aim of improving the quality of life of patients and their families.
A total of 150 projects applied for this funding, and these were assessed by 111 international experts on mental health. They assessed the projects’ quality, methodology and relevance. This evaluation was managed by the Catalan Agency for Health Quality and Evaluation of the Catalan Ministry of Health.
Awarded projects linked to IBUB are:
“Suicide as an extreme phenotype to understand suicidal behaviour: an approach from the interaction of the genome with the epigenome”
Antoni Benabarre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research; Bárbara Arias, Faculty of Biology and Bosch i Gimpera Foundation; Thomas G. Schulze, LMU Klinikum (Germany)
Funding: €376,384.29
Study of vulnerability to cocaine use disorder after alcohol consumption”
Bru Cormand, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) and San Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD); Rafael Maldonado, Pompeu Fabra University; Maria Francina Fonseca, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute Foundation (IMIM).
Funding: €399,997.50
Congrats!
