by Panos Bonotis | 27 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
A warm welcome to the first newsletter from the MyPal project. MyPal (Fostering Palliative Care of Adults and Children with Cancer through Advanced Patient Reported Outcome Systems) is funded by the European Commission and started on 1st January 2019. It will last for...
by Panos Bonotis | 26 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
A special look at the work of the team at Saarland University leading the MyPal Child study. Founded over 70 years ago, in 1948, Saarland University (USAAR) in Germany now has nearly 17,000 students spread across six different faculties and a worldwide reputation for...
by Panos Bonotis | 25 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
Professor Julia Downing, Chief Executive of the International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN), explains her organisation’s role in MyPal. The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) was established in 2005, and is the only global...
by Panos Bonotis | 24 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
This image is not from the game itself, but is one of the many images inspiring the game’s designers. An interview with game developers Stefan Hoffman and Robert Schraut in which they explain the ideas behind the MyPal game. The core component of the MyPal...
by Panos Bonotis | 23 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
MyPal coordinator, Vassilis Koutkias, discusses his hopes for the project and the challenges it faces. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? I am a Principal Research Scientist with the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), at the Centre...
by Panos Bonotis | 22 July 2019 | Newsletter 1
You can download a short, edited version of the newsletter as a PDF by clicking on the image of the cover. It contains the introduction to each of the articles with links to full-length articles on this...