CZECRIN is a national clinical research infrastructure network, connecting workplaces where academic clinical research takes place, and is coordinated by Masaryk University and the International Clinical Research Centre at the St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno.
The European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020 - Horizon 2020 (H2020) - sets the framework for EU support of research and innovation activities. It consists of 7 priorities, one of which is Excellent Science. It is this pillar of H2020 projects that financially supports projects in which the CZECRIN infrastructure, among others, participates. Involvement in projects funded under Horizon 2020 is a key indicator of success and international recognition of high expertise.
Within the H2020 projects, CZECRIN ranked first in the final evaluation of the number of participants within the involvement in the European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERIC), as the Czech national branch of ECRIN-ERIC. In addition, ECRIN-ERIC demonstrated the highest involvement among the ERICs participating in H2020 projects, with involvement in 47 projects, of which 16 projects involved Czech entities. These entities were involved in the 16 mentioned H2020 projects with a total of 24 participations. "This means that the Czech entity participated in almost 35% of the projects that ECRIN-ERIC acquired. ECRIN-ERIC has also proved its social utility by participating in European joint programs, in the case of Czech participation, it was specifically the project of the European Joint Programme for Rare Diseases (co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports). This is a very good result for both the European and national levels of ECRIN-ERIC/CZECRIN management,” the Technology Centre CAS states in its article (the article is available only in the Czech language). BBMRI is in second place in the number of participants.
In addition to the many activities associated with the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of Masaryk University, from 3 to 8 April 2024, students of the Faculty of Medicine added a project aimed at supporting homeless people. Food collections were held at all faculties of the university. The goal was to collect symbolically at least 105 kg.
Prof. MUDr. Hana Hrstková, CSc., has extensive experience in the field of pediatrics, especially in pediatric oncology. For many years she was the head of the First Children's Internal Medicine Clinic of the University Hospital Brno. She specializes mainly in hematology, hematooncology and oncology. In addition to the treatment of malignant tumours, she also deals with late effects of oncological therapy and teaching at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. He has been working at the University Hospital Brno for more than 40 years and this year he will celebrate a significant jubilee.
