Today, MNI President, Manuela Schaflechner, awarded the €30.000 2021 MNI Grant to the project “An intelligent online platform to predict adverse outcomes from cancer-related malnutrition using the GLIM criteria” during the 2021 Joint Policy Seminar at the ESPEN Congress.
This project will develop an intelligent online platform, using decision trees, to predict adverse outcomes from cancer-related malnutrition. The platform will utilise machine learning models to determine which phenotypic and etiologic combinations of the GLIM criteria are predictive of adverse outcomes (30-day mortality and unplanned hospital admission) in an existing cohort of 2492 oncology patients. Models with and without phenotypic and etiologic criteria for which there are often barriers to assessment within health services (e.g. inflammation, muscle mass) will be assessed.
Associate Professor Nicole Kiss from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, received the award on behalf of the entire project team.
2021 MNI Grant winner project poster
2021 MNI Grant winner video presentation
2021 MNI Grant winner announcement video
The 2022 MNI Grant selection criteria were also announced during the session.
2022 MNI Grant flyer
MNI would like to acknowledge the other applications received whose posters are available here below:
Nutrition Hub for Older Adults – supported by AuSPEN (Australia)
Pathway to Provide Optimal Nutrition Care in Sri Lankan Intensive Care Units (ICUs) – supported by SLMNA (Sri Lanka)
Predicted Impact of Dysgeusia – supported by NESPEN (the Netherlands)
Muscle Mass Loss in COVID-19; Extent, Impact and Diagnostics – supported by NESPEN (the Netherlands)
Transferring Malnutrition Knowledge to Older Citizens, their Healthcare Professionals and Informal Carers; a Next Step Forward in the Treatment of Malnutrition – supported by NESPEN (the Netherlands)
