Prevention of recurrence and readmission research group
Call for applicants, deadline 10th July 2025
The Executive Committee of Diabetic Foot Study Group announces a new research project.
This research group will be established in Summer 2025.
Prevention of recurrence and readmission in persons with diabetic foot disease
BACKGROUND
Diabetic foot is known to be a severe long-term complication of diabetes. Although in the last years many improvements have been achieved, including a significant reduction of major amputation, ulcer recurrence and hospital readmission related to diabetic foot disease remain two current challenges for health care professionals operating in the field. Ulcer recurrence has been estimated to be 40% at 1 year after wound healing, and 60% at 3 years, while approximately 25% of patients admitted for diabetic foot problems require a new hospitalization after 6 months of follow-up. Ulcer recurrence and hospital re-admission are related to increased risk of non-healing, reduced quality of life and high cost for health care systems.
CURRENT CALL
The DFSG is initiating a research group of young academics/clinicians/scientists to work on the field of “Prevention of recurrence and readmission in persons with diabetic foot disease” with the aim to develop a grant application to investigate the topic mentioned above.
The Executive Committee of DFSG has agreed to support the project with a grant, which will be used to bring the group together, as we feel it is valuable to meet eye to eye for maximum commitment and inspiration.
PROJECT VISION
Once applicants have been selected, the group will meet to discuss different items: epidemiology, causes of recurrence/readmission, characteristics of recurrent/readmitted patients, pathways for future prevention.
Selected applicants will be involved in the development of different topics, collecting data, data analysis, writing of papers, and proposal for clinical improvement in the daily clinical practice with the aim to reduce the mentioned global burden.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Successful applicants will be supported by a group of multi-disciplinary mentors with a profound understanding of the diabetic foot. If you are early-career academic/clinician/scientist with an interest in the research project “Prevention of recurrence and readmission in persons with diabetic foot disease” and scientific experience, we invite you to apply for this group.
Applications can be sent to the DFSG: dfsg@dfsg.org
The application should include:
- Short CV
- List of publications
- Contact details (Full name, phone number, email and affiliation)
- Short motivation
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Successful applicants will be notified no later than the 6th August 2025 and the first meeting of the young scientist and their mentors will take place in Prague 2025 during DFSG
QUESTIONS
Please contact the DFSG Secretariat if you have any questions:
DFSG Meeting Secretariat
c/o CAP Partner
Nordre Fasanvej 113, 1
2000 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
T: +45 70 20 03 05
dfsg@dfsg.org
www.dfsg.org