March 2026 - zhealth-mgmt - imperial.ac.uk

Advisory meeting with JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group
by Katja Cic 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Franco and Z-Health management team, As promised during our last meeting, I am reaching out about the opportunity for you to join a part of our ordinary YAG meeting on March 24th to present the Z-Health project proposal and have a discussion with youth to obtain their perspective on the concepts. The monthly meeting itself will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, the 24th of March, 17:00-19:00 CET. We have one or two agenda items that we need to cover in the beginning, but would you perhaps be able to join in at around 17:30 or so? I could allocate you 30 min (or more if needed) - 10 min to introduce Z-Health and 20 min for discussion with YAG. Would that work for you and your schedules? If not, please let me know and we can find an alternate timing for an extraordinary meeting with YAG. Kind regards, Katja

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for our meeting
by Sassi, Franco 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

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Re: Possible collaboration on EU call
by Sassi, Franco 18 Mar '26

18 Mar '26

Dear Krystle (and including the proposal management team here as well), I understand that the time frame in which grant applications are prepared in US University is not necessarily the same as in Europe. It is very difficult to confirm budget allocations at this stage. What generally happens with EU grants is that applicants are given a hard ceiling for what the whole consortium can request, which means that the budgeting process requires combining a bottom-up approach (which is what you have done) with a top-down approach to ensure the overall envelope is not exceeded and resources are allocated fairly across partners, according to expected contributions. Unfortunately, we have not yet reached the stage at which we will be able to apply the latter (top-down) allocation, because we have yet to finalise the consortium and there is still uncertainty on how many partners will be part of it. However, I do understand that you need to provide inputs to your administration, and I wonder if we could find a compromise (e.g. providing a provisional figure that can be revised later; or buying some more time). Looking at your figures, your estimate of effort is totally reasonable, but we will have to determine whether the project can afford that level of effort throughout its duration (4 years). Presumably, there will be non-staff costs to add to your estimates as well, especially for travel. Please, let me know what you think. Franco From: Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org> Sent: 17 March 2026 13:47 To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk>; Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org> Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Add sender to Safe Senders List <https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/add-recipients-to-the-safe-sende…> Hello Franco, Our grants administrator is finalizing NYU's budget and we wanted to run the proposed effort and total costs by you: * Marie Bragg - 10% effort * Roxanne Dupuis (Research Scientist) - 20% effort * Krystle Tsai (Program Manager/Research Coordinator) - 10% effort * Damon McCoy - 10% effort This would amount to $113,590 Annual Direct costs, and $47,561 annual Indirect costs. Please let us know if this sounds ok and if we should make any adjustments. Best, Krystle ________________________________ From: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 12:28 PM To: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>> Subject: RE: Possible collaboration on EU call [EXTERNAL] Thank you, Marie. I look forward to receiving more information from Krystle. If we include these interventions in the project’s package, I would definitely include Damon in the team. Franco From: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Sent: 24 February 2026 16:25 To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>> Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call Hi Franco, I can ask Krystle from my team to share the text of our Aim 1 and 2 from a recent grant we submitted with a computer scientist, where we modify social media apps to reduce exposure to problematic content. I also want to mention that this work that was developed by a computer scientist means it would likely be most appropriate to include that person on the EU Horizon grant. Would there be room to include some effort for him to honor the fact that it's his area of expertise? His name is Damon McCoy and he is also at NYU. Thank you! Marie From: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM To: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call [EXTERNAL] Dear Marie, We are trying to identify a package of interventions that we can assess in the European project. Ideally, we should be able to intervene on features or behaviours that have an established link with one or more of the conditions we want to focus on (obesity, mental health, addictions). I wonder if you have any materials that you could share about the interventions we have discussed in our recent call, which you have developed in previous projects. Even a brief description would be helpful at this stage. Whatever is easiest for you to send. Thank you! Franco ________________________________ From: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 10:14:10 PM To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call Hi Franco, It’s so wonderful to hear from you! I’d welcome a chance to chat about this call for proposals and appreciate the invitation to brainstorm. I’m now a tenured Associate Professor (and just finished a year consulting two days a week for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on the digital environment) – so I hope those two new additions to my profile might be useful for the application! Looking forward to speaking with you soon, Marie From: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM To: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Subject: Possible collaboration on EU call [EXTERNAL] Dear Marie, How are you? It has been some time since we last spoke. I am contacting you because the European Union has issued a very interesting call for proposals in an area of interest for both of us (behavioural intervention to improve young people’s health). This time, the EU has made clear that participation of US partners is possible, following an agreement that was signed with NIH. The call is available at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/oppor…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opport…>. The call has a strong behavioural dimension, and I would like to consider a focus on digital environments and how they affect young people’s behaviours and eventually their health. Please, let me know whether you would be interested in exploring a collaboration on a proposal. If so, I can follow up with more details and maybe we can set up a call. I look forward to hearing from you. Franco ______________________________________ This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. 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UCPH in Z-Health
by Olney, Jack J 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

Dear Ayo, Thank you for your recent message regarding the Z-Health bid. Following recent changes in the team and the level of engagement across the consortium, Franco and I have taken a pragmatic decision to streamline the partnership for the bid. On that basis, we will not be including UCPH as a formal partner in the current submission. This is a practical decision rather than a reflection on the value of your input. Your offer to contribute to the conceptual framing is exactly the kind of perspective that would strengthen the proposal. However, given the administrative requirements of a Horizon Europe project, and the limited number of partners we can practically include, we feel your contribution might better serve the project through a subcontract rather than UCPH being a formal partner. We would very much like to keep the door open. If, as the proposal develops, we identify a clearly defined area where your expertise would add value, we would be keen to explore this with you. More broadly, we see this as part of a longer-term collaboration between Imperial and UCPH, and I hope we can identify other opportunities to work together where the alignment is stronger from the outset. Thank you again for your openness and flexibility on this, and I hope we can stay in touch as things progress. Regards, Jack

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HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02 - proposed intervention FPG
by Sheehy, Lorraine 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

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call availability
by Loredana Marmora 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Hi Lorraine, We should organize a call with Franco and Policlinico Gemelli. Could you please let me know Franco’s availabilities for next week in order to find a time slot that works for everybody? Thanks Loredana

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Possible partner in new research inititative
by Arnfinn Helleve 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Ieva Hope that you are doing fine! I am involved in an international consortium working on a Horizon research proposal lead by Franco Sassi at the Imperial College in a UK for a call on "Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people". The consortium is interested in connecting with a partner in Lithuania, either at the public health institute or a university eventually. Do you have suggestions for people who we could contact? Best regards Arnfinn Arnfinn Helleve Head of Centre Researcher, PhD Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures Norwegian Institute of Public Health Postal address: PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway Tel: (+47) 21 07 88 16 Mob: (+47) 93 04 66 59 www.fhi.no<http://www.fhi.no/> [cid:ec656141-68ba-405c-bd16-4c25986267c2] [cid:10f30e52-5b47-4030-b7a1-e62cc30e4656]

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Fwd: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request
by Loredana Marmora 16 Mar '26

16 Mar '26

CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Jina, Thanks. We’ll register NYU on the portal. My colleague Giulia (in cc) will contact you to complete the administrative online forms. Best, Loredana Inizio messaggio inoltrato: Da: "James, Jina" <Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org> Oggetto: RE: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request Data: 16 marzo 2026 alle ore 16:09:23 CET A: Loredana Marmora <lmarmora(a)isinnova.org> Hello Loredana, Confirming the PIC for NYU [image001.png] Best, Jina James Grants Manager, Sponsored Research Operations SRO – Integrated Support NYU Langone Health E: jina.james(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:jina.james@nyulangone.org> From: Loredana Marmora <lmarmora(a)isinnova.org<mailto:lmarmora@isinnova.org>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2026 8:30 AM To: Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>>; James, Jina <Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org>>; Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Cc: Giulia Calì <gcali(a)isinnova.org<mailto:gcali@isinnova.org>>; Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>>; Giovanna Giuffrè <ggiuffre(a)isinnova.org<mailto:ggiuffre@isinnova.org>> Subject: Re: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request [EXTERNAL] Dear all, I’m Loredana Marmora, from ISINNOVA, supporting ICL in the management of the bid (and hopefully of the project ;) Nice to meet you (Marie we already met in Rome at the final conference of STOP). Giulia, together with Heather, is indeed the right person in case you need support for the administrative aspects. Just let me clarify few general points: * if you confirm the PIC provided by ICL (999437561) no need to provide further administrative documents as you are already registered on the European Commission system. Heather will then use the PIC to register NYU as partner of our proposal and you’ll receive an invitation to log in and complete some information online (contact person, department names, etc.). In case you’ll need support for this feel free to contact my colleague; * NYU will be a formal partner of the consortium (no subcontract) carrying out activities in the workplan. Regarding the contributions to scientific aspects, ICL will circulate further instructions (probably directly Marie) * the proposal is composed of several sections: some administrative forms filled in directly on the Participant Portal (including the budget which will be managed by the coordinator) and a technical annex which will be 40 pages. As I said, early next week ICL will circulate the commented template asking for contributions to all partners. Hope this can help to clarify some general aspects. We’re happy to help if you need anything else. Best regards, Loredana Il giorno 20 feb 2026, alle ore 10:52, Giovanna Giuffrè <ggiuffre(a)isinnova.org<mailto:ggiuffre@isinnova.org>> ha scritto: FYI ________________________________ Da: Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>> Inviato: venerdì 20 febbraio 2026 10:25 A: James, Jina <Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org>>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>> Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>>; Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>>; Giovanna Giuffrè <ggiuffre(a)isinnova.org<mailto:ggiuffre@isinnova.org>>; Giulia Calì <gcali(a)isinnova.org<mailto:gcali@isinnova.org>> Oggetto: RE: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request Hello Jina Thank you for getting in touch. We are preparing this bid in conjunction with Isinnova. I am copying in my colleagues, Giovanna and Giulia, to see if they are able to advise you on the documentation that will be needed from New York University. In the meantime, the provisional working title for the proposal is: Z-health: health in the digital generation The proposal is still in the early stages and I don’t think I’ve seen any estimates of the project length but Giovanna may have a better idea. The most pressing details we need at the moment are: 1. the Participant Identification Code<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opport…> (PIC). I did find a number of 999437561 but if you could confirm whether this is correct that would be great. 2. The average monthly rate – this is based on a weighted mix of staff who are likely to be involved in the project. With many thanks Heather From: James, Jina <Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org>> Sent: 19 February 2026 18:08 To: Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>>; Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>> Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>>; Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Subject: RE: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request This email from Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org> originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list<https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx> to disable email stamping for this address. Good afternoon Heather, Thank you, Krystle, for the introduction. Heather, I am currently preparing the subcontract package for Dr. Marie Bragg and wanted to inquire about the documents your institution will require from NYU Grossman in order to move forward. Please let us know which materials are needed so we can begin compiling them. Additionally, would you be able to provide the project title and the anticipated project dates? Thank you in advance. Best, Jina James Grants Manager, Sponsored Research Operations SRO – Integrated Support NYU Langone Health E: jina.james(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:jina.james@nyulangone.org> From: Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 10:22 AM To: Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>>; James, Jina <Jina.James(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org>> Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>>; Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Subject: Re: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request Importance: High Good afternoon Heather, I'm looping in Jina James, who has been assigned as our internal grants manager for this proposal and will be the contact for our subcontract - jina.james(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:jina.james@nyulangone.org>. @Jina<mailto:Jina.James@nyulangone.org>, we can discuss in more detail when we meet later this week, but could you please provide Heather with the following information by Feb 20th: * Your institutional Participant Identification Code (PIC). You can search for your institution's PIC here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opport…> (Jina - I tried searching but was unable to find the SOM in the database) * Your average monthly rate to inform the budget. If you are unfamiliar with this term, it should be estimated on the basis of the weighted mix of staff at your institution that are expected to work on the project, excluding indirect costs. Thanks! Krystle ________________________________ From: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 4:21 PM To: Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>> Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>> Subject: Re: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request Thanks very much, Heather. I copied Krystle from my team who can share this information next week. Krystle, happy to chat more during morning meeting Monday. Marie From: Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>> Date: Friday, January 30, 2026 at 8:14 AM To: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg(a)nyulangone.org<mailto:Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>> Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>> Subject: EU Behavioural interventions proposal: admin request [EXTERNAL] Dear Marie Thank you for confirming your involvement in our proposed consortium for the Horizon Europe call: Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people (HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02). We are beginning to prepare our application and need to collect administrative information for the proposal. Please could you provide me with the following details by 20 February 2026: * The contact details of a member of administrative staff with whom we can liaise over the technical details, including finances; * Your institutional Participant Identification Code (PIC). You can search for your institution's PIC here;<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opport…> * Your average monthly rate to inform the budget. If you are unfamiliar with this term, it should be estimated on the basis of the weighted mix of staff at your institution that are expected to work on the project, excluding indirect costs. Do not hesitate to contact us should you need support and/or further information. Many thanks for your help here With best wishes Heather ------------ Heather Lodge Project Coordinator Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation Imperial Business School South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK T: +44 (0)20 7594 5758. 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Z-HEALTH_Administrative Forms (Part A)
by Giulia Calì 16 Mar '26

16 Mar '26

CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear all, I am Giulia from ISINNOVA and I will be supporting ICL with the administrative aspects of this proposal. As anticipated during the last consortium meeting, in parallel with the development of the technical proposal, each partner is also required to complete an administrative form on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. To help speed up this process, I would kindly ask you to complete the attached Word file, which mirrors the online form. We will then be happy to upload the information to the Portal on your behalf. This will also help us avoid possible system overwriting issues and reduce the risk of any information being lost. Since we have not yet received the PIC number of your organisation and the Average Monthly Rate, please include this information directly in the relevant fields of the form. Please return the completed form by 20 March. Should you have any questions or need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best regards, Giulia Giulia Calì Administrative Assistant [cid:b0a4b565-40bf-449c-b197-6deafb90aa91]<https://www.isinnova.org/> T: +39 06 295973 gcali(a)isinnova.org<mailto:dzaini@isinnova.org> www.isinnova.org<http://www.isinnova.org/> Via Sistina 42 00187, Rome [LinkedIn icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/isinnova---institute-of-studies-for-the-in…> [Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/ISINNOVA>

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Testing
by Olney, Jack J 13 Mar '26

13 Mar '26

Hi ISINNOVA - are you receiving this message? I have received a notification that your zhealth-mgmt(a)imperial.ac.uk subscription has been disabled as messages were being rejected by your mail server. Jack

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