VERDI: SARS-coV2 variants Evaluation in pRegnancy and paeDIatrics cohorts
– Proposal ID: 101045989
– Acronym: VERDI
– Topic: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CORONA-01-02
– Call: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CORONA-01
– Type of Action: HORIZON-RIA
– Type of Model Grant Agreement: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
– Duration: 48 months (2021-2025)
– Participants: 27 Organisations
– Budget: €10M (total), of which €671k (University Medical Center Utrecht)
– My role: Tasks leader in WP4 (modelling)
Prospects of HIV elimination among Dutch MSM by targeted screening for acute HIV infection and partner notification
– Role: PI
– Budget: €275k
– Duration: Jun 2020–May 2023
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Aidsfonds
– Contract No. P-53902
Making HIV cure work: impact on quality of life, risk behavior, and the Dutch epidemic
– Role: PI
– Co-applicant: Dr M Basten
– Budget: €275k
– Duration: May 2020–Sep 2022
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Aidsfonds
– Contract No. P-52901
Making the way out: model-based evaluation of exit strategies from the COVID-19 lock-down in Portugal
– Role: PI
– Budget: €17.5k
– Duration: May 2020–Jul 2020
– Affiliation: University of Lisbon
– Funding Agency: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
– Contract No. 131_596787873
Gini in a bottle: Impact of PrEP on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections in the MSM population
– Role: Co-Applicant
– Main applicant: Prof M Kretzschmar
– Budget: €47k
– Duration: Nov 2019–Apr 2021
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (ZonMw)
– Contract No. 522008010
Risk underestimation, high-risk sexual behavior episodes and estimating the impact of tailored interventions
– Role: Co-Applicant
– Main applicant: Prof M Kretzschmar
– Budget: €170k
– Duration: Jun 2018–Nov 2020
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (ZonMw)
– Contract No. 522004009
Mapping structure, dynamics and behaviour of Dutch Caribbean HIV transmission networks
– Role: Participant & Leader of WP5 (mathematical modelling)
– PI: Dr A Wensing
– Budget: €275k
– Duration: Oct 2017–Dec 2021
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Aidsfonds
– Contract No. P-29704
Modelling the impact of demographic change on the effectiveness of vaccination
– Role: Participant
– PI: Dr M van Boven
– Budget: €256k
– Duration: Dec 2017–Dec 2019
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht & RIVM
– Funding Agency: RIVM
– Contract No. S/113007
Making it count: timing of STI and HIV prevention interventions throughout sexual careers of men who have sex with men
– Role: Participant
– Main applicant: Prof M Kretzschmar
– Budget: €150k
– Duration: Oct 2015–Jun 2017
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht & RIVM
– Funding Agency: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (ZonMw)
– Contract No. 522002004
Prospects of elimination of HIV by treatment as prevention in MSM in the Netherlands
– Role: Participant
– PI: Prof M Kretzschmar
– Budget: €250k
– Duration: Mar 2014–Feb 2017
– Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
– Funding Agency: Aidsfonds
– Contract No. 2013030
Stochastic metapopulation models for infection dynamics and viral evolution
– Role: PI
– Budget: €90k
– Duration: Dec 2010–Jun 2013
– Affiliation: University of Manchester
– Funding Agency: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
– Contract No. SFRH/BPD/69137/2010
Spatio-temporal patterns on complex networks: the role of the structure of the interaction network
– Role: PI
– Budget: €60k
– Duration: Dec 2006–Nov 2010
– Affiliation: University of Lisbon
– Funding Agency: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
– Contract No. SFRH/BD/32164/2006
The physics of populations: the role of the contact network in the competition of species and in the propagation of diseases
– Role: PI
– Budget: €12.5k
– Duration: 2007–2011
– Affiliation: University of Lisbon
– Funding Agency: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
– Program “Stimulus for Research” 2007
Other grants and funding
– Institut du Calcul et de la Simulation, Paris, France (CALSIMLAB scholarship, 2013)
– Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK (visiting scientist, 2013)
– Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (visiting scientist, 2011)
– SFB 680, Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Innovations, Germany (visiting scientist, 2011–2013)
– CoSyDy grant, Warwick University, UK (conference attendant, 2012)
– Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal (2006–2013)
