Did you know that within VERDI there are 4 Working Groups? These groups help our VERDI partners actively exchange ideas, designs, methods and results, while also identifying gaps and collaborative opportunities. Today, we are excited to present you the VERDI...
The EU-funded END-VOC project is organising the online scientific symposium "COVID-19 variants and the next pandemic", which will be held on 6 June 2023, 14.00–18.00 CEST. The symposium will focus on lessons learned from COVID-19 and how to anticipate the next...
Ali Judd, VERDI co-scientific coordinator, shares insights on her experience with the VERDI Consortium. This story is taken from Penta’s 2022 Social Report. “Despite having a very short window in which to write the VERDI proposal, it was amazing that so many...
The VERDI Consortium, coordinated by the University of Padua and Fondazione Penta ETS (Italy), has received an additional €5 million funding from the European Union (EU). Thanks to this contribution, VERDI will examine the impact of mpox on populations at higher risk...
We would like to invite hospitals to participate in a study of mpox in children and adolescents globally. This mpox paediatric and adolescent clinical study is a Joint EU Clinical Research Initiative which is part of the VERDI project, in collaboration with...
The second VERDI General Assembly took place from 28-30 June 2022, bringing together more than 70 people both online and in Padua, Italy. This hybrid meeting spotlighted the important work carried out by different working groups and allowed members to share updates on...
PRESS RELEASE A large study on the effectiveness of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in children aged 5-11 was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study was conducted at Israel’s largest healthcare organization, Clalit Health Services, in collaboration...
On 26-28 January the VERDI General Assembly Meeting took place – an exciting 3-day online event bringing together experts in infectious diseases from the EU and beyond. The aim was to share our workplan, identify research areas of interest for the Consortium and...
PRESS RELEASE Today we launch VERDI, a project that prioritizes women and children in the research on new coronavirus variants The University of Padua and Penta Foundation are leaders of VERDI, a new European research consortium...
