AUMC is a new partner of the proposal. You can contact them for the adm issues. Thanks
Loredana
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Da: "Sassi, Franco" <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Oggetto: [Z-health-Mgmt] Re: EU Horizon bid
Data: 28 marzo 2026 alle ore 08:49:48 CET
A: "Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen)" <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
Cc: "Olney, Jack J" <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>, zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
This is fantastic news. Thank you, Jeroen. We can extend a calendar invite to them for the consortium meeting, but I realise this is at very short notice. A separate meeting of our two teams may be a better way of gauging your view and inputs. Franco
From: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) via zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2026 8:34:10 PM
To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
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Dear both,
I talked to Mai Chin A Paw and she will be happy to join me. We will also ask Tanja Vrijkotte to join our team Amsterdam UMC (AUMC), so the delegation from our organisation is even stronger. Enclosed is a relevant paper you might know already from the group of Mai.
Have a good weekend,Jeroen
Dr. Jeroen LakerveldAssociate professorVice-director, Amsterdam Public Health research instituteDepartment of Epidemiology & Data ScienceLocation VUmc | Medical Faculty Buildingvan der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the NetherlandsT: 0031 (0)6 24858837 | E: j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl
Van: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
Verzonden: donderdag 26 maart 2026 21:09
Aan: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
CC: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Onderwerp: Re: EU Horizon bidYes - just sent a calendar invite. Feel free to forward to others if relevant.Best wishes,Jeroen
Dr. Jeroen LakerveldAssociate professorVice-director, Amsterdam Public Health research instituteDepartment of Epidemiology & Data ScienceLocation VUmc | Medical Faculty Buildingvan der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the NetherlandsT: 0031 (0)6 24858837 | E: j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl
Van: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Verzonden: donderdag 26 maart 2026 20:20
Aan: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
CC: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Onderwerp: Re: EU Horizon bidDear Jerome, I would be happy to talk at 2pm tomorrow, if convenient. The colleague you have mentioned would be a very good fit.
From: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2026 7:54:11 PM
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Subject: Re: EU Horizon bid
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Dear Franco (and Jack),
Thank you very much for considering me for a WP leadership role in this proposal. I really appreciate the opportunity.
My work so far has primarily focused on adult populations, which makes me slightly hesitant about taking on a leading role in a project centered on children/ young adults. That said, I would be very interested in contributing and exploring how my expertise (and perhaps that of my colleagues such as prof Mai Chin A Paw) could best fit within the project.Would it be possible to schedule a short online meeting to discuss this further and explore the options for shaping the work package? I am flexible tomorrow (Friday) morning between 10-15h CET, or Monday 11h or 15h CET. Thanks for letting me know!Jeroen
Dr. Jeroen LakerveldAssociate professorVice-director, Amsterdam Public Health research instituteDepartment of Epidemiology & Data ScienceLocation VUmc | Medical Faculty Buildingvan der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the NetherlandsT: 0031 (0)6 24858837 | E: j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl
Van: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Verzonden: donderdag 26 maart 2026 17:03
Aan: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
CC: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Onderwerp: RE: EU Horizon bidDear Jeroen,
Thank you for your prompt reply, and apologies for the duplication of messages (my fault). I am very pleased you are interested, in principle. I appreciate your transparency in declaring your possible involvement in another bid. Normally, we would expect partners to be engaged exclusively in one bid, but I do realise that we are asking you at a very late stage, when other commitments may have been made, so I will leave it to you to judge how to handle the potential conflict. We have been working together for long enough to trust each other, I think.
I am leading a proposal for this call, in collaboration with a number of National Public Health Institutes and Universities, as well as youth organisations. The proposal builds in part of the two large European Joint actions PreventNCD and JACARDI, as well as on previous Horizon projects that members of the consortium have coordinated.
We are working on three health areas that are strongly associated with young people's behaviours in the age range on which the call is focused (12-25). These are obesity and metabolic health; mental health; and addictions (broadly covering, alcohol, tobacco, substance use, gambling, screen addictions etc.). We have identified two key transitions within the relevant age range. The transition from early to late adolescence (age 12-18, coinciding with secondary school years) and the transition from secondary school to tertiary education/work/independent living (age 19-25). For each of these two age subgroups, we have created intervention packages that include multiple components, as follows:1. For the age group 12-18 (current plan is to implement this in Norway, Slovenia and Spain):
- Health and digital literacy
- Self-management of digital media use
- Health promoting environments and nudges
- Resources and services
2. For the age group 19-25 (current plan is to implement this in Germany, North Macedonia and Ukraine):
- Health and digital literacy
- Device-assisted monitoring and feedback
- Health promoting environments and nudges
The structure of the project if reflected in the attached simplified work package diagram. I would like to draw your attention, in particular, to WP3, which is designed to establish the focus of the project within three key health areas, identified as: obesity and metabolic health; mental health; and addictions (broadly covering, alcohol, tobacco, substance use, gambling, screen addictions etc.). WP3 will assess the behavioural underpinnings of those conditions, and how they have evolved over time, with a view to strengthening intervention frameworks and informing the design of interventions that will be implemented as part of the project. WP3 will examine trends over time in the incidence of conditions in those three areas in young people, and changes in risk exposures that have been driving those trends.
If you (and other relevant colleagues from your University) were willing to take on the leadership of WP3, we believe this would strengthen the proposal. We have other academic partners who can cover the individual health areas I mentioned above, such as Imperial for obesity, NYU for addictions, and NIJZ (Slovenian National Public Health Institute) for mental health. So, you would be well supported.
Please, let me know what you think, and we can discuss more in detail the contents of that work package.
Franco
From: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
Sent: 26 March 2026 08:59
To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: EU Horizon bid
Dear Franco,
Thanks for your kind invitation. I would be happy to join. Jack (in CC) also send an email along the same lines yesterday evening, and here is what I responded:
Dear Jack,
Good to hear from you. And many thanks for reaching out regarding the call. I am keen to hear more.
To be fully transparent, I am *probably* part of another proposal for that same call. But they started late and did not yet formally include me. Our role there would be to provide some environmental exposure input for an app so that it can prompt context-specific messages to users.
Participation in one proposal does not restrict partners to also participate in another; and I can be fully committed. But if this would be problematic for you and if my role would be substantial, I can retract from that other proposal.
So, happy to hear more and perhaps discuss it in a short call?
Best wishes,Jeroen
Dr. Jeroen LakerveldAssociate professorVice-director, Amsterdam Public Health research instituteDepartment of Epidemiology & Data ScienceLocation VUmc | Medical Faculty Buildingvan der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the NetherlandsT: 0031 (0)6 24858837 | E: j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl
Van: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Verzonden: donderdag 26 maart 2026 09:53
Aan: Lakerveld, J. (Jeroen) <j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl>
Onderwerp: EU Horizon bid
Dear Jeroen,
I do apologise for this last minute request. We are working on a grant application in the current call on Behavioural interventions for NCD prevention in young people (EU Funding & Tenders Portal). The proposal is well advanced, but for various reasons we have an important gap that we need to fill, and I believe you would be a very appropriate partner to do that. The work would tie in very nicely with aspects of OBCT. It is a crowded call, so I would like, first of all, to ask if you are already involved in other bids. If not, my next question is whether you would be interested, in principle, in joining a proposal at this late stage (the deadline is 16/4). Of course, we would limit our demands on your time and would minimise the inputs required. Based on your answers to the above questions, I will be happy to share more details about the proposal and your potential role.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Franco
Franco Sassi PhDChair in International Health Policy and EconomicsDirector, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation (CHEPI)Imperial Business SchoolLondon SW7 2AZUnited Kingdom
Email: f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)207 594 9157
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