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project info
Start date: 3 January 2022
End date: 31 December 2023
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 4 760 000,00 €
EU contribution: 4 760 000,00 € (100%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Conseil Régional de Lorraine (Pôle Europe)

COVIDOMICS IA – Understanding the interindividual variability of COVID-19 and its post-infectious syndrome (long COVID)

The objective of the COVIDOMICS AI project is to answer the following question: Why after the same COVID-19 infection (viral variant) within the same age group, some people only suffer from a “simple flu” while others will eventually be hospitalised in resuscitation service (and for some will die)? To answer this question, a multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians associated with the Laboratory of Molecular ImmunoRhumatology INSERM UMR_S 1109 (Dir. Prof. Seiamak BAHRAM) will analyse a cohort of patients infected with different viral variants (Delta, Omicron, and others to come). Two groups of patients will be compared: non-critical patients hospitalised in the so-called conventional sector and critical patients of resuscitation services. These patients will be studied at a very important level of clinical and molecular detail through a so-called “multiomic” approach. By applying a statistical analysis involving artificial intelligence and deep learning, it will be possible to identify therapeutic and diagnostic targets to differentiate critical forms from non-critical forms. In the long run, combined with the accumulated knowledge on variants, this research could also help anticipate the clinical impact of future variants, including on the post-infectious form of COVID-19, known as COVID-long.

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