Diabetes Lower Extremity Complications Research and Training Network in Foot Ulcer and Amputation Prevention (DIALECT)

DIALECT旨在通过建立创新的、国际的、跨学科的和跨部门的研究和培训工作，通过个性化医疗来对抗糖尿病足病，这将培养下一代领先的、具有创业精神和创造力的科学家，以加强欧洲的创新劳动力。这既及时又紧迫，因为糖尿病足病的负担在所有疾病中排名前十，而且世界上每20秒就有一人因足病失去一条腿这一事实强调了这一点。目前，我们缺乏成功地在正确的时间向正确的人提供正确的治疗，以防止足部溃疡和截肢。我们将在生物力学、活动行为和与糖尿病足病相关的鞋类领域为新一代高成就的早期研究人员提供独特的世界级跨学科和跨部门培训。一个由学术、工业、医疗保健和实施伙伴组成的平衡良好的联盟将提供精心设计的方言培训网络，包括通过研究进行的培训、结构化的网络范围内的培训活动、部门间借调和未来工作技能培训。通过开发新的个性化风险分层、生物力学足部模型、创新活动和依从性概况、用于生物力学和活动监测的可穿戴技术系统，以及个性化优化的鞋类干预产品，这将导致向个性化医疗的范式转变，超越最先进的水平。DIALECT将为esr提供全面的技能，能够提供高质量的科学和行业解决方案，发展成为欧洲医疗保健领域的领先创新者，他们具有很高的就业率，并准备参与并领导下一代欧洲科学家-企业家，以加快减少糖尿病足病的患者，社会和经济负担的进展。

DIALECT aims to combat diabetic foot disease through personalised medicine, by establishing an innovative, international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research and training effort that will deliver the next generation of leading, entrepreneurial and creative scientists to reinforce the European innovative workforce. This is both timely and urgent, illustrated by that the burden of diabetic foot disease is in the top-10 of all medical conditions, and emphasized by the fact that every 20 seconds someone in the world loses a leg because of foot disease. Currently, we lack success in delivering the right treatment to the right person at the right time to prevent foot ulceration and amputation. We will provide unique world-class interdisciplinary and intersectoral training to a new generation of high-achieving early stage researchers in the areas of biomechanics, activity behaviour and footwear related to diabetic foot disease.A well-balanced consortium of academic, industry, healthcare and implementation partners will deliver the carefully designed DIALECT training network, comprising training through research, structured network-wide training events, intersectoral secondments and future work skills training. This will result in a paradigm shift towards personalised medicine that goes beyond state-of-the-art, by developing new personalised risk stratifications, biomechanical foot models, innovative activity and adherence profiles, wearable technology systems for biomechanical and activity monitoring, and personalised optimised footwear intervention products. DIALECT will provide ESRs with a comprehensive skillset capable of delivering high-quality scientific and industry solutions to develop into leading innovators in the European healthcare sector, who are highly employable and ready to engage and lead the next European generation of scientists-entrepreneurs to expedite progress in reducing the patient, societal and economic burden of diabetic foot disease.