PUBLICATIONS

Our team has proven track record of their work being relevant from a scientific and management standpoint. Amongst the publications that are publicly available, the members contributed to the following ones:

Franz Koenig, Cécile Spiertz, Daniel Millar, Sarai Rodríguez-Navarro, Núria Machín, Ann Van Dessel, Joan Genescà, Juan M. Pericàs, Martin Posch, EU-PEARL Consortium. Current state-of-the-art and gaps in platform trials: 10 things you should know, insights from EU-PEARL. eClinicalMedicine, December 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102384 


Fabio Riefolo, Belén Castillo-Cano, Mar Martín-Pérez, Davide Messina, Roel Elbers, Dorieke Brink-Kwakkel, Felipe Villalobos, Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Patricia Garcia-Poza, Karin Swart-Polinder, Patrick Souverein, Luis Carlos Saiz, Carlo Alberto Bissacco, Leire Leache, Michele Tari, Salvatore Crisafulli, Lamiae Grimaldi, Tiago Vaz, Rosa Gini, Olaf Klungel, Elisa Martín-Merino. Effectiveness of homologous/heterologous booster COVID-19 vaccination schedules against severe illness in general population and clinical subgroups in three European countries. Vaccine Volume 41, Issue 47, 13 November 2023, Pages 7007-7018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.011 


Yefimenko N,  Boric K, and  Di Mauro G. Quality compliance while conducting NIS studies: critical success factors assessment and the use of key performance indicators. Poster presentation at the International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology 2023 (ICPE). Access poster here.


Yefimenko N, Weinrib R, Boric K, Riefolo F, Jansen M, Weibel D. The challenges and lessons learnt from conducting COVID-19 monitoring studies through VAC4EU: coordination and management perspective. P-395. Poster presented at the 39th ICPE Annual Conference; August 25, 2023. Halifax, Canada. DOI: 10.1002/pds.5687


Monika Raethke, Nicoletta Luxi, Gianluca Trifirò, Nicolas H. Thurin, Dirk Mentzer, Evelien De Clercq, Barbara Kovačić, Kathryn Morton, Carlos Miguel Costa Alves, Simona Sonderlichová, Felipe Villalobos, Fabio Riefolo, Florence van Hunsel, Miriam Sturkenboom. Safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines in multiple European countries: initial results from the COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor (CVM). Poster presented at the 39th ICPE Annual Conference; August 25, 2023. Halifax, Canada. Access poster here.


Ahmadizar F, Fortuny J, Cid-Royo A, Plana E, Weinrib R, Garcia Esteban R, Boric K, Yefimenko N, Carreras JJ, Urcheguia A, Correcher-Martinez E, Mira-Iglesias A, Swart KMA, van den Berg JM, Overbeek JA, Villalonos F, Bissacco CA, Newbern C, Praet N, Willame C, Sturkenboom M. (2023). Safety of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine (JCOVDEN) using VAC4EU European healthcare data: methods and results of the first study feasibility assessment.  P-415. Poster presented at the 39th ICPE Annual Conference; August 25, 2023. Halifax, Canada. DOI: 10.1002/pds.5687


Weibel D, De Luise C, Elbers R, van den Bor R, Martin I, Cid-Royo A, Plana E, Garcia de Albeniz Martinez X, Weinrib R, Yefimenko N, Poblador-Plou B, Marconi E, Barbieri E, Stona L, Swart KMA, Roy D, Hyeraci G, Bartolini C, Lupattelli A, Villalobos F, Kendrick K, Garg R, Rubino H, Eijkemans R, Sturkenboom M, Arana A. (October 23) Utilisation patterns of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty®) from the VAC4EU active safety surveillance study in five European countries. P-384. Poster presented at the 39th ICPE Annual Conference; August 25, 2023. Halifax, Canada. DOI: 10.1002/pds.5687


Riefolo F, Raethke M, Luxi N, Ruijs L, Giovanazzi A, Schmitz J, Mentser D, Thurin N, Miroservic -Skvrce N, Liddiard M, Schmikili S, Klungel O, Trifirò G, Sturkenboom MCJM (2022). Covid-Vaccine-Monitor: a Cohort Event Monitoring Safety Study of COVID-19 Vaccines in Thirteen European Countries. Poster presentation – P092. Poster presented at the 21st ISoP Annual Meeting, September 2022. Verona (Italy). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-022-01219-7


Di Mauro G, Gini R, Mahey P,  Molero E, Weibel D,  Sturkenboom MCJM (2022). VAC4EU: a pan-European research network for collaborative post-authorization vaccine safety and benefit monitoring. Poster presentation – P245 Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-022-01219-7


Natasha Yefimenko, Fabio Riefolo, Katica Boric, Gianmarco Di Mauro, Eva Molero. Conducting observational multi-country studies for regulatory decision making during COVID-19 pandemic: the strategic role of the scientific study manager. Poster presentation at the International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology 2022 (ICPE). Access poster here


Luxi, N; Raethke, M; Ruijs, L; Schmikli, S; Riefolo, F; Trifiro, G;  Sturkenboom, MCJM (2022). Covid-19 Vaccine Monitor: Interim Study Report for Cohort Event Monitoring of vaccinated persons. Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.6629550


Cash-Gibson L, Pericàs JM, Spiertz C, van de Ketterij E, Molero E, Patalano F, Kalra D, Ussi A, Van Dessel A, Genescà J, EU-PEARL: Changing the paradigm of clinical trials in Europe, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue Supplement_3, October 2021. DOI: 10.1093/ckab165.657/6406328


Stamm T, Bott N, Thwaites R, Mosor E, Andrews MR, Borgdorff J, Cossio-Gil Y, de Portu S, Ferrante M, Fischer F, Hameed F, Hazelzet J, Hopkins D, Kalra D, Metcalfe T, Molero E, Newson R, Patalano F, Prasser F, Rose M, Lindskov Sachs M, Soderberg J, Strammiello V, van de Poll L, Styliadou M. Building a Value-Based Care Infrastructure in Europe: The Health Outcomes Observatory, NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, June 2021. DOI: 10.1056/CAT.21.0146


Riefolo F, Sortino R, Matera C, Claro E, Preda B, Vitiello S, Traserra S, Jiménez M, Gorostiza P. Rational Design of Photochromic Analogues of Tricyclic Drugs in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2021 64 (13), 9259-9270, June 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00504


Cavaller-Bellaubi M, Faulkner S, Teixeira B, Boudes M, Molero E, Brooke N, McKeaveney L, Southerton J, Vicente MJ, Bertelsen N, García-Burgos J, Pirard V, Reid K, Ferrer E. Sustaining Meaningful Patient Engagement Across the Lifecycle of Medicines: A Roadmap for Action in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science (2021), May 2021 DOI:10.1007/s43441-021-00282-z


Barbero-Castillo A, Riefolo F, Matera C, Caldas-Martínez S, Mateos-Aparicio P, Weinert J.F., Garrido-Charles A, Claro E, Sanchez-Vives M.V., Gorostiza P. Control of Brain State Transitions with a Photoswitchable Muscarinic Agonist in Advanced Science, May 2021 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202005027


Matera C, Flammini L, Riefolo F, Domenichini G, De Amici M, Barocelli E, Dallanoce C, Bertoni S. Novel analgesic agents obtained by molecular hybridization of orthosteric and allosteric ligands in European Journal of Pharmacology Volume 876, March 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173061


Riefolo F, Matera C, Garrido-Charles A, Gomila A. M. J., Sortino R, Agnetta L, Claro E, Masgrau R, Holzgrabe U, Batlle M, Decker M, Guasch E, Gorostiza P. Optical Control of Cardiac Function with a Photoswitchable Muscarinic Agonist in Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019 141 (18), 7628-7636, April 2019 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03505


Agnetta L, Bermudez M, Riefolo F, Matera C, Claro E, Messerer R, Littmann T, Wolber G, Holzgrabe U,Decker M. Fluorination of Photoswitchable Muscarinic Agonists Tunes Receptor Pharmacology and Photochromic Properties in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2019 62 (6), 3009-3020, March 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01822


Lovestone S, EMIF Consortium. The European medical information framework: A novel ecosystem for sharing healthcare data across Europe. Learn Health Sys. 2019; e10214. DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.10214.


N. Yefimenko, E. Molero, D. Prieto-Alhambra, L. Pedersen, F. Lapi, K. Verhamme, M. De Ridder, P. Rijnbeek, C. Giaquinto, J. van der Lei (2019). Real world evidence multi-database research in Europe; The EU-ADR Alliance. Poster presentation at ISPE 2019.


E. Molero, C. Díaz, F. Sanz, J. L. Oliveira, G. Trifirò, A. Fourrier-Réglat, M. Molokhia, L. Pedersen, S. Boyer, L. Scotti, R. Gini, R. Herings, C. Giaquinto, M. I. Loza, G. Mazzaglia, J. van der Lei, M. Sturkenboom, on behalf of the EU-ADR consortium (2012). The EU-ADR Alliance: A federated collaborative framework for drug safety studies. Poster presentation at ISPE 2012.


Dalgleish R, Molero E, Kidd R, Jansen M, Past D, Robl A, Mons B, Diaz C, Mons A, Brookes AJ. Solving bottlenecks in data sharing in the life sciences. Human Mutation. 2012; 33: 1494-1496; DOI: 10.1002/humu.22123


Hadlaczky G, Hökby S, Mkrtchian A, Wasserman D, Balazs J, Machín N, Sarchiapone M, Sisask M, Carli V. (2018) Decision-Making in Suicidal Behavior: The Protective Role of Loss Aversion, in Front Psychiatry, Apr 5,9:116. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00116 eCollection 2018


Hökby S, Hadlaczky G, Westerlund J, Wasserman D, Balazs J, Germanavicius A, Machín N, Meszaros G, Sarchiapone M, Värnik A, Varnik P, Westerlund M, Carli V (2016) Are Mental Health Effects of Internet Use Attributable to the Web-Based Content or Perceived Consequences of Usage? A Longitudinal Study of European Adolescents, in JMIR Mental Health 2016;3(3): e31 DOI: 10.2196/mental.5925


J Watt, E Andrews, N Machin, R Hamilton, S Beevers, D Dajnak, X Guinart, P de la Viesca Cosgrove Cultural Heritage Stock at Risk from Air Pollution– in Morrison GM & Rauch S (eds.)(2007) “Highway and Urban Environment: Proceedings of the 8th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium“, pp.223-232, Springer – ISBN; 978-1-4020-6009-0, DOI 1007/978-0-387-84893-8.


Ball DJ & Machin N (2005): Foreign Travel and the Risk of Harm. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion13 (4), pp 107-115, PMID: 16707347. DOI: 10.1080/17457300500221292


Crabbe H, Barber A, Bayford R, Hamilton R, Jarrett D , Machin N(2004) The use of a European telemedicine system to examine the effects of pollutants and allergens on asthmatic respiratory health, in Science of the Total Environment. 2004 Dec 1; 334-335:417-26.; PMID:15504527. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.04.045


Crabbe H, Hamilton RS, Machin N(2000) Using GIS and Dispersion Modelling Tools to Assess the Effect of the Effect of the Environment on Health, in Transaction in GIS4 (3), pp. 235-244, DOI: 1111/1467-671.00051.


Beaumont R, Hamilton RS, Machin N, Perks J, Williams ID (1999) Social Awareness of Air Quality Information.in The Science of the Total Environment235 (1-3), pp.319-329; (PMID:10535126). DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(99)00215-6

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