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Pagina di test formattazione contenuti sezione dinamica - formattazione tag principali di scrittura

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:55:00 GMT

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The first general assembly of the vph institute goes big!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:59 GMT

The VPH Institute General Assembly took place on September 28th 2011 by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. The meeting was productive and well attended: a great kick off of the VPH Institute activities!

Digital agenda: new "virtual liver" technology helps detect liver tumours

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:29:34 GMT

Scientists and surgeons from France, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland have developed a "virtual liver", using EU research funding, which will help surgeons better plan and carry out tumour operations and ensure quicker patient recovery.

The 4th global coe symposium

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:48 GMT

Here you can find the report on The 4th Global COE International Symposium on Physiome and Systems Biology for Integrated Life Sciences and Predictive Medicine, made by the Executive Director of the VPH Institute, Prof Marco Viceconti.

Call 9 is open: may the best proposals win!!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:00 GMT

On January 18th 2012 the European Commission published a new call for VPH-type research: FP7 ICT Call 9. The success of current VPH projects has enabled DG-INFSO to secure a budget of €58m for further research.

Horizon 2020: the first ec document is out!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:57:14 GMT

On November 30th the European Commission published the proposal package for the for next EU Framework: Horizon 2020.

What is discipulus?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:33 GMT

The DISCIPULUS project aims to produce a research roadmap for the realisation of the Digital Patient, an initiative to provide an integrative, sustainable approach to using patient information and computational models in the clinic.

Meet the discipulus consortium

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:29 GMT

The DISCIPULUS project is a collaboration between five institutions in four countries: University College London (UK), the University of Sheffield (UK), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ESP), Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (IT), and Empirica – Gesellschaft für Kommunikations und Technologieforschung mbH (DE).

Discipulus the consultation process

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:44 GMT

The DISCIPULUS project began in October 2011, and will run until March 2013. The first consultation exercise will take place in Barcelona on the 29th-30th March 2012.

Discipulus website

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:02 GMT

A website with information on DISCIPULUS and the Digital Patient is now up and running.

Active and healthy ageing: first documents published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:04:00 GMT

The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) of the Pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing is now public.

The information explosion – and how to harness it

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:17 GMT

The time taken to translate biomedical research into clinical practise remains too long. The volume of research in biomedical science is ever increasing. We may soon reach a point where no individual can hope to process all the information available into effective healthcare strategies.

Information overload at the frontline

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:06:28 GMT

Research shows that electronic health record systems can induce information overload for primary care professionals.

Meet the members of the vph institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:35 GMT

From its incorporation less than one year ago, the Institute has gained the interest of a considerable number of worldwide institutions that applied for the Institute membership: we currently have 58 member institutions, of which nine are supporting members.

How to become an vph institute general member?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:25 GMT

Joining the VPH Institute is very simple: download the application form, compile it, and send it to the Institute manager following the instructions enclosed. As soon as it will be received, the Board of Directors will review your request and just in few days you could be officially on board!

The vph institute web-site is under construction.

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:54 GMT

The Institute will shortly have its web-site ready: www-vph-institute.org. Help us to build our new “home”!

Vph2012 conference - extension of deadline for abstract submission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:56 GMT

Due to numerous requests for an extension of the deadline for the call for abstracts the VPH2012 organizing committee decided to extend the deadline to 18th March 2012. If you still have not done it, the VPH Institute invites you to give your contribute to this event, which is one of the most important for our community.

Eambes: recommendations to horizon2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:34:10 GMT

The EAMBES Policy Affairs working group has recently analysed the Horizon 2020 document and produced some recommendations which will form the basis of subsequent policy actions in support of Biomedical Engineering research across Europe. The recommendations will now be presented at the EAMBES Expert Policy Workshop hosted by dr Ulmer at the European Parliament on March 27th, 2012.

Discipulus consultation meeting planning

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:06 GMT

The preparations for the first exercise in community consulting are in full swing. The list of invited expert attendees is taking shape, and the agenda for the meeting is nearly complete.

Hamam: successful outcome for project to improve breast cancer diagnosis through integrated ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:19 GMT

Wednesday, February 29 saw the official end of the ambitious HAMAM (Highly Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis through Integration of Biological Knowledge, Novel Imaging Modalities, and Modelling) project, which has culminated in the successful development of a prototype clinical workstation, combining the various technologies and information required to characterise and classify suspicious breast tissue.

Vph paper in the most downloaded and cited articles of royal society

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:26 GMT

The Royal Society has recently published the list of the ten most cited paper for its journals, and in the listing of Interface Focus we are happy to see a VPH paper!

The case for open computer programs

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:37 GMT

This paper, recently published in Nature –vol. 482, Feb 23rd, 2012– by Darrel C. Ince, Leslie Hatton & John Graham-Cumming gives voice to a debate that has interested the scientific community for a while: linking data and models to publications. The authors argue that, with some exceptions, anything less than the release of source programs is intolerable for results that depend on computation.

Vph institute: call for supporting members

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:55 GMT

Each member of the VPH Institute is welcome to express their interest to become supporting member for the YR 2012/2013. The dead-line expires on April 22nd, 2012.

First discipulus consultation meeting a success

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:13:42 GMT

The first consultation meeting of the project took place in Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona on the 30th of March. The meeting was convened to try to answer the question: “How can specific clinical scenarios be improved using commercially viable Digital Patient Technologies?”

The opportunities for the digital patient

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:03 GMT

Many participants in the consultation process are excited about the possible opportunities provided by the Digital Patient initiative, based on their own personal experience. Many of these opportunities are quite novel, and indicate the potential of the Digital Patient on the clinical, research and industrial sectors.

The challenges facing the digital patient initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:16:07 GMT

Some important challenges to be overcome were brought up during the meeting. These challenges provide food for thought on how best to structure the research roadmap in order to tackle them.

Discipulus: views from clinicians and industry

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:16:59 GMT

As part of the consultation meeting, representatives from two of the important stakeholder groups discussed within their groups about what they thought were the most important issues going forward.

Want to know something more about the vph institute current supporting members?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:01 GMT

The current supporting members are also the founding members of the VPH Institute as they collaborated with us since the creation of this organisation and, thanks also to their financial support, they made our existence possible. The supporting members institutions sit in the Board of Directors and they are actively collaborating in the achievements of the business plan of the Institute, which was presented and approved during the General Assembly meeting held in September last year.

Happy birthday vph institute!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:26 GMT

May 16th, 2012: the VPH Institute turns 1 year old!

The vph institute web-site is now ready!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:23 GMT

May 15th, 2012: today the VPH Institute website is up and running: www.vph-institute.org

Policy affair for integrative research and vph technology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:21:13 GMT

One of the goals of the VPH Institute is to secure support from the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Member States, to ensure that the level of funding the VPH-related research has enjoyed since 2006 will be sustained in the next framework program. To meet this goal, the VPH Institute recently contracted a professional firm specialized in policy affairs.

Congratulations to the 2012 embs award recipients

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:45 GMT

Peter Hunter, one of the current VPH Institute Directors, has been awarded for the EMBS Academic Career Achievement! All our congratulations!

Discipulus video

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:27 GMT

The DISCIPULUS team have produced a short video aimed at promoting the Digital Patient initiative.

Discipulus: the need for clinical scenarios

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:25:14 GMT

One of the main activities for the final roadmap will be to produce examples of future use of Digital Patient technologies in clinical practise.

3rd vph study group on vph toolkit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:10 GMT

The third VPH NoE study group (SG3) was held in Barcelona from 7th – 11th May. The event, organised by the University of Sheffield, Super Computing Solutions, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, took place on the Universitat Pompeu Fabra premises the week after the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012).

Board of directors meeting, paris may 24h, 2012

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:09 GMT

The VPH Institute Directors recently met in Paris to discuss about the future developments of the Institute. The discussion has been very focused and effective and brought the Board to take some important decisions, which will ensure support and guidance to the VPH Community.

Vph international

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:23 GMT

In the past year, Peter Hunter, representative of the supporting member University of Auckland, has been strongly involved in acting as ambassador of the VPH at international level, establishing contacts with other no-profit organisations active in the Virtual Physiological Human. Read the full report.

Healthcare science: a catalyst for delivering a new healthcare system

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:22 GMT

The VPH Institute Executive Director, Marco Viceconti, gave a presentation on the VPH during “Healthcare science” a major event for healthcare scientists held in London on Monday 30th April & Tuesday 1st May 2012.

The promise and challenge of personalized medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:14:04 GMT

Adriano Henney, Director of the German Virtual Liver Network and upcoming supporting member of the VPH Institute, recently published an opinion paper on the Croatian Medical Journal about the challenges that personalized medicine needs to address to ensure its implementation in a clinical setting.

Changes in dg infso as of 1st july 2012

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:09 GMT

The current Directorate General for Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) will change its name and structure as of 1st July 2012.

Discipulus integrating models: linking medical imaging and physiological modelling

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:27:10 GMT

One of the pillars of the Digital Patient technologies will be that of "information blending, or fusion". We take a look at what this might mean in practise.

The human brain project: an example of integrating knowledge

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:28:50 GMT

A new project aims at producing a model of the most complex organ known, the human brain.

Discipulus: clinical working groups

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:23:43 GMT

The clinical working groups will soon be assembled. These groups will provide vital end-user experience and views to the roadmap authors.

Insigneo institute for in silico medicine: job openings

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:32:18 GMT

The INSIGNEO Institute on Biomedical Imaging and Modelling is currently advertising four different job vacancies which range from research associate and fellow to scientific software developer. The application deadline is July 5th, 2012.

Cypriot presidency highlights benefits of virtual clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33:42 GMT

On 1 July 2012, Cyprus took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Denmark. On 9 July 2012, the Cypriot Presidency was present at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI), at which they presented their work programme for their term.

European parliament workshop on ehealth held

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:12 GMT

On 7 June 2012, a workshop was held in the European Parliament on eHealth.

European commission to set up independent health expert panel

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:10 GMT

On 5 July 2012, the European Commission adopted a Decision to set up a “multisectoral and independent expert panel to provide advice on effective ways of investing in health”.

Fp7 2013 work programme promotes funding for imaging technologies

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:43:57 GMT

On 9 July 2012, the European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation published their 2013 Work Programme in the field of Health: in the document there is a specific reference to “biomedical engineering”!

Policy affair work group established

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:20 GMT

At the last Board of Directors meeting (Paris May 24th, 2012), it was formalized the establishment of the so called “Policy Affair Work Group” which will coordinate the future policy activities of the Institute. The Work Group has now been formed and it will kick off with a first teleconference on Friday the 13th of June.

Virtual physiological human on tedxsheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:49:15 GMT

Wearing his double hat of both Executive Director of the VPH Institute and Director of the new Insigneo Research Institute, Prof Viceconti gave a 9 minutes talk on "The Virtual Physiological Human or Why computer simulation is our best hope to understand life".

The virtual liver network keynote debate during sbmc conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:39 GMT

On Tuesday, 10th July in Leipzig, the VPH Institute President, Denis Noble, and Sydney Brenner proposed and opposed respectively the motion that “There is no privileged level of causation: an organism is not defined by its genome”.

5th artreat newsletter now available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:52 GMT

ARTreat is an EU-funded eHealth FP7 collaborative R&D project aiming at developing a multi-level, patient-specific computational model of the cardiovascular system for atherogenesis progression and propagation. Periodically ARTreat issues a newsletter to give information about the latest development in the project. You can now read the 5th issue.

Discipulus: structure of the first draft of the roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:07 GMT

The first draft of the roadmap illustrates the vision of the Digital Patient with the goal of enhancing medical practice and patient care.

Sign on to the discipulus forum

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:06 GMT

It is now available an on-line forum where anyone can contribute to the debate on the DISCIPULUS road-mapping exercise. Do not miss the chance to express your opinion.

The discipulus wiki

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:51 GMT

Are you a clinical or a technology expert? Leave your comments on our wiki pages! We need your input to identify both clinical and technological challenges and the way these can be put together to create a new valuable Digital Patient technology.

The vph institute opens to social networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:51 GMT

Commission consultation on plans for a public-private partnership in life sciences research and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01:25 GMT

The Commission has launched an open consultation on plans for a public-private partnership in life sciences research and innovation under Horizon 2020.

European commission seeks experts on ehealth, health information systems and patient registers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:03:12 GMT

On 5 July 2012, the European Commission adopted a Decision to set up a “multisectoral and independent expert panel to provide advice on effective ways of investing in health”. This panel will consist of 17 Members who are to respond to an open call for applications and will be appointed for a period of 3 years.

Horizon 2020 to boost open access publishing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:27 GMT

On 17 July 2012, the European Commission announced its plans to make open access to scientific publications a general principle of Horizon 2020.

A reinforced european research area (era) partnership for excellence and growth

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:41 GMT

On 17 July 2012, the European Commission published a Communication on “A Reinforced European Research Area Partnership for Excellence and Growth”. The Commission seeks to reduce the brain drain and the wide regional differences in research and innovation performance, aiming at excellence across the EU through smart specialisation.

Adriano henney on personalised medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:26 GMT

Interviewed at the COST conference on Personalised Medicine, Adriano Henney comments on the relationship between physiology and in silico biology. He also discusses drug safety issues related to in silico methods.

Eudat: toward a pan-european collaborative data infrastructure

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:36 GMT

EUDAT is a project that will deliver a Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI) with the capacity and capability for meeting future researchers’ needs in a sustainable way. This is a timely and important project, as we face the challenges of massive expansion in the volume of data being generated and preserved and in the complexity of that data and the systems required to provide access to it.

Vph institute supporting members for 2012/13

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:56 GMT

The list of the new supporting members for the upcoming year has now been finalized. From September these institutions will officially own a seat in the Board of Directors of the Institute and will have a fundamental role in driving the Institute policy.

Myspine: patient specific spinal treatments simulations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:18 GMT

MySpine project (ICT-2009.5.3 VPH) aims to create a clinical predictive tool that will help to determine the best treatment for low back pain by providing clinicians with patient-specific biomechanical and mechanobiological analysis. For more information you can now watch the video!

Contributors for discipulus wiki on cardiomyopathy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:00 GMT

We are currently looking for clinical scenarios for VPH technology on the Cardiomyopathy page of our DISCIPULUS wiki.

Phd in computational bioengineering - university of sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:21:28 GMT

Sheffield University is advertising a PhD position in Computational Bioengineering whose challenge is to deploy personalised Virtual Physiological Human Models in clinical practice. The deadline for application is August 31st, 2012.

Discipulus: finding effective ways to engage the public

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:12 GMT

How do we develop the public agenda? An important aspect of building the roadmap for the digital patient is engaging the public.

Engage with discipulus: the digital patient roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:27 GMT

The DISCIPULUS project, an undertaking established by the European Commission in October 2011 to set up a roadmap for the "digital patient" will be organising an open consultation meeting on the 26th and 27th of November 2012 in Barcelona, in order to inform the ‘Digital Patient’ Roadmap. We need our community behind us!

Open position: technology officer at sheffield university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:33:01 GMT

INSIGNEO is recruiting a Technology Officer to work on the development of a Translational Software and Systems Programme. Closing date: 19 September 2012

Research vacancies at alma it systems (spain)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:38 GMT

Alma IT Systems, leading Spanish IT company in the sector of medical image visualization and processing seeks: TWO SENIOR RESEARCHERS.

Call for bids vph2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:38:14 GMT

The VPH Institute has opened the call for bids to host the next VPH conference in 2014. Interested organisations should submit their bid by January 13th, 2013.

Vph institute: successful general assembly on sept 17th in london

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:51:32 GMT

On Sept 17th, the VPH Institute held its second General Assembly: the enthusiasm and its member engagement have sensibly increased from last year. Important initiatives were discussed and approved, which will make the Alliance near future very exciting!

The vph institute board of directors for the upcoming year (2012/13) has been announced

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:10 GMT

At the General Assembly held on Sept 17th in London, the representatives of the supporting members who now form the Board of Directors, were formally presented to the VPH Community.

Vph portal is on-line

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:20 GMT

The release of the new portal of the VPH community was announced during the VPH2012 conference in London. The website is now up and running: www.vph-portal.eu

Oecd shows support for r&d declining

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:01 GMT

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), an influential organisation in policy making, published a new report on 13 September 2012 entitled “OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2012.”

Commissioner dalli says imaging technologies are vital for personalised medicines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:48 GMT

On 18 September 2012, members of the Policy Affairs Working Group attended an event hosted by the European Alliance for Personalised Medicines (EAPM).

Liberal political group supports pre-clinical safety assessments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:32 GMT

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the 3rd biggest political group in the European Parliament have put forward amendments to the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020

Vph featured in 2013 fp7 work programme for ict

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:56:37 GMT

The European Commission has published its 2013 FP7 Work Programme for ICT. Virtual Physiological Human is specifically mentioned under Objective ICT-2013.5.2, (Pg 58)

Prof hunter was assigned a new important role in the biophysical journal

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:48 GMT

Peter Hunter, representative of the VPH Institute supporting member University of Auckland, was recently appointed chair of the System Biophysics section of the Journal.

Second consultation meeting, 26 – 27 november 2012, barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:59:41 GMT

The registration for the Second Consultation Meeting event in November 2012 at Barcelona is now open.

Details of structure of the second consultation meeting to be released soon

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:49 GMT

The format and structure of the Second Consultation Meeting is currently being designed and will be released about a month before the meeting event.

Read the october issue of the eudat newsletter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:17 GMT

EUDAT is a European initiative (part of FP7) that aims to deliver a Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI) with the capacity and capability for meeting future researchers’ needs in a sustainable way. Read the October newsletter to get information on the recent projects developments.

Nmsbuilder alpha release available!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:05:39 GMT

One of the running VPH funded projects, NMS Physiome, recently released a new user-friendly tool package for developing OpenSim musculoskeletal models from patient-specific biomedical data.

Phd position in musculoskeletal biomechanical modelling now available at sheffield university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:07 GMT

A PhD on "Individualised Modelling for Pre-Operative Planning of TKR" has been advertised by Sheffield University. Deadline for application: January 1st, 2013

Discipulus: what does the second consultation meeting need to achieve?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:59 GMT

The meeting needs to achieve one thing: Consensus – How Can We Make the Digital Patient Happen?

Digital patient: how advanced is the technology at present?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:18:22 GMT

A question that might come to the minds of some of the participants taking part in the roadmap for the Digital Patient, especially those unfamiliar with VPH (Virtual Physiological Human) research is ‘How advanced is the technology at present?’

What does the digital patient need to be able to do for the patient?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:19 GMT

Once the Digital Patient is realised, this tool should not be seen as some sort of convenient virtual diagnostic tool for patient and doctor (or healthcare worker); it has to be seen as much more than that. Putting aside the fact that it will be a sophisticated computer program; the Digital Patient will need to be able to address the greatest medical challenges of the twenty-first century.

Discipulus: come and join us, and speak to us!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:59 GMT

Members of the DISCIPULUS Consortium will be present at the Second Consultation Meeting, providing you with all the information you need and answering your questions.

European parliament workshop on non-animal testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:13 GMT

On 10 October 2012, members of the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) attended a Workshop in the European Parliament entitled “Advancing Safety Science and Health Research under Horizon 2020 with Innovative, Non-Animal Tools”.

Ehealth action plan 2012-2020 not yet published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:59 GMT

The eHealth Action Plan due to be published at the end of October 2012 has been delayed. On 06 November 2012 Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes announced that the plan would instead be published “before the end of this year.”

... soon the bunnies will be smiling again!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:39:23 GMT

The NewStatesman dedicate an article on the Virtual Physiological Human, explaining in layman's terms how computer simulations will not only reduce the need to test drugs on animals (and poor bunnies), but will be able to create realistic simulations of human organs and tissues that will open to door to the most revolutionary applications!

Vph presented at the siam life sciences conference in san diego

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:10 GMT

The VPH ambassador, Prof Peter Hunter, gave a presentation on the "Computational Physiology and the VPH/Physiome Project" at the SIAM Life Sciences Conference recently held in San Diego (Aug 7th/10th, 2012)

Read the thrombus newsletter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:15 GMT

THROMBUS "A quantitative model of thrombosis in intracranial aneurysms", is a collaborative VPH project funded by the European Commission in the Seventh Framework Programme in biomedical research field. The Project, started on February 1st 2011, is now at Mid-term.

Digitalization of medical images in catalonia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:46:16 GMT

The VPH Institute member, Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality (CAHIAQ) belongs to the Catalan Ministry of Health and is the entity responsible for the promotion and the management of the digitalization of all the medical images. This project is coordinated through a specific unit and started in 2008.

Medtech beware: my next blood glucose monitor will be an i-phone

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:00 GMT

Bastian Hauck, type-1 diabetic and founder of Adventure Diabetes, tells us the patient prospective on the slow evolution of Healthcare informatics: “….While reality increasingly goes digital to meet on my iPhone – friends via social media, work via mobile computing and the Cloud – my home via remote access, Bluetooth and Wifi, and even my phone itself via GPS, smart gestures and SIRI, my diabetes does not.”

Research associate & scientific software developer openings in image computing/modelling, ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:37 GMT

This is a pre-announcement of upcoming R&D positions at the Center for Computational Imaging and Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine (CISTIB) at the University of Sheffield. The positions refer to two new exciting projects on patient-specific musculoskeletal and brain modelling in the context of paediatric diseases and dementia syndrome.

Ehealth action plan to be published 06 december 2012

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:57 GMT

The Policy Affairs Working Group has learned that the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 will be published on 06 December 2012.

The european commission published the ehealth action plan 2012-2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:53 GMT

The eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 was published on 06 December 2012 The Action Plan specifically endorses VPH and confirms that funding will be available in the future for VPH under Horizon 2020.

Health experts advocate implementing personalised medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:46 GMT

Leading health experts are pushing for personalised health care in a new report by the European Science Foundation's (ESF's) membership organisation and the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC). According to the report, dedicated funding and support is required to ensure personalised medicine can be implemented across Europe's healthcare systems.

The institute gives its views on the discussion paper "addressing the new challenges for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:12 GMT

The European Commission recently launched a public consultation to receive feedback on the jointly drafted preliminary opinion on risk assessment of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR), Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) and the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER).

The vph institute contributed to the consultation on directions for future and emerging ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:01 GMT

As part of the ongoing effort to chart and shape the evolving landscape of future and emerging technologies, the EC published a public consultation to identify promising and potentially game-changing directions for future technological research. For the occasion the VPH Institute produced and submitted a document with the collaboration of the Policy Affairs working group.

Single european patent to be introduced in 2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:42 GMT

After almost 40 years of debate and diplomacy, a historic agreement to establish a single, harmonised European patent system has been achieved.

Discipulus: what were the topics discussed on the big day?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:04 GMT

The intellectual crux of the meeting on Tuesday the 27th of November, centred on six clinical challenges and six scientific and technical challenges.

Discipulus: how were these topics discussed on the day?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:07 GMT

Following opening addresses by the PI of DISCIPULUS (Dr Vanessa Diaz) and the Facilitator of the Meeting (Isabelle Read), each clinical challenge was presented by a clinician who was a recognised expert on the condition underlining the challenge.

Discipulus: a productive day; more to follow in the new year

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:02 GMT

Towards the end of the Second Consultation Meeting, a lot of material from the scientific and technical challenge break-out session had been generated from which the Digital Patient Roadmap could be built. There was a final plenary session in which this rich resource for the roadmap was reviewed.

Extension deadline abstracts iccb2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:13 GMT

The ICCB2013 abstract submission deadline has been extended: >>> DEADLINE: Thursday January 31, 2013

Vph institute position statement on animal experimentation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:36 GMT

Can we use computer simulations to replace (at least partially) animal experiments? The answer is YES! We believe that the principles of virtual modelling technologies provided by the VPH can be applied to animal experimentation and help reducing the number of animals used.

Physiology and the revolution in evolutionary biology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27:14 GMT

The President of the VPH Institute, Denis Noble, has recently delivered a lecture to a large Congress in China with the title Physiology and Evolution. The video is available.

Available in open source the proceedings of the 2012 5th international advanced research ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33:28 GMT

The workshop took place in Athens on the 22-23 October 2012. The event was technically co-sponsored by IEEE-EMBS and funded by the European Commission through the Transatlantic TUMOR Project in the Framework of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Initiative.

Commission announces new digital priorities for 2013-2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:34 GMT

The European Commission has published a Communication on the Digital Agenda for Europe: Driving European Growth Digitally which outlines digital priorities for 2013-2014.

Entrepreneurship 2020 action plan launched

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:16 GMT

On 09 January 2012, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani published a Communication on the “Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan: Reigniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe”

Council of ministers’ priorities for chronic diseases

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:43 GMT

In March 2010, the Council of the European Union, called on the European Commission and the Member States to launch a reflection process on the subject of chronic diseases.

Draft transatlantic ehealth/health it cooperation mou roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:41 GMT

The European Commission has published a draft transatlantic eHealth/health IT Cooperation Roadmap to facilitate cooperation between the US and the EU in these fields.

Commission launches renewed calls for experts for horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:41:49 GMT

On 24 January 2013, the European Commission launched a call for expression of interest asking experts from a variety of scientific fields to participate in shaping the agenda of Horizon 2020, the European Union's 8th funding framework for research and innovation. This marks the first time that the Commission has launched such a call for its research programme.

Watch the oncosimulator video

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:38 GMT

This video, created within the framework of the ACGT (Advanced Clinico-Genomic Trials on cancer) project, shows a 4D top-down multiscale simulation of tumor response to two clinically applicable radiation treatment schemes based on discrete mathematics.

Integrative approaches to computational biomedicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:57 GMT

A new issue of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus will be published soon. The issue will be dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human.

Storage capacity through eudat

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:46:05 GMT

EUDAT sites are currently offering about 9PB aggregated offline (tape) storage and about 1PB of integrated online (disk) storage.

Collection of electronic resources for the vph community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:47:42 GMT

The VPH Institute has established a collection of electronic resources of relevance for the VPH community. Help us in including any missing documents.

Discipulus: capturing key moments of the second consultation meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:16 GMT

Of course the roadmap would not have been possible without your invaluable contribution to the recent Second Consultation Meeting. Your thoughts and ideas on the scientific and technical challenges that needed to be overcome in other to realise the Digital Patient made the event, truly energetic and engaging!

Erc funds 60 innovative projects to bring 'blue sky' research towards market

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:58 GMT

The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the outcome of the latest round of its top-up funding scheme 'Proof of Concept'. Worth up to €150,000 each, these grants provide funding for researchers, who are already ERC grantees, to bridge the gap between their research and marketable innovation. In this call, a total of 60 grants have now been awarded, of which the final 27 were made public today. The first 33 grants were announced in September 2012.

Discipulus: the public revision of the roadmap kicks off

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:34 GMT

It has recently kicked off the public discussion on the research roadmap on the Digital Patient that is being elaborated as part of the Discipulus project. The roadmap aims to be the collegial expression of our community, and this would be possible only if all of you will contribute to discuss and orient the roadmap content. Collaborate with us on this important initiative!

Going up, going down

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:21 GMT

"There is no preferred direction of causation in biology, causal influences actually run from the top down as much as they do from the bottom up." This is the theory of the VPH Institute President, Prof Denis Noble, recently reported in the Thesis section of the Nature Physics Journal - February 2013 issue.

Interface focus theme issue featuring vph2012 papers: available online

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:59:23 GMT

The special Issue entitled "'The Virtual Physiological Human: integrative approaches to computational biomedicine'" contains selected papers from the VPH2012 conference, the congress of reference for our community.

Discover the fet flagships winners

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:29 GMT

Graphene and the Human Brain Project win EU's largest research excellence award.

Discipulus: it’s well underway, but first, a reminder

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:24 GMT

Back in November 2012, we had the Second Consultation Meeting in Barcelona, exploring the scientific and technical challenges that have to be overcome in other to make the Digital Patient, a reality. We reported the first half of this meeting in our December issue of the newsletter; you can read this here http://vph-institute.org/news/discipulus-how-were-these-topics-discussed-on-the-day. In our latest issue, we report the second half of the meeting and bring things right up to the present.

Discipulus: a complex fusion of modelling, data, interface, and funding

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:49 GMT

A list of the scientific and technical challenges to overcome in other to realise the Digital Patient.

Digital patient roadmap: how to get involved

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:08:20 GMT

Currently a public consultation process is going to implement a second draft of the Digital Patient roadmap. This roadmap belongs to all of us, and will affect the way healthcare is delivered to the population of Europe in the years to come. We want as many people to get involved in the roadmap consultation process. To do so, you need to join the DISCIPULUS Forum.

Vph2014 in norway

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:20 GMT

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology won the bid for organizing the next VPH conference.

Eu council debates open access to scientific information

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:32 GMT

On 18 and 19 February 2013, the Council of Ministers dealing with “Competitiveness” in their home countries held a policy debate on the need to develop a broader and more rapid access to scientific publications in order to help researchers and businesses to build on the findings of publicly funded research.

Clinical trials regulation report published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:39 GMT

Ms. Glenis Willmott MEP (S&D, UK), rapporteur for Clinical Trials Regulation in the European Parliament’s lead Committee of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI), has published her draft report on this dossier.

Commission launches consultation on technology transfer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:20 GMT

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a “Draft proposal for a revised block exemption for technology transfer agreements and for revised guidelines”.

Vph at “eu science: global challenges, global collaboration”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:26 GMT

From March 5th to March 7th, 2013 the VPH Institute directors, Prof. Peter Coveney and Dr. Adriano Henney, participated to this major European Parliament event outlining the work of VPH to policy makers.

Commission launches consultation on ict funding under horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:45 GMT

DG Connect has launched a public Consultation on “Directions for ICT-driven public sector innovation in the EU.” The Commission will be using the results of this consultation to feed into the work programmes for Horizon 2020.

Neelie kroes reaffirms commitment to open access

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:18:25 GMT

On 18 March 2013, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes gave a speech at the launch of the Research Data Alliance in Stockholm.

New marie curie grants now available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:10 GMT

The European Commission is inviting bids for the final tranche of the Marie Curie fellowship grants allotted under the current 7th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

Irish presidency holds conference on innovation and patient access to personalised medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:32 GMT

On 25 March 2013, members of the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group attended a conference in Dublin hosted by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union on “Innovation and Patient Access to Personalised Medicine”.

European parliament opens the doors to vph

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:04 GMT

On 04 and 05 March 2013, Dr. Adriano Henney, Prof. Peter Coveney and Dr. Riam Kanso represented VPH in meetings with Members of the European Parliament to discuss how VPH can offer sustainable solutions for increasingly problematic health issues.

Third vph-share newsletter available now

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:47 GMT

Get updates on the latest results from the VPH-Share project partners: the third issue of its newsletter is now released.

Vph-share in cartoon

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:29:05 GMT

Discover what the project is about through these intuitive and catchy drawings!

Vphop: interview with the coordinator

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:33:53 GMT

During its four years of activities the VPHOP consortium has developed, validated and deployed a personalised multi-scale modelling technology able to predict in a much more accurate way the absolute risk of fracture in patients with low bone mass and assist clinicians in prognosis and treatment planning (both pharmacological and interventional). VPHOP has recently came to an end bringing some excellent results.

The definition of the digital patient high on the discipulus roadmap agenda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:35:45 GMT

The revision of the definition of the Digital Patient was one of the highlighted discussion points at the last DISCIPULUS project meeting that took place at the UCL Bloomsbury campus on March 18th, 2013. The discussion focused on what makes the ‘Digital Patient’: descriptive, integrative and predictive.

The roadmap: everybody is invited

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:36:42 GMT

Get involved in the road mapping exercise: your view is important!

The first discipulus video interview – dr. chris martin

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:05 GMT

On Monday 11th March 2013, DISCIPULUS was delighted to welcome Dr. Chris Martin, at the UCL campus for an interview for the DISCIPULS video documentary.

Mxl: interview with the coordinator

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:23 GMT

MXL is a EC co-funded project, whose main goal is to enhance the safety of osteoarthritis patients undergoing surgery using computational modelling from clinically available x-rays, so to minimize the risk of overload and instability for optimized function and joint longevity. The project has recently closed, bringing some outstanding outcome.

Insigneo institute for in silico medicine: multiple job openings for vph

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:53 GMT

The INSIGNEO Institute at the University of Sheffield has recently made available a number of job vacancies for research associates in different multiscale modeling areas, together with a PHD student position.

Call for supporting members 2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:46:16 GMT

The VPH Institute is now opening a call for supporting members. The call is accessible by any organisation (both private and public) that is legally established and whose legal status, articles of association and activities are supportive of the purpose of the VPH institute. The call officially opens today and will close on June 30th, 2013.

Vph institute links with policy makers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:21 GMT

Several meetings between EU policy makers and representatives of the VPH Institute were scheduled in the past months as part of a specific contact programme, aimed at introducing the scope of VPH at Parliament level.

Commissioner borg delivers keynote speech on investing in health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:49:51 GMT

On 09 April 2013 at the EU Health Policy Forum in Brussels, Commission for Health and Consumers, Dr. Tonio Borg, delivered a keynote speech on investing in health.

Research data alliance promotes open access to scientific data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:41 GMT

The EU, US and Australia have come together to promote open access to scientific data, through the formation of the Research Data Alliance (RDA).

Neelie kroes calls for “data revolution”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:30 GMT

Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner Neelie Kroes, during a speech in Brussels on 26 March 2013, declared “we have entered the era of big data”.

New vph project kicks off: md-paedigree

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:54:35 GMT

MD-Paedigree is a clinically driven and strongly VPH rooted project, that aims to validate and bring to maturity patient-specific computer-based of various paediatric diseases, making them readily available not only in the form of sustainable models and simulations but also as newly defined work-flows for personalized, predictive medicine at the point of care.

Physiology rocks the foundations of evolutionary biology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:59 GMT

In the May review article published by the Experimental Physiology, Prof. Noble presents his theory on the major revolution occurring in evolutionary biology, which is set to change the nature of biology and of the importance of physiology.

The digital patient roadmap: the last leg

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:56:03 GMT

Get involved in the road mapping exercise: your view is important!

The board of trustees of the vph institute has been formally appointed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:09:14 GMT

The Institute recently held the elections of the Board of Trustees

Call for supporting members 2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:24:23 GMT

New vph project kicks off: md-paedigree

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:11:00 GMT

The vph project, inbiomedvision publishes its 6th newsletter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:33 GMT

This issue includes among other things, an interview with Professor Russ B. Altman, a brief description of recent courses organised by the project, and a short summary of the INBIOMEDvision reports published recently. Don't miss it!

Commission works on funding for e-health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:50:49 GMT

On 13 May 2013, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, delivered a speech recognising the role and potential of eHealth in order to face the challenges of an ageing population and lack of resources.

Commissioner for digital agenda speaks on the value of big data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:17:25 GMT

On the occasion of the Webcast Conference on Big Data in Brussels, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes drew attention to the enormous amount of data generated in the world by digital sources, as well as the value of all this data can bring.

E-health week hosted in dublin during irish presidency

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:47:50 GMT

This year the e-Health week ran from 13 to 15 May 2013 and took place in Dublin under the auspicious of the Irish Presidency.

Key health mep highlights benefits of ehealth technologies

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:17:02 GMT

New technologies could be a huge advantage for meeting Europe’s current healthcare and financial challenges, writes Françoise Grossetête (EPP, France)

Visit nmsbuilder and help the nms physiome team to reach 1500 visits!!!!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:05:50 GMT

The NMS Physiome project is increasing visits to its main NMSPhysiome output: an open-source tool chain for the processing of patient data and simulation of the musculo-skeletal conditions. Visit the software page to reach 1500 visits!!!

Call for student / young ambassadors at ict 2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:43:34 GMT

Are you a young researcher in ICT-related field, or considering a career in ICT related research and innovation? Would you like to learn about the next directions of ICT research in Europe and meet ICT innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs? Apply to become a student / young ambassador at ICT 2013!

"of men, not mice"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:02:36 GMT

“Rather than over-relying on animal models to understand what happens in humans, isn’t it time to embrace human “model” to move forward?” The conclusion of the editorial of the Nature Medicine Editorial (April issue) screams out VPH technology is the step forward.

European parliament event to mark 2 year anniversary of the vph institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:16:52 GMT

This May 2013, marks the 2 year anniversary of the Virtual Physiological Human Institute with the VPH going from strength to strength.

In silico medicine now on wikipedia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:01:07 GMT

We recently published a definition of "in silico medicine" on Wikipedia. Help us to implement it!

The vph institute takes a stand on the data protection regulation amendments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:38 GMT

The VPH researchers working towards personalised and in silico medicine in the EU, fully support those amendments to the LIBE Committee Report on the Data Protection Regulation, which adequately take into account the needs of public health researchers.

European parliament hosts event on vph and ehealth action plan

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:53:13 GMT

On 26 June 2013, under the patronage of MEPs Mr. Sean Kelly (EPP, Ireland) and Professor Vittorio Prodi (S&D, Italy) an event was held in the European Parliament entitled "Towards personalised and in silico medicine: eHealth Action Plan and VPH".

Data protection regulation seems far away from consensus

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:32:31 GMT

The ongoing discussions on the Data Protection Regulation has come under close scrutiny from Science Business, an online magazine widely read by policy makers in Brussels.

€70 billion package agreed for horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:57:09 GMT

After a long negotiations between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, a circa €70 billion package has been agreed for Horizon 2020, the latest framework programme for research and innovation. Presidency officials also stated that the European Research Council (ERC) will receive seventeen per cent of the budget.

Eu campaigning for better, digital healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:04:07 GMT

On 1 July 2013, Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes published an interesting opinion on her blog.

The priorities of the digital agenda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:30:29 GMT

On 17 June 2013, the Vice-president of the Commission and Commissioner responsible for the Digital agenda, Neelie Kroes made an interesting speech on the Digital Agenda Priorities.

Chic: computational horizons in cancer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:57:11 GMT

April 1, 2013 marked the official start of the CHIC project: “Computational Horizons in Cancer: Developing Meta- and Hyper-Multiscale Models and Repositories for In-Silico Oncology”. CHIC is a large scale, transatlantic research project which is funded under the EU FP7 framework programme.

Prof viceconti releases an interview for personal health foresight

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:54:58 GMT

Recently Laura Pombo Juárez, Director of Impetu Solutions responsible of PHS Foresight outreach activities, interviewed Prof. Marco Viceconti, Director of the Insigneo Institute and Executive Director of the VPH Institute, on the future of personal health forecasting and in silico medicine.

Watch the discipuls interviews on youtube

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:58:44 GMT

Clinicians and key people from the DISCIPULUS project were interviewed on the Digital Patient and its place within the future healthcare. The videos are now available on The Digital Patient YouTube channel.

Artreat: a multiscale model for prediction of atherosclerosis progression

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:06:18 GMT

On August 31st, 2013 ARTreat project (ICT-2007, FP7-224297), entitled “Multi-level patient-specific artery and atherogenesis model for outcome prediction, decision support treatment, and virtual hand-on training” successfully ended, at month 60 for the project. ARTreat is an integrated project coordinated by the National Council of Research (CNR) of Italy, managing 20 EU partners selected to provide a multidisciplinary approach (IT, biological, medical, bioengineering) to the project objectives.

Uk plans to revise model agreement for university-industry collaborations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:33:05 GMT

The UK government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will revise its model agreement for university–industry collaboration. The move, which comes after 8 years of implementation, is driven by evidence that the model is too restrictive and does not support open innovation.

Health innovation challenge fund call – deadline 2 september

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:34:21 GMT

The call for the Health Innovation Challenge Fund expires on 2 September 2013 and is the last chance to apply under the current areas of interest.

Efpia/phrma joint principles for responsible clinical trials data sharing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:38:28 GMT

The two pharmaceutical industry bodies, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (EFPIA) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), have published their common “Principles for Responsible Clinical Trial Data Sharing: Our Commitment to Patients and Researchers”

Upcoming developments on key legislative files

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:44:49 GMT

The autumn of 2013 is set to be busy for European institutions, as the European Parliament is nearing the end of its 5 year term.

Call for bid for the organisation of vph2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:40:15 GMT

The VPH Institute has opened the call for bids to host the VPH2016 conference. Interested organisations should submit their bid by January 15th, 2014.

Join the vph institute: new fees and new benefits for all

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:57:32 GMT

The Institute now offers new forms of membership to meet everybody’s needs: find out what’s new!

Vph at iups congress & icsu satellite meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:45:33 GMT

During the summer, the VPH community has been actively involved in open discussions with representatives of other scientific domains towards the common goal of developing a multi-scale systems biology. The IUPS Congress and, in particular, the satellite meeting organized by ICSU offered a perfect scenario for these debates.

European parliament publishes report on ehealth

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:59:12 GMT

The European Parliament has published its Draft Report on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020. The non-legislative, own initiative report is a response to the Commission Communication on the eHealth Action Plan, in which VPH is specifically mentioned.

Joint debate on horizon 2020 (itre committee)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:55:05 GMT

On 18 September 2013, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) held a Joint Debate on Horizon 2020. The debate follows the trialogues (Parliament, Commission, Council of Ministers) held before the summer holiday, where an agreement was reached on the organisation and the budget of the Horizon 2020 programme.

Informative webinar on the new participant portal for h2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:01:08 GMT

On 9 September 2013 a webinar on the new Participant Portal for Horizon 2020 took place. If you missed it out the recorded stream version is still available on-line.

Networking session on 'in silico medicine' during ict 2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:17:39 GMT

The VPH Institute was selected to lead one of the networking sessions that will take place at the ICT2013 conference in Vilnius (6-8 November 2013). You are all invited to attend and give your contribution.

Clinical trials transparency debate

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:32:06 GMT

The EurActiv released on 30 August 2013 an article entitled “Health experts critical of pharma industry's new transparency rules”, and shows that the balance between the commercial interest of pharmaceutical companies and the benefit for patients is still being contested at EU level.

Parliamentary question on healthcare data digitalisation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:52:01 GMT

On 1 July 2013, Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA, Sweden) has asked the European Commission about what it intends to do regarding plans by Member States in Central and Eastern Europe to create data digitalisation system, and particularly about the security risk to patients’ data this undertaking might pose.

Slow progress on data protection regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:56:40 GMT

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) is being seen to make slow progress on the proposed Data Protection Regulation, which has the potential to impact on the ability of VPH members to access data.

Avicenna kicks off on oct 1st

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:30:26 GMT

The beginning of the 21st century saw the birth of a completely new way to investigate living organisms through computer simulations, called in silico medicine. This coordination and support action, named after the great physician Avicenna, will explore systematically how computer simulations can be used to improve clinical trials of drugs, devices, and biotechnology products.

Raising support for vph in the h2020 work programme for health, demographic change and wellbeing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:31:10 GMT

We need everybody help to stress the importance of in silico medicine in the work programme for Health: support our policy activities!

Nobel prize in chemistry 2013 for multiscale models of the chemical system

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:07:20 GMT

Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel won the Nobel Prize

Concept of "virtual physiological human" in the ehealth action plan amendments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:23:38 GMT

The VPH Institute raises support for in silico medicine thanks to the collaboration of the Romanian Parliamentarian, Mr.Tănăsescu, who tabled two important amendments to the Report on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020.

Libe committee vote on data protection regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:33:03 GMT

On 21 October 2013, members of the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) were in Strasbourg to attend a vote by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Commissioner reding speech on data protection: implication of the “one-stop-shop-mechanism” ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:24:51 GMT

On the 08 October 2013, Ms. Vivianne Reding, Commissioner for Justice, intervened at the Justice Council on the Data Protection Regulation. Her speech was centred on “one-stop shop” concept.

Companies worried about the risks of the europe’s unitary patent to be launched in 2015

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:31:11 GMT

On 16 October 2013, Science Business published an article entitled “Europe’s unitary patent to launch in 2015 – but will companies embrace it?” addressing the debate on the risks of the future Europe’s unitary patent, after companies had expressed different concerns on the occasion of a Science Business roundtable, “Patents in Europe: What’s next?”.

The recently funded vph project, md-paedigree, was awarded as best exhibit at ict 2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:33:04 GMT

On 8th November 2013 MD-Paedigree (Model-Driven Paediatric European Digital Repository) was awarded the Best Exhibit Award at ICT2013 among over 200 exhibits! Our best congratulations!

Ec launches "horizon" the new eu research & innovation e-magazine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:57:45 GMT

The magazine, published by DG Research and Innovation, aims to offer information on the priorities, achievements and impacts of EU-funded research.

Launch of website to identify your health app

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:38:26 GMT

On 14 November the research and publishing company PatientView is going to launch a search tool to help people find a suitable health app.

Vph at ict2013

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:07:42 GMT

Over 5000 delegates and 200 exhibitors attended ICT 2013, making it one of Europe's largest ICT research and innovation events of the last few years. VPH was there to represent the community hosting both an informative booth and a networking session on in silico medicine.

Download the first issue of the md- paedigree newsletter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:34:36 GMT

The biannual MD- Paedigree newsletter provides an overview of the project, but also describes MD- Paedigree’s role in the VPH Community.

Launch of the vph-dare@it website

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:20:39 GMT

Released on 18th November 2013, the website provides access to information on the “Virtual Physiological Human: DementiA Research Enabled by IT” (VPH-DARE@IT) project.

2014 eu budget agreed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:46:24 GMT

The EU Council and the European Parliament on November 11 in Brussels have agreed on the EU budget for 2014 in the negotiations guided by the Lithuanian Presidency. The budget amounts to 142.6 billion euros in commitments and 135.5 billion euros in payments.

Horizon 2020: parliament joint debate

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:37:40 GMT

On 20 November 2013 the Parliament in plenary debated on the Regulation setting up Horizon 2020, on the basis of the “Establishment of Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)” report drafted by MEP Teresa Riera (S&D, Spain), as well as its accompanying rules for participation and the future legislation governing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

Horizon 2020: expert advisory groups appointed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:49:39 GMT

On 5 November 2013, the European Commission appointed the members of the different groups of independent experts to advise on the research priorities of Horizon 2020.

“virtual physiological human” in the envi committee’s official text

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:57:53 GMT

The Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) is pleased to report that on 29 November 2013, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) voted in favour of policy that will directly enhance the reputation of the VPH institute.

“e-health and health innovation”, one of the priorities in the forthcoming greek presidency

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:16:25 GMT

“E-Health and health innovation” will be one of the non-legislative priorities in the field of health of the Greek Presidency, as announced by trustworthy internal sources.

Final report on the reflection process on chronic diseases

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:43:47 GMT

On 11 November 2013, the European Commission published the “Final Report on the Reflection Process on Chronic Diseases”. This report is intended by the Commission to inform the Council of Ministers and encourage them to draft Council Conclusions on Chronic Diseases in the near future.

Most people do not feel well-informed about the outputs of research, shows eurobatometer survey

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:55:12 GMT

58% of people feel they are not well-informed about the outputs of publicly-funded science, showed the Special Eurobarometer 401 on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Science and Technology report, released in November 2013. This presents an obstacle to the success Horizon 2020 programme in areas such as healthy ageing, which will rely on public cooperation to reach their objectives.

Commissioner kroes speech on open access to research data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:00:14 GMT

On 19 November, at the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Declaration on open access to scientific research data, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Ms. Neelie Kroes spoke in favour of open access to scientific data.

The multiannual financial framework (mff) has been adopted

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:32:21 GMT

On 2 December 2013, the Council gave its approval to the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014–2020.

New statistics on animal experiments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:36:50 GMT

On 05 December 2013, the European Commission published the “7th Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union”.

Interview with prof viceconti on the big data public private forum

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:18:17 GMT

Our executive director was interviewed by Sonja Zillner (Siemens) and John Domingue (STI) on eHealth sector as the “new visionary sector”.

Launch of “horizon 2020”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:05:20 GMT

The first calls for projects have been launched for the EU framework programme “Horizon 2020” for Research and Innovation, with a budget of EUR 80 billion. Universities, research institutes and companies now have the opportunity to apply for the EU funding programme, which is set to run until 2020.

New horizon 2020 calls: €15 billion over first two years

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:23:34 GMT

On 11 December 2013, the European Commission has for the first time presented calls for projects under Horizon 2020. Worth more than €15 billion over the first two years, the funding is intended to help boost Europe's knowledge-driven economy, and tackle issues that will make a difference in people's lives.

Second annual meeting of the vph-france network

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:47:08 GMT

On 21 November 2013 the VPH France Network met for its second annual meeting at the Institute of Complex Science in Paris. Interesting presentations were given by important VPH experts such as Bernard de Bono and Alain Berthoz.

Vph in 2014- 2015 calls

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:56:37 GMT

On 11 December 2013, the European Commission launched the first calls for proposals for Horizon 2020. VPH plays a role in many of the calls, find out which ones!

Travel awards for vph conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:33:11 GMT

The VPH INSTITUTE has established Travel Awards with the purpose of allowing young researchers to participate at the next VPH conferences with priority to researchers from countries with low income (based on GDP per capita).

Physiology rocks: 4000 downloads in four months

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:44:44 GMT

Our President, Denis Noble, publishes an article in Experimental Physiology that skews the downloading statistics of the journal.

European parliament endorses vph

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:13:52 GMT

On 14 January 2014 in Strasbourg, Members of the European Parliament specifically endorsed the work of the VPH Institute and voted in favour of the Own-Initiative Report on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020.

Vph policy affairs working group in 2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:22:57 GMT

2014 marks a significant year in EU politics. In May of this year, European Citizens will be electing a new European Parliament with drastic changes expected in the formulation of the European Parliament.

The scope for gains from digitally transforming health care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:27:38 GMT

A new report has been published by the European Commission, entitled "Unlocking the ICT growth potential in Europe: Enabling people and businesses”. The report highlights the importance of unlocking ICT's growth potential in Europe now and calls for a strategic vision for Europe.

Call for tender “pilot project on the promotion of self-care systems in the european union“

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:17:11 GMT

On 19 December 2013, the European Commission, DG Sanco, launched the call for tender entitled “Pilot project on the promotion of self-care systems in the European Union“, that champions the enhancement of self-involvement in one’s own healthcare maintenance coupled with the development of effective self-care strategies at both EU and Member State levels.

Registration to the database of independent experts for european research and innovation now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:20:27 GMT

The European Commission launched on 16 January the call for experts in Smart Systems Integration to register to the database of Independent Experts for European Research and Innovation ('ICT-02-2014).

Innovative digital technologies on health, "transforming healthcare"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:26:34 GMT

On 17 January, the Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Ms. Neelie Kroes, published in her blog an entry through which she emphasised the beneficial impact that innovative digital technologies can have for healthcare and healthcare management.

Influence in silico medicine with avicenna

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:17:01 GMT

The Avicenna project kicked off on 1st October 2013. The project, which is part funded by the European Commission, aims to create a Roadmap for the development of in silico clinical trials.

General data protection regulation delayed further

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:28:43 GMT

The General Data protection Regulation (2012/0011 COD) will not be adopted before the European Parliament elections.

Eu awards 3.3 million for developing virtual models for anaesthesia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:36:25 GMT

On 20 January 2014 the EC showcased in its website the RASimAs project (Regional Anaesthesia Simulator and Assistant), a European research project funded with €3.3 million in the 7th Framework Program, aiming at providing a virtual reality simulator and assistant to doctors performing regional anaesthesia by developing the patient-specific Virtual Physiological Human models.

Streamlined management of horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:08:35 GMT

With the aim of boosting its efficiency at managing Horizon 2020 grants, producing better policy and fastering grant approvals with fewer costs, the European Commission is currently in the process of reorganising its research and innovation department.

Horizon 2020 "ict for health and wellbeing": more information for applicants

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:16:01 GMT

The Commission has recently published a document compiling the most common questions and answers related to the two eHealth calls of the 2014 Work Programme of Horizon 2020

Full use of big data for an improved efficiency of healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:28:30 GMT

Read the outcome of the report on "Big and Open Data in Europe: A Growth Engine or a Missed Opportunity" commissioned by demosEUROPA

Parliamentary question on the protection of health data on the internet

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:45:59 GMT

On 11 February 2014, Marc Tarabella (S&D, Belgium) and Jean Louis Cottigny (S&D, France), both Members of the European Parliament, tabled a Parliamentary Question (PQ) on the protection of health data on the Internet.

At the aaas annual meeting prof coveney gives one glimpse of the future of personalised medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:09:56 GMT

Prof Coveney was invited to present his new research on the future of patient-specific drug selection at the recent annual meeting of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), the world's largest general scientific society.

The role of innovation, highlighted by the competitiveness council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:19:09 GMT

Innovation and Research was featured heavily during the debates in the last meeting of the European Council’s Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space) Council, that took place on 20 and 21 February 2014 in Brussels.

Stop animal experiments…start computer simulations!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:44:08 GMT

The VPH INSTITUTE responds to the petition that requests the ban on all animal experiments in Europe proposing computer simulation as the best option to reduce, refine and partially replace animal testing in scientific research.

€240.50 million call opens for individual research fellowships

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:52:48 GMT

Are you a researcher at postdoctoral level or beyond looking for a grant to cover your personal research project? A competitive call for proposals offering EU-funded individual fellowships for a total of €240.50 million opens today.

Progress on eu data protection reform now irreversible following european parliament vote

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:36:25 GMT

Following the debate on the Data Protection Regulation on 11 March and the vote in plenary on 12 March, MEPs introduced enhanced safeguards for EU citizens’ personal data in a significant overhaul of the EU’s data protection reform package.

Horizon 2020- call for fet flagships tackling grand interdisciplinary science and technology ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:09:32 GMT

The Commission has announced that Mr. Robert-Jan Smits, Director General of DG Research has decided to postpone the call for the FET Flagships Tackling Grand Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Challenges by two months. The new deadline for the call is 10 June 2014.

Neelie kroes speech on importance of technology- cebit, cyber security conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:12:15 GMT

On 10 March 2014, the Vice-President of the European Commission, Ms. Neelie Kroes delivered a speech on the intrinsic role of technology in securing our digital economy during the CEBIT, Cyber Security Conference held in Hanover.

Developer of revolutionary brain devices announced as one of the winners of the european women ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:16:50 GMT

On 10 March 2014, Ms. Ana Maiques, CEO of Neuroelectrics was awarded the European Women Innovator Award for her research and development of revolutionary brain devices.

Written parliamentary question - horizon 2020 - ‘science with and for society’ in the 2014 ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:20:32 GMT

On 7 March 2014 Ms. Teresa Riera Madurell (S&S, ES) tabled a Written Parliamentary Question inquiring as to the reason for the omission by the Commission of an estimated budget for the new ‘Science with and for society’ section of Horizon 2020 in its proposal for the review of the 2014 budget.

Stoa panel meeting on “science metrics: measuring scientific performance for improved policy ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:26:18 GMT

On 13 March 2014 the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel met in Strasbourg during the March plenary session and presented the report on Science Metrics.

Vph is featured on the new scientist magazine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:55:02 GMT

“A medically accurate digital double could revolutionise your life” is the title of the article dedicated to VPH and the changes this technology could bring to everybody’s life in the next 20 years from now.

Tianhe-2 - the world fastest supercomputer opens new scenarios for vph

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:46:51 GMT

The VPH Institute has recently agreed with the National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou (NSCC-Guangzhou) - China, to launch a grand challenge to the VPH community worldwide. Give us your contribute! Deadline for contribution: May 2nd, 2014

Eit ict labs idea challange

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:40:34 GMT

The EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge is a European innovation contest which offers prizes up to €40.000 to the best ideas on how to revolutionise the information and communication technologies of tomorrow.

Silicon valley tvlp 2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:06:33 GMT

The most effective two-week technology venture launch program for acquiring a silicon valley mindset.

Vph nl networks wins the call for bid for vph2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:27:26 GMT

VPH2016 will be held in Amsterdam from September 19-21 2016.

The first avicenna event was a great success!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:10:12 GMT

The project’s 1st Event took place in Rome, Italy on the 21st March 2014.The Avicenna team wishes to thank all the attendees for their important contribution to the project!

The call for paper for the vph-share workshop at eccb14 is now open!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:50:53 GMT

The VPH-Share project (www.vph-share.eu) is organising a one-day workshop on "Sharing Data, Tools and Models for Workflows in Biomedical Research" at the next European Conference on Computational Biology (http://www.eccb14.org/). The workshop will host invited speakers from VPH-Share and 10 contributing papers from the VPH community. The submission of the papers is now open!

Ec launches a "public consultation on the green paper on mobile health"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 11:52:58 GMT

The European Commission launched a “Public Consultation on the Green Paper on Mobile Health (mHealth)” on 10 April 2014.

The establishment of a third programme for the union's action in the field of health ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:04:08 GMT

Whilst in silico medicine isn't explicitly mentioned in the Regulation, this Programme could represent a potential funding opportunity for VPH and may make better use of the wealth of health data collected in each Member State.

Information day on the 3rd european health programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:16:53 GMT

The Information Day on the 3rd European Health Programme organised by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) on 11 April 2014 was the occasion to publically present the governing lines of the Third EU Health Programme.

European commission publishes e-health inequality report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:24:44 GMT

On 11 April 2014, the European Commission published a series of reports, including most importantly a report on e-Health inequality

Publication of ec communication on effective, accessible and resilient health systems

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:28:21 GMT

The European Commission published its Communication on “effective, accessible and resilient health systems” on 4 April 2014. The Communication was announced during the EU Summit on Chronic Diseases which took place in Brussels from the 3-4 April 2014.

European parliament signs off on remaining piece of horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:32:37 GMT

During a plenary session on 15 April 2014, MEPs rubber-stamped a €22 billion parcel of 11 initiatives, which were amalgamated in the “innovation investment package" formulated from agreements reached in negotiations with member states and industry over the past few months.

Strategic research and innovation agenda on big data value for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:36:16 GMT

The European Technology Platform for Software and Services NESSI, together with partners from the FP7 project Big, has drafted a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) on Big Data Value for Europe.

Chic project featured in the parliament magazine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 14:51:45 GMT

CHIC "Computational Horizons In Cancer" is an EC funded project that proposes the development of clinical trial driven tools, services and secure infrastructure that will support the creation of multiscale cancer hyper-models

Vph success stories: on line questionnaire

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 May 2014 16:48:47 GMT

The VPH Institute has created an on-line questionnaire to collect examples of successful VPH projects. The best ones will be used as flagship of the VPH research in the future communication activities towards European policy makers to ensure the VPH potentials are largely disseminated and supported.

New postgraduate subject on multiscale cancer modelling and in silico medicine (mscm & ism)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 09 May 2014 12:24:09 GMT

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) will be opening this new post-graduate course in October 2014.

New ecancer special issue published on personalised medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 09 May 2014 12:28:52 GMT

ecancermedicalscience has published a new Special Issue on personalised medicine. This free-to-read compilation features articles on the p-medicine project "From data sharing and integration via VPH models to personalised medicine"

Avicenna: second project event with industrial researchers - june 6th, rome

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:21:08 GMT

The Avicenna project is organising an important meeting in Rome next month on the future of clinical trials.

Drive the vph initiative: become a supporting member!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 16 May 2014 16:53:50 GMT

Supporting members are the true engine of our organization: they effectively drive the Institute’s policy, setting agendas and proposing specific actions. Supporting members are entitled to appoint a representative to seat in the Board of Directors, which is formally the main governing body of the Institute. Don’t miss out this opportunity!

Adoption of council regulation on innovative medicines initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:09:06 GMT

On May 6th 2014, the European Council adopted the Regulation of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI2) public-private partnership, the joint undertaking between the European Union and European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) that will replace IMI.

European reference networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:15:52 GMT

The European Commission Implementing Decision of 10 March 2014 on European Reference Networks (ERNs) and the Delegated Act on the criteria and conditions for joining these ERNs which were adopted on 10 March 2014 will enter into force on 27 May 2014.

Council conclusion on the european strategy forum on research infrastructures (esfri)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:20:28 GMT

On the 26 May 2014, in its conclusions, the Council acknowledged the work done by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) with regard to identification of priority projects which are developed enough to be implemented in 2015-2016.

Launch of public consultation on future and emerging technologies (fet)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:28:04 GMT

On 2 May 2014, the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme launched a public consultation on the identification of promising future research in any technological domain. As such the Commission are inviting scientists, researcher’s engineers and innovators to submit their comments before 15 June 2014.

Submit a proposal for the 2nd fed4fire competitive call

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:34:27 GMT

On 21 May 2014, the Fed4FIRE project on federating a common framework for Future Internet Research and Experimentation facilities announced its 2nd competitive call (Fed4FIRE-2). Applications must be submitted before July 2, 2014 and the total available funding for Non -Industrial Experimenters such as VPH, for 2nd Open Call - Part A2 is EUR 200 000.

New state aid rules make it easier to invest in an innovative future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:38:03 GMT

On May 27th, 2014, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda highlights how new state aid rules cut red tape and make it easier to invest in an innovative future

News medical reports that stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:04:36 GMT

High blood pressure is highly age-related and affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. But doctors can't fully explain the cause of 90 per cent of all cases. A computer model of a "virtual human" suggests that stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure.

The vph tianhe-2 challenge: vote for the code

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:29:24 GMT

We are at the final stage of the consultation: thanks to the contribution of our experts we have identified 21 codes, which could be ported to the Tianhe-2 HPC platform, the current fastest supercomputer in the world. We now need your help to select the winner!

Apply for the vph2014 travel award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:47:06 GMT

This year, the VPH Institute has established 5 Travel Awards of 400 € (tot. of 2.000 €) with the purpose of allowing young researchers to participate at the VPH2014 conference. If you have an accepted paper (either oral or poster), check the eligibility criteria and see whether you can apply for the bursary. The application deadline is July 22nd.

Commission publishes 2nd report on patient safety

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:30:34 GMT

On 19 June 2014, the European Commission published their Report on the implementation of the “Council Recommendations on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections"

New rules for r&d in eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:40:16 GMT

The European Commission has adopted new rules reviewing the framework for granting state aid to research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities.

European commission promotes open access to scientific data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:14:32 GMT

The European Commission on 26 June 2014 announced that it would be seeking ways to initiate “Science 2.0”, whereby researchers would be encouraged to take part in data sharing, avoiding duplication and improving accessibility to crucial research results.

Commission's response to parliamentary question on mhealth consultation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:19:50 GMT

On the 11 June 2014 the European Commission (EC) published its answer to a Parliamentary Question on the subject matter of mHealth.

A new (and challenging) mandate for the european parliament

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:25:10 GMT

European parliament elections were organised in all European Member States between the 22 and the 25 of May 2014. With 43.09%, the turnout was barely higher than in 2009 (43%). This however means that for the first time since 1979, the turnout numbers have not declined.

Health priorities of the italian presidency of the council of the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:51:53 GMT

The priorities in the field of healthcare of the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be held by Italy during the second Semester of 2014 (from 1 July to 1 December).

Italian presidency of the eu council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:03:16 GMT

On the 30 June 2014 the new Italian Presidency published a document setting out the Council’s work programme as established by the future trio of Presidencies (Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg), covering the period July 2014 to December 2015.

Register for poster presentation at the vph2014 now!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:26:22 GMT

There is still an opportunity to register an abstract for the poster session at the the Virtual Physiological Human Conference 2014 (VPH2014). The deadline is July 20. Don't miss it out.

Decipher invitation to tender

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:30:25 GMT

The DECIPHER call for Tenders has been made public on the 25th of June 2014. Bidders are invited to tender under the pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure for the provision of research and development services to seek solutions for a "Distributed European Community Individual Patient Healthcare Electronic Record" (DECIPHER).

Dragon-star travel grant scheme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:11:21 GMT

The Travel Grant Scheme provides financial support to European organizations to travel to China and investigate the Chinese market and identify suitable partners to conclude technological and/or research collaboration.

Vphi responds to the public consultation on mobile health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:05:19 GMT

The consultation was launched by the European Commission to collect comments on the barriers and issues related to the use of mHealth, that will help identifying the right way forward to unlock the potential of mobile health in the EU.

Avicenna event 2 – rome 6th june 2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:06:22 GMT

The Avicenna project, supported by the European Commission, is developing the pathway towards the modernisation of the clinical trials process by introducing complex computer simulations, that shall make the process quicker, more efficient and less expensive.

Apply for the vphi student membership

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:49:44 GMT

It is now much easier to become a VPHi student member: it only costs €10 and it gives you access to plenty of interesting initiatives. Find out more…

Book "computational biomedicine: modelling the human body" now for sale

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:14:17 GMT

Carefully edited by leaders in the field (Professors P. Coveney, V. Diaz, P. Hunter and M. Viceconti), "Computational Biomedicine" is the first text to make this burgeoning area of multidisciplinary research accessible to the student reader, bringing together the fields of mathematics, physics, computer science, biology, engineering and medicine to provide a single, coherent view of the subject.

New document on data protection released by the council presidency

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:19:25 GMT

This document sets out the current Council thinking on the Data Protection Regulation and dated, 30 June 2014, constitutes the most up to date information the GDPR currently available.

Commission urges national governments to embrace potential of big data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:14:00 GMT

The European Commission further reiterated its support for Big Data in a press release published on its website on the 2 July 2014 entitled: “Commission urges governments to embrace potential of Big Data”

Council publishes chapter vi draft of the medical devices regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:24:25 GMT

On 04 July 2014, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union published a document addressed to the Working Party on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices in relation to the Council’s modifications to the Proposal for a Medical Devices Regulation.

Jean-claude juncker elected president of the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:05:46 GMT

On the 15 July 2014 Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker was elected as the President of the European Commission (EC) for the next legislative term.

Fet proactive funding opportunities: towards exascale high-performance computing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:47:56 GMT

In the Work Programme 2014-2015, FET Proactive called for three initiatives under the "Emerging themes and communities" call (the deadline of which was 1st April 2014), and is calling for a fourth one, under the dedicated "Towards exascale high-performance computing" call, implementing part of the HPC strategy elaborated in the context of the HPC Public-Private Partnership by ETP4HPC.

Vph-share and vph-dare@it working together

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:48:03 GMT

A collaboration between VPH-Share and VPH-DARE@IT was recently established with the aim of reducing effort at the infrastructure level.

J-bhi special issue on "big‐data for health"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:08:18 GMT

Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI) opens a call for a special Issue on "Big‐Data for Health"

Vphi announces the winners of the vph2014 travel award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:31:33 GMT

The VPH institute is happy to announce the winners of the 5 bursaries of €400 that will be assigned to cover part of the travelling expenses to attend the forthcoming VPH2014 conference (Trondheim, 9-12 September 2014)

The vph tianhe-2 challenge: vote for the code - deadline extension sept 10th, 2014

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:13:58 GMT

Considering the survey took place during the summer break, we received many requests to extend the contribution deadline. We have so decided to leave the consultation open until the 10th of September, 2014. Don't miss out the opportunity to express your vote!

Donald tusk elected new president of the european council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:34:47 GMT

On 30 August 2014, the European Council appointed the Polish candidate Donald Tusk to be the next President of the European Council who will take over from President Herman Van Rompuy.

European commission ensures new funds for in silico medicine in horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:47:29 GMT

European Commission positively replayed to the VPH-suggested Parliamentary Question on its plan to further support the development of ‘in silico’ models and methods in Horizon 2020.

European research area: 2014 progress report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:58:10 GMT

On 15 September 2014 the European Commission presented a first comprehensive analysis of the state of the 'single market' for research (ERA). The report provides a factual base for assessing progress in target areas like open and fair recruitment of researchers or better circulation of scientific knowledge.

€370 million available for innovative training networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:39:06 GMT

The second Horizon 2020 call for proposals, offering the EU-funded Innovative Training Networks (ITN) a total of €370 million, is no open. This scheme aims to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers.

Trans-fusimo: innovative ultrasound tumor removal

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:58:11 GMT

Tumor removal without a scalpel or x-rays is now possible due to a special type of ultrasound. Strong, concentrated ultrasonic waves are directed at the patient's body in such a way that they heat and kill individual cancer cells.

Sifem questionnaires for experts

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:11:17 GMT

Give your contribute to the SIFEM project: your understandings and thoughts will be precious to guide the project development.

Granatum: new web portal for drug discovery

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:15:54 GMT

The GRANATUM web portal is now online, ready to connect biomedical researchers. The public GRANATUM IT platform provides access to information about cancer research and established pharmaceutical agents from 83 global data sources in an integrated, semantically interlinked manner.

Systems patientomics: the virtual in-silico patient

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:17 GMT

A new paper by the VPHi member Dr. Dimiter Dimitrov has just been published on "New Horizons in Translational Medicine" - Elsevier

Job opening: lecturer/senior lecturer (oak/insigneo)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:09:38 GMT

Insigneo is looking for a young specialist in biomedical information management, with an academic track record and a solid technical background.

Vph meets with european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:20:13 GMT

On 26 August 2014, members of the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG), met in Brussels at a crucial meeting with the European Commission’s DG connect and DG Research.

Horizon 2020 projects under budget threat

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:20:25 GMT

On 16 September 2014, a debate was held in the European Parliament on structural funding for Horizon 2020 during which new budgetary issues were highlighted.

European commission undergoes portfolio reshuffle

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:29:11 GMT

On 10 September 2014, President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker announced a reoganisation of certain key portfolios.

Job opening: faculty position in complexity science (nanyang technological university - singapore)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:12:21 GMT

A Full Professor position in Complexity Science relating to Urban Adaptive Systems is now available at the Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. Application deadline: Dec 31st, 2014

Leading european biobank establishes collaborative ties with computational physiology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:01:32 GMT

In occasion of a satellite symposium during VPH2014, representatives of the VPH Institute and the Hunt Research Centre agreed to work on a common strategy to make computational physiology become an integral part of human biobank concept development.

Special issue on computational systems biomedicine: respond to the call for papers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:42:28 GMT

You still have few days left to respond to the call for papers to contribute to the special issue on Computational Systems Biomedicine of "Briefings in Bioinformatics", the international forum for researchers and educators in the life sciences. The deadline expires on Oct 31st, 2014

Parliament and council approve new commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:31:36 GMT

On 22 October 2014, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission led by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker.

Ec launches ppp on big data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:34:50 GMT

The European Commission on 13 October launched a public-private partnership (PPP) with European data industry due to start on 1 January 2015.

Survey on best practices on the use of modeling & simulation in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:40:20 GMT

This survey is an initiative of the Committee on Credible Practice of Modeling & Simulation in Healthcare, to understand global and multidisciplinary perspectives in best practices to establish credibility of computational medicine. Please give your contribute!

Debate on the horizon 2020 structural shortage of payment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:44:14 GMT

On 16 September 2014, a debate was held in the European Parliament on structural funding for Horizon 2020 during which new budgetary issues were highlighted.

4 phd studentships available at the university of sheffield (insigneo institute)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:21:44 GMT

4 PhD studentships for EU students are available at the University of Sheffield in the field of Multiscale Models for the musculoskeletal system (modelling and validation). Closing date: 11 November 2014

Published the new call for funding h2020 - ict 2015

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:59:38 GMT

With a total budget of €561,000,000, the new ICT2015 call for funding officially started on Oct 15th, 2014 and it will remain open until April 14th, 2015

Third avicenna project meeting in sunny lyon

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:30:31 GMT

The Avicenna Project met for their third event on 31st October 2014 in Lyon, France. The group of 50 expert stakeholders, from industry, regulatory affairs and academia, came together to discuss the research challenges of modelling and simulation technologies, in the development of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.

Vph featured at the evolution summit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:54:17 GMT

The potential of in silico medicine and VPH tools for in silico clinical trials get discussed at the 13th annual Evolution Summit in Monte Carlo

Peter hunter and auckland bioengineers' collaboration with fraunhofer highlighted in the press

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:40:21 GMT

Auckland Bioengineering Institute team headed by the VPHi board member, Prof Hunter, is collaborating with Fraunhofer in the development of an intelligent arm brace with flexing elbow that can micic the movements of a real arm.

Multiple phd studentships are available at the university of oxford

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:23:11 GMT

PhD studentships are now available at the University of Oxford Doctoral Training Centres in fields related to VPH research. Next closing date: 23 January 2015.

Call for papers for the 12th workshop on multiscale modelling and simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:53:25 GMT

The workshop will take place in Reykjavik (Iceland) on June 1-3 2015 in conjunction with the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS). If you are interested to participate send your abstract by December 15, 2014.

Who declares “ageing well” must be a global priority

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:28:44 GMT

On November 6th, 2014 a major new Series on health and ageing, published in "The Lancet", warns that unless health systems find effective strategies to address the problems faced by an ageing world population, the growing burden of chronic disease will greatly affect the quality of life of older people.

Medical devices to move to dg enterprise

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:42:36 GMT

The PAWG has received confirmation that responsibility for medical devices (and as such key dossiers such as the Medical Devices Regulation and IVDR) will now fall under the auspices of DG Enterprise.

Eu research budget under threat

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:49:25 GMT

The negotiations on the EU budget for 2015 have failed and this is putting the EU research budget under threat. The Commission must now put forward a new budget proposal.

Call for proposals for erc consolidator grant

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:12:27 GMT

A new call for proposal for ERC Consolidator Grant has recently been published. Interested researchers will be able to apply until 12 of March next year.

Subscribe to the vph institute mailing list for members-only

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:05:37 GMT

This is an internal mailing list dedicated to VPHi members. Subscription will give you access to members-only information about on-going initiatives and opportunities made available appositely for our members.

Avicenna event 4 to take place in brussels

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:50:40 GMT

Fourth in the series of events to focus on refining and enhancing the draft Roadmap

Contribute to the avicenna roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:05:13 GMT

Avicenna: in silico clincal trials - explained!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:20:50 GMT

Easy to understand video demystifies the clinical trials process

Sheffield vice-chancellor's fellowship programme 2015

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:14:30 GMT

Do you have a ground-breaking proposal at the interface where computational imaging and modelling meet? Develop your career in imaging/modelling in Sheffield, UK

Rasimas: on the road towards a virtual reality platform for medical doctors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:21:44 GMT

One year after launching their project, scientists, physicians and industrialists of the RASimAs team met at the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas (Heraklion, Greece) to draw a strategy for the coming years.

Tbicare project: smart treatment planning for brain trauma

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:21:49 GMT

The TBIcare project successfully ended in July 2014, delivering a software solution to improve the diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and guide the planning of treatments.

Commission 2015 work programme to focus on employment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:44:11 GMT

The VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) has obtained a copy of the 2015 draft work programme, which at the time of publication of this article was not yet made public. Some interesting remarks for VPH are included in the news below.

Data protection regulation in jeopardy?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:54:30 GMT

The conflicting positions of the Council and the Parliament seem difficult to square.

Eu research budget safe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:12:00 GMT

A provisional agreement on the European Union budget for 2015 was reached that secured €45 million more for the EU research and development programme Horizon 2020.

Vph and esmo collaborate on data protection

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:27:38 GMT

The VPH Institute will be signing up to a position paper on the Data Protection Regulation endorsed by a range of health stakeholders in Brussels and spearheaded by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).

Oramod project: helping clinicians predict oral cavity cancer reoccurrence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:07:21 GMT

On December 9th, the Consortium presented the results of the first year of research to the European Commission, obtaining extremely positive reviews: the project was recognised an extremely interesting innovative approach to a "transparent" predictive model and an extremely effective data presentation and virtual representation of the disease.

First avicenna review in brussels

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:14:49 GMT

Consortium team travel to Belgium capital to represent the project in its Annual Review

Merry christmas from all at the avicenna consortium

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:24:11 GMT

End of a fruitful year of Avicenna Events

E-rare-3 call for proposal 2015 for “transnational research project on rare diseases"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:32:55 GMT

Funding transnational collaborative research through joint transnational calls is one of the major objectives of E-Rare. This is the most important and effective joint activity to enhance the cooperation between European scientists working on rare diseases and thus reducing the fragmentation of research in this field. Read the news call for proposal!

Prof viceconti's farewell message

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:25:33 GMT

Prof Marco Viceconti steps down from role of Executive Director of the VPH Institute.

Available a phd position for a computer scientist at the institute of complex systems in paris ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:14:27 GMT

One candidate will be selected for a selective fellowship proposed by the AAP DIM 2015 «Problématiques transversales aux systèmes complexes»: deadline Feb 15, 2015

Avicenna’s successful first review

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:44:33 GMT

Good progress for project in its Brussels’ Review

Avicenna strategy to be scrutinised in brussels

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:46:49 GMT

Event 4 to determine how to increase the use of simulation in the development of biomedical products.

The avicenna team welcomes the new web officer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:48:05 GMT

Project website officer joins Sheffield team

Nhs england search for pioneering healthcare innovators

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:51:05 GMT

Opportunity for modelling and simulation projects as programme is launched to find experienced innovators in healthcare.

Money being taken from h2020 – should researchers be concerned?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:29:09 GMT

Over the final months of 2014, there was a great deal of worry amongst the scientific community over the budget for Horizon 2020. Such worries were entirely justified. A culture within the European Commission of pushing forward expenses to the following year, of using the budget of tomorrow to pay for the expenses of today led to the inevitable – not having enough money to pay our bills.

New presidency of the council of the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:08:31 GMT

From 1 January 2015 and until June, Latvia holds, for the first time, the 6-month’s rotating Presidency of the Council.

New commission 2015 work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:15:21 GMT

In December 2014, the European Commission adopted its work programme for 2015.

No more chief scientific advisor – what now?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:19:16 GMT

Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker almost immediately after his election to President of the European Commission brought controversy from many directions one of which was his decision to abolish the position of Chief Scientific Advisor.

Meet the new executive director of the vphi: dr adriano henney

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:42:56 GMT

Read the interview Adriano has recently released for us.

Vph appointment for avicenna member

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:59:42 GMT

Avicenna’s Adriano Henney is chosen as the new Executive Director of the VPH Institute

Proceedings of the 6th international advanced research workshop on in silico oncology and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:26:10 GMT

Proceedings are now freely available to be downloaded.

Available a position for a research associate in image analytics in large-scale databases at ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:57:48 GMT

Application deadline: 17th March 2015

Commission says vph to be research priority

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:53:13 GMT

Over the past two years the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) has been active in galvanising political support for VPH and in silico medicine with many MEPs calling on the Commission to fund activities in Horizon 2020.

Avicenna alliance to become voice of in silico community at eu level

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:04:34 GMT

On 20 February 2015, the Director of the VPH Institute Adriano Henney, announced that work is underway on the establishment of the Avicenna Alliance, the industry and market-focused arm of VPH.

Avicenna alliance to develop public private partnership on in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:23:02 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance has been given the green light by the European Commission to pursue the creation of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) on in silico medicine.

President juncker’s efsi gambit found out

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:35:40 GMT

In last month’s edition of the VPH newsletter, we drew attention to the shrewd political move of President Juncker in plundering the coffers of the European Research Council (ERC) to fund his new European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI).

Erc publishes advanced grant calls

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:43:59 GMT

The ERC has launched its annual call for proposals for Advanced Grants. These grants are awarded based on the perceived value of the application and the credentials of the applicant.

Era chairs grants to boost research excellence in the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:56:20 GMT

Thirteen universities, technical institutes and private organisations from Member States with a high potential for research excellence, are to receive up to €2.5 million each in EU funding to boost their research capacity through the appointment of "ERA Chairs".

Status of the medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:48:59 GMT

The adoption of these two important EC regulations is not making any progress.

The european fund for strategic investments (efsi) and the need to protect horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:02:12 GMT

ITRE Committee is looking after EFSI Investment Plan

First steps towards a digital single market strategy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:13:47 GMT

On 25 March 2015, the College of Commissioners had the first of a series of discussions on the Digital Single Market Strategy, which will be unveiled in May.

Ukraine joins horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:15:41 GMT

As a first step after entry into force of the provisional application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, Ukraine signed on 20 March 2015 an agreement to join Horizon 2020 on equal terms with EU Member States and other associated countries.

Eu’s expenditure on r&d shows an improvement

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:24:16 GMT

Despite the economic crisis, EU’s progress towards the EU2020 objective of spending 3% of GDP has shown an improvement.

The systems medicine web hub is online!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:19:41 GMT

The Systems Medicine Web Hub promotes systems approaches in medicine, supporting researchers, projects and initiatives with the communication of news items, information about events, projects, positions, resources and publications.

Denis noble's pioneering modelling work on the heart honoured at the royal society's 350 year ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:19:43 GMT

On Friday 6th March, the Royal Society celebrated 350 years of the world's first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions. Our President's cutting edge article on the heart model was honored among historical ones by Newton, Lister, Priestley, Herschel.

Proceeding on the 6th iarwisoc published in the ieee xplore digital library

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:04:55 GMT

The Proceedings of the 6th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation – The CHIC Project Workshop (6th IARWISOCI) have now also been published - following the standard IEEE review - in the IEEE Xplore …

New opportunities for vphi students

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:53:16 GMT

At the recent BoD meeting of the VPH Institute (March 16th - Amsterdam) the board officially approved a new plan to boost the VPHi membership for students.

Plenty of funding opportunities for vph in the horizon 2020 draft work programme 2016-2017

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:08:06 GMT

Thanks to the hard word of the Policy Affairs Work Group of the Institute, VPH has significantly boosted its presence in the next H2020 Work Programme.

Marie curie trainee on aortic dissection model available at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:33:01 GMT

Application deadline: 5 May 2015

Marie curie trainee on heart model available at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:37:35 GMT

Application deadline: 5 May 2015

European parliament votes to protect horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:49:53 GMT

On 14 April 2015, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted to safeguard cuts to the Horizon 2020 budget, cuts which would fund fund the Commission’s European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI).

Applications for horizon 2020 increased drastically

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:52:25 GMT

Competition for funding at EU level is fiercer than ever.

Final details on ehealth week available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:55:28 GMT

The 2015 eHealth week is due to be held in Riga, Latvia from 11-13 May 2015.

Ema signs up to new 2020 regulatory strategy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 11:00:26 GMT

The European Union Medicines Agencies has published its Network’s Strategy 2020.

Report on ema regulation published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 11:04:34 GMT

The EMA Regulation is arguably the single most important piece of legislation for the entire pharmaceutical industry as it sets out all the requirements by which their products are put on the market.

Avicenna presence at insigneo showcase 2015

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 May 2015 12:40:28 GMT

Avicenna project showcased in the event exhibition area: check it out!

Drive the vphi institute: become a supporting member!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 May 2015 14:57:26 GMT

Internship opportunity in biostats at novadiscovery

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 May 2015 18:10:21 GMT

Are you a student looking for an internship, curious about sciences, eager to learn and use statistics in medical science/biology? Check out this post!

New standards in biotechnology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 May 2015 16:33:19 GMT

A new working group for data processing and integration in biotechnology has been set up by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO. Interested scientists are invited to participate.

Chic summer school 2015: registration now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 May 2015 17:48:53 GMT

The CHIC Summer School addresses early-stage researchers, modellers, clinicians, medical students, engineers, IT specialists and others who wish to exchange ideas and learn more about the fairly recent discipline of in silico oncology.

Cuts to horizon 2020 will go ahead

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:20:43 GMT

Agreement has been reached on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) after 57 hours of negotiation in 8 rounds of trialogue.

Horizon 2020 and cef still to be cut

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:24:38 GMT

Many Members of the European Parliament will be disappointed that despite setting out a tough negotiating stance, they were unable to protect the Horizon 2020 and CEF budget.

Protected research areas

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:28:34 GMT

European Research Council budget and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions won't be touched!

Vph/caat and eambes to put forward common position on stop vivisection campaign

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:35:06 GMT

The VPH Institute, the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering (EAMBES) and the Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) are to put forward a joint response to the Stop Vivisection campaign currently under consideration by the European Parliament and Commission.

Eu to form science panel to replace chief scientific advisor

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:42:21 GMT

The European Commission has decided to create a new science advisory panel to replace the position of chief scientific advisor, which was scrapped due to pressure from anti-GMO NGOs.

Building policy recognition for vph research

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:36:10 GMT

An overview of the important achievements of the Policy Affairs Working Group of the Institute.

Council agrees partial approach on medical devices regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:17:33 GMT

After endless delays and setbacks, the European Council has agreed on a partial approach on the Medical Devices Regulation.

Discussions begin on data protection regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:23:28 GMT

The European Council and the European Parliament have begun trialogues (negotiations on dossiers) on the Data Protection Regulation

Eu ombudsman investigation into clinical trials regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:44:24 GMT

Emily O'Reilly has opened an investigation into the transparency of "trilogues" with a view to boosting transparent law-making in the EU.

Ec has new plans to improve h2020 success rate

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:28:24 GMT

2-stage reviews, an emphasis on ‘impact’, are the solutions that are currently taking in consideration by the EC to improve the success rate.

Free e-learning courses on personalised medicine on ecancer.org

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:18:18 GMT

Within the scope of the p-medicine project, ecancer has created free e-learning courses on “personalised medicine” in the past months and mounted them on their website.

Team leader or software architect in hpc and big data analytics at nscc-gz - china

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:33:25 GMT

Start Date: ASAP

Association for predictive medicine – the avicenna protege

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 10:43:31 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance - an association of industry and research organisations that have a commercial or research interest in in silico medicine.

Elections of the board of trustees: the call for candidates is now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:17:45 GMT

In September 2015, the mandate of the current members of the Board of Trustees will expire and the General Assembly will elect a new Board.

Vph-share received and “excellent” rating at their final review

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:14:15 GMT

Reviewers were enthusiastic about the project achievements

Marie curie trainee on heart modelling/atherosclerosis modelling at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:24:56 GMT

Closing date 27 July 2015

Phd studentship at ucl: investigation of the haemodynamics of dissected aortas - an in vitro, ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:19:02 GMT

Closing Date 1 Oct 2015

Lecturer in medical devices at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:27:23 GMT

Closing Date 29 July 2015

First avicenna alliance pro tempore board meeting to be held

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:30:59 GMT

On the 1st week of September 2015, a small team of industry and VPHi representatives will meet to discuss the structure of the Avicenna Alliance – the new Association for Predictive Medicine.

Erc 2016 budget to be 1.6 billion euro

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:54:03 GMT

The European Research Council (ERC) which funds basic or “high risk” research in the EU has published its 2016 budget

European parliament in recess

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:57:15 GMT

The European Parliament is currently in recess until September 2015.

Finalized the candidate list for the election of the vphi board of trustees

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:37:58 GMT

The call for candidates for the election of the Board of Trustees is now closed and the list has been finalized.

Vphi kicks off the keynote webinar series

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:18:34 GMT

On 9 Sept 2015, 12 CET Prof Peter Hunter presents: "Use of OpenCOR and the Physiome Model Repository (PMR) for simulation of CellML models". Save the date!

2 year post-doc position in facial image processing for non-verbal communication analysis at ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:04:45 GMT

Application deadline: 21 Sept 2015

Vphi opens the call for bids for vph2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:43:31 GMT

The call for bids to host the VPH2018 conference is now open. Interested organisations should submit their proposal by February 15th, 2016.

Ecmtb/smb 2016: call for minisymposium proposals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:16:30 GMT

Deadline: 18 Dec 2015

In silico medicine dominates horizon 2020 2016-2017 work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:23:55 GMT

Over the past two years the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG) has been active in Brussels promoting the interests of VPHi members and the needs of the in silico community.The culmination of these activities was reached with the recently published H2020 WP that includes great funding opportunities for its members.

Two marie-curie early stage researcher positions at iim-csic (spanish council for scientific ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:01:10 GMT

Deadline: 31 Oct 2015. Expected starting date is Feb-2016 (with some flexibility).

Commission launches call for experts

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:43:16 GMT

The European Commission has launched a call for membership of their Scientific Committees.

Cross-border healthcare directive shows progress…except in cross-border healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:53:11 GMT

The 2011 Cross-Border Healthcare Directive is designed to provide clarity for citizens seeking medical treatment in an EU Member State other than their country of origin. Issues such as reimbursement and prior notification of travel for treatment are covered.

Medical devices text now includes modelling and simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:56:47 GMT

The European Council has at last adopted their common approach on the proposed Medical Devices Regulation a full year after their colleagues in the European Parliament and adopted their text on 30 September 2015.

Elected members of the board of trustees

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:22:56 GMT

On 16 Sept 2015 the General Assembly of the VPH Institute has formally nominated the new members of the Board of Trustees.

Announced the composition of the board of directors for the upcoming year

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:36:48 GMT

The members of the Board of Directors are selected every year through a public call. At its recent meeting in Paris, the General Assembly has announced the names of members that will drive the Institute from September 2015 to September 2016.

The avicenna roadmap has been delivered

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:35:39 GMT

You can now download the finalized version of the document!

Vphi is now an affiliated member of iups

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:37:25 GMT

Links between IUPS and VPHi has been formalized.

Phd student position in system biology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:41:03 GMT

Application deadline: until position has been filled/1 December 2015

Assistant professor position in urban complexity or complexity science at nanyang technological ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:55:04 GMT

Closing Date: 31 December 2015

Research fellow /senior research fellow appointment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:03:41 GMT

Application deadline: 6 November 2015

Research assistant position in computational biology at nanyang technological university in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:08:22 GMT

Application deadline: until position has been filled

Ec and dutch government call for open access

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:54:44 GMT

Commissioner for Research and Innovation Carlos Moades and Sander Dekker, the Dutch Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Science have called for further steps to ensure open access to scientific journals and to curb the excessive costs of journal articles and subscriptions.

European commission 2016 work programme published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:00:16 GMT

The European Commission’s work programme for 2016 entitled “No time for business as usual” has been published and mostly contains detailed plans to conduct business in the usual way.

Researchers lead the way to avoid brexit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:05:31 GMT

Will Britain leave the EU?

Casym research exchange grants in systems medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:59:50 GMT

Step 1 deadline: 16 November 2015

New horizon 2020 calls for personalized medicine now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:30:04 GMT

The European Commission invites to present proposals on the Personalized Medicine topic as part of the area of Societal Challenges - Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

Virtual physiological human 2016 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:53:55 GMT

First announcement

Commission group calls for common approach on genetic testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:17:12 GMT

The European Commission’s expert group on Rare Diseases met on13 November 2015 to discuss the current status of the implementation of Cross-Border Healthcare

Data protection regulation may be more flexible for researchers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:21:55 GMT

Negotiations between the European Council, European Parliament and the European Commission are well on the way almost 2 years since the start of the legislative process.

Ec outlines how investment funds to be used across the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:26:35 GMT

European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for Health

€7.5 million of funding for projects improving cross border exchange of patient data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:41:10 GMT

The 2015 CEF Telecom eHealth call (2015 CEF-TC 2015-2) makes an indicative €7.5 million of funding available for projects improving cross border exchange of patient data using ICT tools.

Fda director jeff shuren endorses the value of modelling and simulation approaches

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:46:16 GMT

At the 2015 Annual Public Forum Agenda organised by MDIC, Dr Shuren presents successes in CM&S.

Call for expression of interest: ehealth stakeholder group members

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:06:39 GMT

The Commission has launched a call for expression of interest to renew the membership of the eHealth Stakeholder Group. The group will mainly contribute to implementing the eHealth Action Plan and to the activities of the eHealth Network.

Google life sciences and the american heart association team up on new research venture

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:04:52 GMT

Google Life Sciences (GLS) and the American Heart Association (AHA) has announced a $50 million collaboration to find new ways to fight heart disease.

Mathematics for healthcare - special issue

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:26:42 GMT

Abstract submission: 29 Feb 2016

Avicenna project graded as excellent by the european commission!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 10:58:33 GMT

The Avicenna Project has received an “excellent” grading by the European Commission following its review meeting in November 2015.

Interested to host vph2018? ... hurry up!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:41:37 GMT

The deadline for the call for bids is now close: 15 Feb 2015

Contribute to the development of eu policy on in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:04:48 GMT

As the VPH Institute begins its 2016 activities, this year more than ever, there is a need for new Members of the VPH Policy Affairs Working Group (PAWG). Come on board!

Seeking your help on the avicenna roadmap dissemination

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:37:52 GMT

Help us to ensure that our work of 2 years is read far and wide

Developed computational imaging tools for representing foetal heart through gestation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:20:52 GMT

High resolution visualisation of the structure and tractographic representation of the fibres in the developing human heart

Vphi benefit package: find out what we have for you!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:11:23 GMT

VPHi foresees different types of membership and an attractive benefit package for each one of them!

Science policy made by scientists?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:18:59 GMT

“If you want to get someone to talk about science, don’t bring a scientist”

Vph pawg getting to work in 2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:26:23 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance, the new Association for Predictive Medicine with 50% VPH board membership and 50% representation from healthcare industries is kick-starting its activities in 2016.

Vph training and job placements on the way

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:30:11 GMT

VPH’s 50% Membership of the Avicenna Alliance brings a unique opportunity to develop partnerships with industry. Key to this partnership is bringing value to VPH members.

European innovation council (eic)– what is it?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:33:13 GMT

No it’s not the EIT, it’s also not the ERC or the EIP on AHA this is a brand new exciting acronym, the EIC.

Ema consultation on the proposal of a collaboration framework with academia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:09:16 GMT

Contribute to the on-line questionnaire. Deadline: 15 April 2016.

Virtual physiological human 2016 conference - call for papers now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 14:04:27 GMT

Deadline: 15 May 2016

Significant step for in silico medicine as in silico clinical trials are highlighted in a us ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:40:59 GMT

Regulators in the US are beginning to recognise the potential for modelling and simulation technologies to improve the delivery of safe and efficacious biomedical products.

Plenary lectures from vph2014 in trondheim

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:29:15 GMT

Video recordings of all four plenary lectures from the highly successful Trondheim conference have now been full edited and are available for viewing.

Avicenna alliance proclaims victory in ema regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:01:38 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance, our new Association of 50% VPHi Membership and 50% Industry, can claim a major victory in the revised EMA Regulation with the introduction of new text supporting modelling and simulation and predictive medicine in medicinal product development.

Over the horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:06:29 GMT

Ignoring the painfully unimaginative title of this article and getting to substance, the planning for the successor to Horizon 2020 is to start soon. This is no small task and to see how the 9th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation might turn out, it is worth having a look at why Horizon 2020 was brought in to replace FP7.

Fet launches 2 open consultations for horizon 2020 next work programme: fet proactive and fet ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:31:46 GMT

Both consultations close on 30 April 2016

Vph-prism has completed its work this month

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:06:11 GMT

It is available the final VPH-PRISM newsletter that marks the end of this three-year, European Union-funded research project.

Received 3 proposals for vph2018 call for bids

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:30:28 GMT

On Feb 15th, the call for bids for the VPH2018 conference had closed.

@avicennaally twitter goes live!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:52:07 GMT

On 10 March 2016 the Avicenna social media campaign went live.

Released new version of bonemat

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:25:50 GMT

Bonemat version 3.2 can be freely downloaded from www.bonemat.org

Dg cnect highlights the achievements reached by vph-prism project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:21:55 GMT

New tools for better breast cancer treatment

Ema regulation vote result – major gains for in silico

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:53:13 GMT

On 10 March 2016 the European Parliament through an overwhelming majority, voted in favour of requiring the EMA to take into account alternative models in clinical trials.

Mhra - in silico & new indications for medicinal products

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:04:51 GMT

The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a presentation on the re-purposing of established medicines mentioning how in silico approaches play a role.

Mep linda mcavan to visit sheffield university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:24:28 GMT

The Labour UK MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber will be visiting Sheffield University.

World health organisation (who) report on ehealth in europe: "when not if"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:20:28 GMT

e-Health is revolutionizing health care delivery and the health information needed to support it

Watch the vphi webinar on the avicenna alliance

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:54:00 GMT

On the 1st of March 2016, a team of both VPHi and Alliance members presented in details the goals and working plans of the new Avicenna Alliance for 2016

The vph project airprom releases lung chaste

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:57:27 GMT

Lung Chaste: developing software for multiscale lung ventilation simulations

Vph project notremor organises a satellite workshop at vph2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 11:15:35 GMT

NoTremor: "Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation and Analytics for Parkinson’s disease".

Ec appoints vphi to key stakeholder group

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:58:50 GMT

The European Commission has appointed VPHi to its eHealth Stakeholder Group

Virtual physiological human 2016 conference – 2nd call for papers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:04:37 GMT

Deadline for submission: May 15, 2016

Vph2018 in zaragoza

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:50:50 GMT

I3A Aragón Institute of Engineering Research from Zaragoza wins the call for bids for the organisation of the VPH2018 conference.

European cloud initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 02 May 2016 16:43:24 GMT

The EC plans to create a virtual environment to store, share and re-use scientific data across disciplines and borders.

Public consultation on horizon 2020 work programme 2018-2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:15:42 GMT

A public online consultation has been launched by the European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation, on the strategy, scope, objectives, and expected impacts of the Horizon 2020 ‘Science with and for Society’ (SWAFS) Work Programme 2018-2020.

Report on strategies across europe to assess quality of care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:19:04 GMT

The expert group on Health Systems Performance Assessment (HSPA) published its first report on 29 April 2016: "So What? Strategies across Europe to assess quality of care".

Kick-off meeting of the commission's new scientific committees

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:22:44 GMT

On 28 April 2016, the newly appointed scientists who are to provide the European Commission with independent scientific advice on issues relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment during their five year mandate (2016-2021), hold their inaugural meeting in Luxembourg.

Written declaration of the european parliament on electronic health records

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:26:22 GMT

The European Parliament has forwarded a written declaration (i.e. a very short non-binding statement of will) on electronic health records to the Council and the Commission, on 27 April 2016.

Avicenna alliance meets with european commission for review in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:40:20 GMT

On 02 May 2016, Avicenna Alliance delegates met with representatives of DG Connect to discuss progress on in silico medicine in the 1st quarter of this year.

Fda to look towards observer status in avicenna alliance

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:44:27 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance has been in touch with the FDA on the issue of in silico medicine over the last number of months and has reached a new level of cooperation with the FDA looking into Observer Status in the Avicenna Alliance.

Avicenna paper gets published on the international journal of clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 May 2016 11:46:49 GMT

"In silico clinical trials: how computer simulation will transform the biomedical industry"

Virtual physiological human 2016 conference – extension of abstract deadline

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:20:52 GMT

Extended abstract submission deadline by one week to May 22, 2016

The vph2016 conference keeps accepting post-deadline abstracts until friday 27 may 2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:22:51 GMT

Problems with conference website during the week end.

Multisim modelathon 2016 competition

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 May 2016 12:04:51 GMT

A three day competition aimed at PhD students and post-doc researchers to solve a multiscale biomechanical problem and win prizes!

Written declaration on the cross-border healthcare directive

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:11:05 GMT

On the 9th of May, the European Parliament published a Written Declaration on Increasing citizens’ awareness of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive (CBHD).

Mep linda mcavan visits vph supporting member insigneo to see application of in silico

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:16:51 GMT

On 5 May, the Insigneo Institute of the University of Sheffield presented at his annual showcase how in silico medicine contributes to improve diagnosis and prognosis for e.g Parkinson’s and pulmonary vascular disease. The theme this year was “clinical translation”.

Medical futurist points to in silico as future of pharma

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:20:32 GMT

Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD, has written an article on Pharmaphorum about trends that will shape the future of pharma.

Relocating ema in case of brexit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:24:38 GMT

An article published in Politico on 11 May 2016, has drawn attention to the fact that should the UK leave the EU, agencies currently based in London, would need to be relocated.

Annual report of european medicine agency

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:27:15 GMT

The European Medicine Agency has published its 2015 annual report focused on the agency’s tasks during last year. The document presents a comprehensive overview of 2015 for the EMA.

Can regulators influence drug prices?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:33:03 GMT

A NEJM article explains how drug prices could decrease.

Join the vphi board: bring your ideas to the development of in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:00:20 GMT

The annual call for supporting members is now open.

Postdoctoral researcher position available at university of amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:35:00 GMT

Closing date: 14 June 2016

The first vph summer school: a successful experience!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:50:05 GMT

From May 30th to June 3rd 2016, the first VPH Summer School took place at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) (Barcelona, Spain) as an initiative of the recently established VPHi Student Committee.

Apply for an opensim pilot project grant up to $40,000

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:12:18 GMT

Applications Due July 20, 2016

Ehealth leaflet offers insight in priorities of the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:08:15 GMT

The EC published a short leaflet on 8 June entitled ‘eHealth: connecting health systems in Europe’

Better health – worse insurance?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:13:56 GMT

Big data applied to healthcare is a hot topic as it offers unique opportunities to deliver top-quality healthcare. However, health insurance companies would also profit and adapt their prices based on personal data.

Medical devices regulation – next steps and industry opinion

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:16:47 GMT

The new Medical Devices Regulation will include tightened rules on placing devices on the market as well as surveillance once they are on the market. Its implementation should also avoid burdens and unnecessary bureaucracy.

France national e-health strategy 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:18:02 GMT

On 4 July 2016, Marisol Touraine, France’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health, presented the national e-health strategy 2020.

Eu council has a new presidency: slovakia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:19:16 GMT

Slovakia holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July until 31 December 2016.

Virtual physiological human 2016 conference –early bird registration deadline extended by one week

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:37:56 GMT

The deadline for early bird registration is extended to July 15, 2016.

Position available in oxford computational cardiovascular science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:53:20 GMT

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Cardiovascular Science Closing date: 03-Aug-2016

Seminar “science without animals”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:22:11 GMT

Horizon 2020: linking university research with r&d&i

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:26:02 GMT

Soledad Cabezón Ruiz MEP (S&D, Spain) has tabled a question on Horizon 2020 action to link University research with the end of the R&D&I chain on 12 May.

Draft eu budget 2017 on health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:28:41 GMT

On 11 July, a meeting of the ENVI Committee (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) of the European Parliament took place, to consider the draft opinion of the Committee on the 2017 draft EU budget.

Working of the scientific advice mechanism explained

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:31:20 GMT

On 12 July, the European Parliament ENVI Committee (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) held an exchange of views with Prof Henrik Wegener, chair of the High Level Group (HLG) of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) on the work of SAM, which exists since 10 November 2015.

Event “sustainable healthcare for all by 2030

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:33:25 GMT

The event entitled “Sustainable healthcare for all by 2030: Shared effort for a common goal”, took place on the 16th of June. The conference was mainly focused on improving health outcome in low and middle income countries (LMICs) outside of Europe.

Innovation scoreboard 2016: eu is becoming less innovative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:40:55 GMT

The European Commission has published the European Innovation Scoreboard 2016 (previously called the Innovation Union Scoreboard) on 14 July.

Healthsector funds factsheet highlights eu priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:43:38 GMT

On 18 July, the European Commission published a factsheet on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) – Mobilising funds for the health sector. While the EU health sector is a very broad topic, the factsheet provides us with information about the priorities of the European Commission.

Bratislava declaration of young researchers presented at eu competitiveness council meeting in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:44:48 GMT

On 19 July, the Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers was presented at the Competitiveness Council with Commissioner Moedas. They called on support for a new generation of scientists.

"the virtual physiological human:ten years after" by marco viceconti and peter hunter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:12:15 GMT

The Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering has just published an interesting review article that covers the history and the state of the art of the VPH initiative.

Meet the mentor luncheon

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:48:23 GMT

The VPHi student committee is organizing a “Meet-a-Mentor Luncheon” during the VPH2016 Conference to offer career advice to PhD students who wishes to start a career in the VPH world.

2016 crack it challenges

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:08:31 GMT

£2.8 million available for four new Challenges: applications sought from SME and academic consortia.

Two phd positions available at the julius wolff institute, charité

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:32:09 GMT

Starting date ASAP

High level group on maximising the impact of eu research and innovation programmes

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:26:52 GMT

... to be operational in December 2016

Proposals for modernization of copyright rules

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:33:03 GMT

Text and Data Mining exception for researchers

European research council awards starting grants

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:44:25 GMT

ERC is awarding its Starting Grants to 325 early-career researchers throughout Europe.

Council conclusions to support young researchers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:54:48 GMT

The Draft Council Conclusions on ‘Measures to support young researchers, raise the attractiveness of scientific careers and foster investment in human potential in research and development’ was published on 12 September 2016

Towards a stronger eu-us research alliance

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:15:03 GMT

The European Parliament’s research department recently published a briefing paper entitled “Science and research Upgrading EU-US cooperation”.

The coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:24:29 GMT

On the 23 September 2016 the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Giovanni Buttarelli, has published a new Opinion: "Coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data."

Appointed the new board of directors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:58:14 GMT

On 27 Sept 2016 in Amsterdam, the VPHi General Assembly has nominated the new Board of Directors for the upcoming year.

1st vphi meet-the-mentor luncheon @vph2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:01:27 GMT

For the first time, the student committee of the Institute has organised a networking session in which students had the opportunity to open a dialogue with Senior members of the Community.

A very successful conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:08:15 GMT

Great participation, strong engagement and top level science: VPH2016 can certainly be called a success

Brexit expected to have tremendous impact on planning of horizon 2020 successor programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:07:43 GMT

UK's uncertain future with the European Union will have an impact on decisions concerning funding and participation of the next Framework programme FP9, warns Peter Fisch, former head of unit in the European Commission’s directorate-general for research and innovation.

Interim evaluation of horizon 2020: public consultation now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:15:18 GMT

On 20 October 2016, the European Commission launched a public stakeholder consultation which is meant to feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, the EU's €77 billion research and innovation funding scheme running from 2014 to 2020.

Austrian think tank suggests ideas for next post horizon 2020 eu research programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:25:00 GMT

In the week of the 3 October, an Austrian think tank, set up by the Austrian Government, entitled Austrian Framework Programme 9 (FP9) published a paper with ideas for the next EU research programme.

Eu-us sign agreement offering new opportunities for research cooperation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:35:51 GMT

On 17 October 2016, the European Commission and the US Government concluded an agreement allowing European and American researchers to work together more closely on projects funded under Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and innovation programme.

Science advisers need to explain the evidence according to eu research commissioner

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:38:51 GMT

During a conference on science advice, entitled "Science and Policy Making: towards a new dialogue" on 29 and 30 September, the Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation Carlos Moedas, stated that people no longer take science advice on trust, and science advisers need to provide evidence for their recommendations.

Eu to propose eu-wide tax breaks on r&d

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:45:18 GMT

On 25 October 2016, the European Commission has proposed to put in place pan-European incentives for research and development across Europe, as part of a broader package of corporate tax reforms.

Research strategies: europe 2030 and the next framework programme- event report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:49:11 GMT

On Wednesday 12 October a conference organized by Science|Business debated future research strategies and discussed the next framework programme (FP9) to replace Horizon 2020 (H2020). Several panels and workshops identified research and policy priorities for the future framework.

"in silico- turning big data into personalized medicine"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:47:02 GMT

On 11 October 2016, MEP Nicola Caputo (S&D, Italy) and Sean Kelly (EEP, Ireland) hosted the launch event of the Avicenna Alliance in the European Parliament in Brussels, which was moderated by Alison Abbott from Nature Magazine.

Interview with the vphi student member ilaria stura: "math algorithm helps predict ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:09:46 GMT

A great example of what personalized medicine could do!

Animal testing and alternative methods: new insights into an old concept, the 3r’s

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:23:42 GMT

The Walcopa members of Liège have written a position paper on animal testing and alternative methods that adopts VPHi position on the topic.

Cluster hire to build a group in mathematical modeling of complex biosystems

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:02:32 GMT

Both tenured associate professor and and tenure-track assistant professor positions available.

Insigneo hire a software engineer in high performance computing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 17:43:30 GMT

Application deadline: 30th November 2016

Idibaps hire a phd student for personalizing health care in multiple sclerosis using systems ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:53:05 GMT

Application deadline: ASAP

Release of nmsbuilder 2.0

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:25:38 GMT

A fresh new version of NMSBUILDER (v2.0), which includes major software enhancements, has just been released on nmsbuilder.org.

Horizon 2020 attracts ever more interest, report shows

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:04:28 GMT

The second Annual Monitoring Report certifies an increase in proposals by 25% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Revising the guidelines on first in-human clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:29:04 GMT

The proposed revision is open for public consultation until the end of February 2017

Public consultation on strengthening eu cooperation on health technology assessment (hta)- open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:10:17 GMT

The public consultation published on 21 October aims to gather detailed views and opinions relating to the future of the EU cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA).

Maltese presidency of the council – priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:14:54 GMT

The Maltese priorities in the framework of its upcoming Presidency of the Council starting in January 2017, have been unveiled and are supposed to focus on 6 broad sectors.

Ec announces the members of the new high level group on vision for future eu research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:37:33 GMT

On 29 November, the European Commission announced the 12 members of the new High-Level Group that is meant to set out the vision for future EU research and innovation and make recommendations on maximising the impact of EU investments in this area.

Members of renewed expert panel on health appointed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:14:52 GMT

On 25 November 2016, the EC appointed new members of its Expert Panel of Effective Ways of Investing in Health, which has recently been renewed for three additional years.

Eu takes new actions to help close the gap in research excellence across europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:21:11 GMT

On 23 November 2016, the EC presented new measures that are supposed to help bring more countries to the map of research excellence.

Uk government to spend £4.745b on r&d as a post-brexit boost

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:23:51 GMT

The UK government will invest in a stimulus package that that has foreseen an extra £4.745 billion for science and innovation in the next four years.

Nature publishes an editorial on the power of big data for medical progress

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:52:12 GMT

In silico computer modelling and simulation has tremendous potential for healthcare, but current policy framework doesn’t fit for purpose.

Contribute to the avicenna alliance: join a working group as a vphi expert

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:25:47 GMT

Catch the opportunity to collaborate with the new Association for Predictive Medicine, elbow-to-elbow with the top industries in the field.

Tina morrison from fda visits vphi member ku leuven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:59:50 GMT

The VPHi community strengthens its links with FDA

In silico modeling at nasa ames workshop on vascular tissue challenge

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:18:22 GMT

VPHi contributes to the NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge

Adriano henney's farewell message

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:52:13 GMT

After having covered the role of Executive Director of the VPHi for two years, Adriano will leave the directorship of the Institute in the hands of Prof Lies Geris to coordinate the Avicenna Alliance more closely.

Prof jerome noailly appointed chair of the vphi student committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:28:16 GMT

After having successfully organised the first VPH Summer School in Barcelona last year and having greatly contributed to the activities of this new committee, Jerome has been selected as official chair.

Ncsrr/opensim visiting scholars program

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:21:11 GMT

Summer 2017 at the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research, Stanford University

Big data study outlines policy recommendations in 10 fields

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:15:07 GMT

The European Commission published a Study on Big Data in Public Health, Telemedicine and Healthcare, financed by the Commission's Health Programme on 16 December 2016.

Eu companies' r&d investment grows faster than global and us trends

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:18:24 GMT

On 1 December 2016, the European Commission published the 2016 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard.

Commission to invest €80 million in 58 innovative companies under the horizon 2020 sme instrument

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:23:00 GMT

On 6 December 2016, the Commission announced it would invest further in innovative companies in the framework of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument.

Erc to re-introduce synergy grant scheme in 2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:36:07 GMT

The European Research Council (ERC) announced on 6 December 2016 its plans to re-introduce its Synergy grant in 2018, enabling scientists from different fields to pair up to address particular challenges.

Ec scientific conference- non-animal approaches: the way forward and the counter-conference ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:50:16 GMT

VPHi president, Prof Marco Viceconti, was invited to show the potential of the VPH technologies to reduce, refine and replace the use of animal testing

The netherlands sees 2025 as first year without regulatory animal experiments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:53:36 GMT

In a time where non-animal alternative approaches are gaining momentum, the Netherlands, as the first EU Member State presented a strategy to phasing out of animal experiments entitled ‘Transition to non-animal research on opportunities for the phasing out of animal procedures’.

Message from vphi president prof marco viceconti

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:48:12 GMT

An overview of the creation of the Avicenna Alliance and the appointment process of the new VPHi Executive Director, Prof Lies Geris

Compbiomed: the european center of excellence in computational medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:01:32 GMT

Innovation Exchange Program

The research work group will kick off its activities on 23 jan 2017

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:28:26 GMT

Academic members of the VPH Institute together with industry members of the Avicenna Alliance will collaborate to push forward some important goals that will shape the future of VPH research.

Maltese presidency of the council of the european union published its official programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:03:23 GMT

On 1 January 2017, Malta has took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Building the european data economy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:14:43 GMT

Communication from European Commission and Public Consultation open

Introduction message from the new vphi executive director - prof liesbet geris

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:35:16 GMT

From 1st of January 2017 Lies covers the role of Executive Director of the VPH Institute. Lies has taken over as Director after Adriano Henney's appointment as Secretary General of the newly established Avicenna Alliance. In this introduction message Lies tells how she firstly got involved with the Institute, and how she is planning to contribute to the future of the VPHi now that she is covering this new important role.

Job vacancy: lecturer in engineering – biomedical engineering and rheology group at swansea ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:51:28 GMT

Deadline: 6 February 2016

Scientific advice mechanism (sam) joined by two new scientists

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:02:36 GMT

On the 30 January 2017, the Commission announced that two new scientists have joined the High Level Group of the Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)

Commission brings in top innovators to advise on a potential european innovation council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:09:50 GMT

On 20 January 2017, the Commission announced the creation of a new High Level Group.

New horizon 2020 euro-cas project launched

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:38:28 GMT

The new Horizon 2020 EURO-CAS project has been launched on 25 January 2017. The aim of the project is to deliver an eHealth Conformity Assessment Scheme for Europe in 2018.

Open call for horizon 2020 advisory groups

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:51:11 GMT

The European Commission opened a call for Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups. VPHi members are encouraged to respond to the call.

Fet innovation launchpad first cut-off: 16 projects chosen

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:34:16 GMT

Following the evaluation of proposals submitted to the very first Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Innovation Launchpad call, 16 successful proposals have now been invited to grant agreement preparation. The FET Innovation Launchpad aims at …

New book on cardiovascular biomechanics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:51:08 GMT

Springer has recently published this new book written in a style accessible to a broad readership, including students, life scientists and clinicians, as well as physical scientists and engineers.

Research wg kicks off its activities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:40:30 GMT

The Research WG steered by the VPHi in collaboration with the Avicenna Alliance has officially kicked off its activities on 23 Jan 2017.

Commission simplifies horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:59:40 GMT

New funding rules are meant to reduce administrative costs to participants and are to prevent accounting errors.

Commission to improve funding conditions for eu-funded researchers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:25:54 GMT

The Commission wishes to ensure that researchers working on EU-funded projects are paid at least as much as on national projects.

The european commission sets up task force to bring together technology and health policy makers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:31:02 GMT

The Task Force is supposed to work across portfolios in order to develop concrete proposals to use the potential of data and technology so as to deliver better health and care conditions in Europe.

Report on high level group on “maximising the impact of eu research and innovation programmes”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:07:25 GMT

The report provides a foundation for the Commission’s analysis of the links between EU R&D spending and economic performance, and highlights possible future paths for increasing impact and growth.

Public consultation on preliminary opinion on the need for non-human primates in biomedical ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:38:43 GMT

Interested parties are invited to submit comments about relevant scientific evidence online between 10 February and 26 March 2017.

Jrc publishes study on available knowledge on the 3rs of animal procedures used in research and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:45:35 GMT

The JRC has carried out a study of available knowledge on the replacement, reduction and refinement (the 3Rs) of animal procedures used in research and testing to understand how supply of such knowledge can better meet demand.

Can computers help cure cancer?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:30:29 GMT

Learn how in silico medicine can help cure cancer, identifying out of millions of drug combinations to the right one for each specific cancer and patient.

Excellent progress for the vph project chic

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:07:54 GMT

The project successfully passed a recent review meeting with the Commission.

Open call for student chairs

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:11:21 GMT

The VPHi student committee is looking to appoint up to two student chairs. Any PhD students with interest in in silico medicine research and willing to dedicate some energy and enthusiasm to the VPH cause are welcome to apply.

Vphi at jrc meeting in ispra

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:41:20 GMT

On 7 March 2017 our Executive Director, Prof Lies Geris, was invited to attend one day meeting at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra (IT).

Curabone opens up 5 phd positions

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 10:51:55 GMT

CuraBone is a European Industrial Doctorate, financed by the ITN Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, looking for 5 highly motivated PhD Students.

Systems medicine: computing the state of the body

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:34:22 GMT

BMC Systems Biology has launched a thematic series on "Systems Medicine" and its associated Call for papers.

Brexit: possible consequences for research

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:39:44 GMT

On 29 March 2017, Theresa May formally triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which will start Britain’s formal Brexit process, that is the exit from the European Union.

Commission appoints new advisory group on ethics in science and new technologies

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:44:13 GMT

On 30 March 2017, the European Commission appointed 15 experts on natural and social sciences and humanities, philosophy, ethics and law to the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) on 30 March 2017.

Jrc’s eurl ecvam hosted meeting with oecd on good in vitro method practice (givimp)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:13:58 GMT

The JRC’s EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) hosted a meeting with OECD experts to discuss the draft of a guidance document on Good In Vitro Method Practice (GIVIMP) on the 23rd and 24th of March 2017.

Report on recommendations on fet flagship program

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:29:15 GMT

On 29 March 2017 the Future and Emerging Technologies Advisory Group (FETAG) published a report, which brings recommendations for new research initiatives to be funded through the FET Flagship program.

Hma/ema joint big data task force

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:00:00 GMT

On 23 March 2017, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) together with the heads of national competent authorities in the European Economic Area (EEA), has established a new task force to explore how medicines regulators in the EEA can use big data to support research, innovation and robust medicines development to benefit human health.

Ec report: public investment in research and innovation more important than ever

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:12:59 GMT

According to a report by the European Commission released on 16 March 2017, public funding of research and innovation (R&I) is a catalyst to boosting private R&I activities and overall economic growth.

Ten years of the european research council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:17:24 GMT

To mark the tenth anniversary of the European Research Council, research institutions and national authorities in Europe held various events during the "ERC Week" from 13 to 19 March 2017.

An fda viewpoint on unique considerations for medical-device clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:58:10 GMT

In a recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, FDA confirms in the future computer-based modeling may change the way we think about device validation.

2 phds in biomedical engineering & computational tissue engineering @ kul

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:29:12 GMT

Application deadline: 1 July 2017

"your body modeled in a computer?"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:05:49 GMT

A new press article fully dedicated on VPH published in BIOVOX, the digital news platform showcasing life sciences innovations.

Cardioproof – a vph success story?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:46:33 GMT

The VPH project, CARDIOPROOF, was recently brought to conclusion after a successful run. EC reviewers highlighted the “considerable scientific and technical impact” of the project on which Europe now “must capitalize”.

The vphi board identifies its business strategy for 2017

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:07:43 GMT

The VPHi board of directors recently met in London for the first time under the directorship of Prof Lies Geris. Plenty of news emerged from the meeting.

Regulation on medical devices and regulation on in-vitro diagnostic medical devices adopted

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:11:33 GMT

Two new Regulations on medical devices, which are meant to ensure better protection of public health and patient safety, came into force on 5 April 2017.

Commission awards the seal of excellence to 2300 researchers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:17:39 GMT

On 24 April 2017, the Commission awarded Seal of Excellence certificates to 2300 researchers thereby recognising their high-quality research proposals under the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA).

European innovation council will receive €50m of the horizon 2020 top-up

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:20:02 GMT

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is supposed to receive €50 million of an extra €200 million expected to be awarded to the EU Horizon 2020 research programme.

Collaboration with academia to be reinforced

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:22:46 GMT

On 3 April 2017, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that it intends to reinforce collaboration with academia.

Council: informal meeting of ministers responsible for competitiveness (research)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:25:21 GMT

On 3 May 2017, the Competitiveness Council on Research held an informal meeting with Ministers Responsible for Competitiveness

The horizon 2020 half-time score

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:29:52 GMT

At the mid-way point of Horizon 2020, the EU’s biggest ever science programme, researchers are feeling largely positive but want to see some fundamental changes, not least an increase in the success rate for grant applications.

Compbiomed featured in wired

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:12:24 GMT

"How weather forecasts could help develop ‘designer’ drugs personalised to your illness”

Vphi celebrates its 6th anniversary

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 May 2017 12:52:59 GMT

On 16th May 2011 the VPHi constitution meeting took place in Leuven, which signified the formal birth of our Institute! Happy birthday VPHi!

Ehealth stakeholder group meeting & digital health society

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 12 May 2017 09:20:09 GMT

On the 27th of April, the VPHi attended a meeting of the eHealth Stakeholder Group in Brussels.

Avicenna alliance us trip report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:33:13 GMT

In the week of 15-18 May 2017 the Avicenna Alliance was in Washington DC, following an invitation by the FDA and by the staff of Senator T. Cochran to discuss the role of in silico medicine.

Commission publishes interim evaluation of horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:53:58 GMT

On 29 May 2017, the Commission published the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, required by Article 32 of the regulation establishing Horizon 2020.

Statement of the european research council on the next research & innovation programme (fp9)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:57:29 GMT

On 15 May 2017, the European Research Council (ERC) released a statement setting out its vision on the ERC’s place in the next Framework Programme.

Public consultation on the database directive: application and impact

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:59:33 GMT

On 24 May, a public consultation was launched on the Database Directive 96/9/EU.

European commission published mid-term review of its digital single market strategy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:02:10 GMT

On 10 May 2017, the European Commission published the mid-term review of its Digital Single Market Strategy.

Commission’s high-level advisers advocate open research and innovation as essential drivers ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:05:01 GMT

On 15 May 2017, the High Level expert group of Research, Innovation and Science Policy Experts (RISE) presented its report ‘Europe’s future: Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World’.

The european research council synergy grant scheme will be re-launched in the 2018 work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:07:18 GMT

On 16 May 2017, the European Research Council (ERC) announced that it will re-launch its ERC Synergy Grant Scheme.

European research council awards 51 grants for innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:08:52 GMT

On 17 May 2017, the European Research Council (ERC) announced 51 grant holders who will receive top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their EU funded research.

Eu lags in international ict sector

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:10:36 GMT

On 18 May 2017, an international analysis of the ICT sector showed the EU ranked third in terms of value added in 2014.

Marie skłodowska-curie actions (msca) 2017 prize winners announced

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:12:06 GMT

On 11 May 2017, the Marie Skłodowska Curie prize winners were announced at the MSCA 2017 Presidency Conference.

Md-paedigree final conference: “from algorithms to clinical decisions”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:50:34 GMT

On 22 - 23 May 2017 in Rome, MD-Paedigree held the conference that marked the end of this successful project.

Elections of the board of trustees - call for candidates now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:24:56 GMT

In September 2017, the mandate of the current members of the Board of Trustees will expire and the General Assembly will elect a new Board.

Innovator awards - funding great ideas for healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:22:37 GMT

The Wellcome Trust funds up to £500,000 to researchers who are developing healthcare innovations that could make a major impact on human health.

Vph summer school 2017 - flow phenomena in biomedicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:21:36 GMT

A full week of intensive and productive work!

Eurl-ecvam summer school on alternative methods for toxicology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:58:17 GMT

Following the visit of the VPHi and Avicenna Alliance to the JRC at the end of March, the VPHi’s Executive Director, Prof Liesbet Geris, was invited to speak in the ‘hot topics’ session of the Summer School on alternative methods in toxicology organized by EURL-ECVAM.

2018 call for supporting members

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:47:06 GMT

Supporting members are the true engine of our organization: they effectively drive the Institute’s policy, setting agendas and proposing specific actions. Don't miss the opportunity to take an active role in guiding the Institute for 2018!

Insigneo showcase 2017

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:39:06 GMT

On Thursday 11 May in Sheffield, the INSIGNEO Institute celebrated five years of collaborative and innovative in silico research at its annual showcase.

2nd barcelona summer school - lecture videos available on youtube

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:01:06 GMT

All the presentations given during the 2017 VPH Summer School have been recorded and made available on YouTube. These videos are precious educational resources on specific in silico medicine topics.

Priorities of the estonian presidency of the council of the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:34:39 GMT

On 29 June 2017, the government approved the programme of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, outlining the issues and values that Estonia wishes to focus on over the next six months.

Scenarios for future research and innovation policies in europe presented to ec

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:43:54 GMT

On 1 June 2017, a report entitled “New Horizons: Future Scenarios for Research and Innovation Policies in Europe” was delivered to the European Commission. One of the aims of the report is to encourage discussion on the future research and innovation policy and investment at EU level.

High level group report lab-fab-app: investing in the european future we want

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:57:21 GMT

The High Level Group report was published on 3 July 2017, on the occasion of the 'Research & Innovation – Shaping our Future' conference in Brussels.

Horizon 2020 would need €62.4 billion more to fund all research rated as top quality

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:43:02 GMT

According to the interim evaluation conducted by officials in the Commission’s research directorate, published on the first of June 2017, Horizon 2020 would need €62.4 billion extra to fund all research proposals it has evaluated as high quality.

Eu research chiefs foresee multiple challenges ahead for framework programme 9

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:50:01 GMT

Top research officials in the European Commission describe several challenges for Framework Programme 9 (FP9), such as a delay in the start of the Programme and budget gaps due to Brexit and prioritization of defence and security.

Call for simpler rules in horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:54:55 GMT

On 22 June 2017, researchers have called on MEPs to reform the audit culture, reimbursement systems, and evaluation criteria.

Eu sets out the groundwork for an ambitious plan to interconnect europe’s science outputs

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:56:59 GMT

At a meeting on 13 June 2017, EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas called on governments and researchers to back the creation of a European Open Science Cloud and give scientists ready access to data stores across Europe.

Multidisciplinary european research networks are key to fp9

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:58:55 GMT

On 15 June 2017, the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) published its position paper, highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary, bottom-up, open and inclusive networks, pleading for sufficient funding post Horizon 2020.

The united states is still first in science, but china is rising fast as funding stalls everywhere

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:00:57 GMT

According to an analysis published on 15 June 2017, American dominance in biomedical research is shrinking, as international collaboration becomes ever more prominent.

Eu-china summit: new flagship initiatives in research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:02:47 GMT

On 2 June 2017, the EU and China decided on a new package of flagship initiatives to boost their cooperation in research and innovation.

The future and emerging technologies advisory group elects new co-chairs

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:04:30 GMT

On 15 June 2017, the Future and Emerging Technologies Advisory Group has chosen two new co-chairs for the next two years. Professors Clivia Sotomayor and Dermot Diamond will replace Professor Jerzy Langer as former chair of the advisory group.

European innovation scoreboard 2017

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:05:20 GMT

On 20 June 2017, the 2017 edition of the Scoreboard was presented. The new scoreboard reveals that EU innovation performance continues to increase, especially due to improvements in human resources, the innovation-friendly environment, own-resource investments and attractive research systems.

10 years of the european research council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:06:54 GMT

On 21 June 2017, the ERC’s 10th anniversary was celebrated, in combination with the 1000th ERC grant awarded in Germany.

Pic to train 15 innovation leaders in computational cardiology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:45:42 GMT

PIC, a recently funded European ITN, will train a cohort of 15 future innovation leaders able to articulate and materialise the vision of Personalised In-silico Cardiology (PIC), where healthcare is guided by in silico models.

Vphi-alliance research wg: report on the recent activities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:32:31 GMT

On 23 June 2017 the Research WG had its second meeting of the year.

Fda confirms its investment in modeling and simulation for improving drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:32:34 GMT

Scott Gottlieb commissioner of the USA Food & Drug Administration has recently written an article for the FDA Blog “FDA Voice” on the impact of the 21st Century Cures Act, which authorised $6.3 billion in additional funding, part of which is dedicated to research and drug development.

Public consultation on health and care in the digital single market

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:13:38 GMT

On 20 July, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Health and Care in the Digital Single Market.

Development and lifecycle of personalised medicines and companion diagnostics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:40:52 GMT

On 28 July, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a concept paper on personalised medicine for public consultation.

Commission to invest €97 million to help 64 small businesses bring their innovations to the market

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:59:12 GMT

On 17 July the European Commission announced that 64 small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from 16 countries were selected for funding in the Phase 2 of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument.

Epsco informal meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:02:26 GMT

On 20 July an informal meeting of EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration) in Tallinn, the EU ministers for health discussed the future of digital solutions in health.

Imi launches €130 million calls for proposals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:09:09 GMT

On 19 July, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched two new Calls for proposals (Call 11 and Call 12) with topics regarding Alzheimer’s disease, big data, vaccines, autoimmune disease, the blood-brain barrier, drug development, and the exploitation of IMI project results with a total budget of over € 130 million.

Ema- revised guideline on first-in-human clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:10:11 GMT

On 26 July, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) presented a first revision of the guideline on first-in-human clinical trials, which outlines strategies to identify and mitigate risks for trial participants.

Great achievements for the eu funded chic project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:54:56 GMT

In a recent press release the EC officially speaks about the “great achievements” of the EU-US integrating research project on in silico oncology: CHIC

Certara, the leading provider of in silico drug development technologies, to be bought by eqt

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:59:37 GMT

On Tuesday 11 July 2017 Arsenal Capital Partners announced to be in the process to sell its portfolio company Certara to the private equity firm EQT

Multisim’s collaboration with nc3rs to reduce animal testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:18:24 GMT

Researchers on the MultiSim project are trying to find ways to reduce animal testing in preclinical trials by using computer models and medical imaging.

Elections of the board of trustees

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:09:58 GMT

The GA is now voting the 3 candidates that were nominated to cover these important role

Bigdata@heart project: big data for better hearts

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:27:44 GMT

In March 2017 the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched a new project on cardiovascular disease to show how big data can drive progress in the CVD treatment and management.

Honorary degree in engineering for professor peter hunter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:09:31 GMT

On 18 July 2017 Prof Peter Hunter, a key and leading researcher of the VPH community, received an honorary degree in Engineering from the University of Sheffield

What is the vphi student committee?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:31:13 GMT

Find out more about the VPHi student committee. A new call for participation will be open soon!

Brexit- what is the current status (on research)?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:43:47 GMT

At this point in time, UK appears to have two main options: either becoming an associated member of the framework programmes (with the possibility to apply but having no say over the programme structure) or losing access to the funding and potentially setting up its own collaborative funding schemes.

Received 19 proposals for hosting ema

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:48:20 GMT

19 EU cities have applied to the Council of the European Union, which is one of the EU institutions and represents the executive governments of the EU's member states, in order to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA) currently based in the UK.

Erc plan for 2018: nearly €2 billion investment in top researchers in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:52:50 GMT

On 2 August the European Research Council (ERC) announced its 2018 grant competitions with a total budget of around €1.86 billion, most of which are meant for early- to mid-career researchers.

Dg sante - the need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:04:32 GMT

On 17 August, the European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) published the final Opinion on 'the need for non-human primates (NHP) in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices' (2017 update).

Personalised in-silico cardiology (pic): 15 open positions

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:50:09 GMT

PIC, a recently funded European ITN, is looking for 15 passionate and excellent candidates to become the innovation leaders in the vision of a Personalised In-silico Cardiology (PIC).

In silico medicine network on linkedln

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:00:51 GMT

The VPH Institute in collaboration with the Avicenna Alliance is hosting an "in slico medicine network" on Linkedln. The group is open to anyone with interests on in silico medicine research, and aims to increase the interactions among researchers from all over the world.

Watch how imanagecancer apps work

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:33:07 GMT

A short video has been created to help introduce this innovative apps to patients.

Open call for innovative projects in personalised healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:48:16 GMT

The EU-funded INNOLABS project will select more than 100 innovative project ideas to accelerate and further support both financially and with services. Final submission deadline: 30 September 2017.

The election of the board of trustees has now closed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:12:59 GMT

Marco Viceconti, Karl Stroetmann and Alfons Hoestra has been formally elected members of the BoT of the Institute

Call to join the vphi student committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:13:47 GMT

Today we are opening a call for participation for the VPHi student committee. We are looking for 4 PhD students with interest in in silico medicine research willing to invest some energy and enthusiasm!

Sponsorship opportunities for vph2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:16:30 GMT

A sponsorship package is now available for all the companies willing to actively contribute to the conference.

Vacancy for 2 group leaders on quantitative tissue biology and disease modelling at embl barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:59:07 GMT

Application closing date: 15 October 2017.

State of the union speech

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:25:51 GMT

On 13 September, the European Parliament met for the State of the Union address by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

New european commission work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:29:37 GMT

On 13 September, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, delivered his third State of the Union address to the Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Budget cuts for horizon 2020 in 2018?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:31:44 GMT

Horizon 2020, the European Union research program, runs the risk of having a smaller budget for the coming year 2018.

New survey on application of big data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:35:05 GMT

HMA/EMA Joint Task Force on Big Data launches a survey on application of big data by industry across drug development pathway

Jrc- supporting chemical safety assessment with computational models of the skin

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:41:14 GMT

Scientists from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) contributed to the review of in silico models that have been developed for the prediction of skin permeability.

Commission launches the 2018 edition of the women innovators prize

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:45:08 GMT

On 5 September, the European Commission launched the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market.

Juncker plan: investment plan finances innovative medical research with a €75 million loan to ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:12:21 GMT

The Investment Plan for Europe continues to support innovative projects in the health sector.

European researchers’ night 2017 in 12th round

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:44:07 GMT

The 12th edition of European Researchers' Night took place on 29 September 2017 giving people across Europe the chance to discover science in an more entertaining and relaxed way in more than 340 cities in the EU and neighbouring countries.

First meeting of uk chapter of the virtual physiological human institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:45:26 GMT

On 15 September 2017 a meeting was hosted by Insigneo at the University of Sheffield to explore establishing a UK Chapter of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Institute.

Vphi at the bin@sheffield conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:20:01 GMT

On 30th October to 1st November 2017, the Bin@Sheffield “How can digitalisation transform how we work and live?” will take place in Cutlers Hall, Sheffield, UK.

Call for bids for vph2020 now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:39:47 GMT

Today the VPHi opens the call for bids to host the VPH2020 conference. Interested organisations should submit their proposal by February 15th, 2018.

Compbiomed - innovation exchange programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:46:13 GMT

CompBioMed fosters a mentoring programme that promotes and monitors internships between academia, healthcare and industry in the field of biomedical computing. Check out the current opportunities!

Marie sklodowska-curie itn early stage researcher fellowship at oxford university with prof ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:15:10 GMT

Application deadline 12.00 noon on 23 October 2017

Amazing heart attack simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:53:49 GMT

University of Auckland researchers show what a live beating heart looks like when it’s having a heart attack.

Shaping the future of pediatrics: a very successful event

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:44:41 GMT

From the 20th to the 22nd of September, 2017, a conference dedicated to innovation in pediatric medicine has been held in Rome, Italy: "Shaping the Future of Pediatrics"

Register as an expert from the ec website

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:42:43 GMT

By registering you will be added to a database of experts that may be selected to evaluate tenders or monitor activities related to programmes that receive EU funding.

Biomedical engineering master’s program in greece with focus on vph

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:09:56 GMT

University of Patras in Greece, provides a Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program strongly concentrated on VPH technology. Focus is given both on theoretical foundations and applied elements of biomedical engineering.

Commission adopts 2018 work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:20:40 GMT

Following on from the announcements made in President Juncker's 2017 State of the Union Address, the European Commission adopted on 24 October 2017 its 2018 Work Programme.

Two new calls under h2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:40:08 GMT

On 27 October 2017 two new calls under H2020 were published, the first one regarding Digital Transformation in Health and Care and the second one Better Health and Care, Economic Growth and Sustainable Health Systems.

Commission to invest €2.7 billion in launch of european innovation council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:43:59 GMT

On 27 October, the European Commission presented details of the areas of investment for 2018-2020 for the Horizon 2020 programme and launched the first phase of the European Innovation Council.

Digital visionaries to win €150,000 in 2017 european social innovation competition

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:47:01 GMT

On 27 October the Commission awarded three projects with the Equality Rebooted prize.

Health in the digital society

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:49:12 GMT

Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety presented preliminary findings of the public consultation on a digital health and care policy paper to be adopted in the coming months.

Joint statement by commissioners navracsics and moedas on the eu's approach to maximise the ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:51:16 GMT

On 5 October the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) published a study in Nature which appears to confirm that EU researchers perform considerably well due to the scientific openness of European countries.

Latest results: european commission to invest €5.9 million in 119 innovative businesses

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:53:47 GMT

The latest round of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument selected 119 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 24 countries for funding.

Commission review: partnerships in research and innovation boost the economy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:56:13 GMT

The results of interim evaluations of public-private and public-public partnerships supported by Horizon 2020, published on 9 October seem to confirm that research partnerships between the EU, the private sector and the Member States are on track to deliver on their objectives, to improve people's lives and to increase Europe's international competitiveness.

Vphi-alliance research wg: report on the recent meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:22:30 GMT

On 27 Sept 2017 the Research WG had its third meeting of the year

The fda joins the vphi-alliance research wg

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:03:05 GMT

The FDA will actively collaborate on the activities of the Research WG

Research associate in musculoskeletal biomechanics at insigneo

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:41:16 GMT

Closing date 02 December 2017

New student committee members for 2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:46:53 GMT

The composition of the VPHi student committee for the upcoming year has now been finalised.

Report on the recent ehealth stakeholder group meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:44:28 GMT

On October 24th, the eHealth Stakeholder Group had a meeting in Brussels. The VPHi was represented at the meeting by our executive director, Prof Lies Geris.

Phd position in in silico clinical trials for acute ischemic stroke at amsterdam university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:58:26 GMT

Applications will be accepted until 1 December 2017.

Trm forum on computer simulation of cardiac function

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:15:51 GMT

On December 4th and 5th, the 9th TRM Forum on Computer Simulation of Cardiac Function took place in Lugan and was attended by our Executive Director, Prof Lies Geris.

The european medicines agency relocates to amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:53:08 GMT

During a General Affairs Council meeting on 20 November, the EU27 ministers decided on the new location of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Bulgarian presidency of the eu council wants to put balkans at heart of european agenda in 2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:58:39 GMT

The deputy minister delegated by the incoming Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU (first six months of 2018) for relations with the European Parliament, Monika Panayotova, made clear on 24 November the importance of its presidency for the Western Balkans.

Eu grants €630 million to over 300 top researchers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:07:17 GMT

On 28 November, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded Consolidator Grants to over 300 researchers across Europe.

Experts say european innovation council is essential to empower breakthrough innovators

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:09:33 GMT

On 20 November, the independent High-Level Group of Innovators published their recommendations on the European Innovation Council (EIC), indicating it should support breakthrough innovation for the benefit of all, meeting the needs of high potential innovators from across the EU from start-up to scale-up.

Commission launches €2 million horizon prize in social innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:17:46 GMT

On 27 November, the European Commission launched a Horizon Prize in Social Innovation which is meant to improve the mobility of older people.

Commission launches new horizon 2020 dashboard

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:21:10 GMT

On 9 November, the European Commission launched a new online presentation of implementation data of Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme.

European visionary research in focus

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:23:20 GMT

Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip participated in an event on the progress and future of FET Flagships.

Dg rtd - virtual models tackle eu healthcare challenges

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:26:53 GMT

Healthcare costs in Europe can be as high as 10 % of GDP and are increasing at 7 to 11 % every year. To tackle this challenge, the ETIME project has used detailed computer models of the human body,

Special vph session on 25 years of physiome at the 8th world congress of biomechanics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:45:29 GMT

Submit your abstract and join us for 25th birthday of the Physiome initiative. The submission deadline expires on 19 December 2017.

Two upcoming special issues dedicated to vph2016

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:03:28 GMT

University of Amsterdam, the organising committee of the VPH2016 Conference, is happy to announce that two special issues dedicated to the conference will be published soon.

Vph phd position at imperial college london

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:51:06 GMT

Available PhD position on "Modelling and Simulation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell derived Cardiomyocyte Grafts". Application deadline 14 January 2018.

Great advances in in silico oncology influencing cancer treatment in the future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:20:08 GMT

The four year transatlantic research project entitled “Computational Horizons in Cancer (CHIC): Developing Meta- and Hyper-multiscale Models and Repositories for In Silico Oncology” was rated as “Excellent” at its final review.

Vph2018 conference: open call for abstracts

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:49:31 GMT

You're all invited to submit an abstract for the upcoming VPH Conference. The submission deadline will expire on 28 February 2018

1st webinar in collaboration compbiomed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:26:17 GMT

On 22 November we had the first successful CompBioMed Webinar, organised by Manuela Corsini (UvA) in collaboration with the VPH Institute.

Our executive director wins erc consolidator grant

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:50:12 GMT

Liesbet Geris, head of the Biomechanics Research Unit of the GIGA In Silico Medecine, professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences ( Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) and Executive Director of our Institute, has just been selected to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant for her INSITE project.

New phd & postdoctoral opportunities at the auckland bioengieering institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:09:24 GMT

Work with Dr Jichao Zhao to develop models and understand atrial fibrillation

Two master 2 internship in systems biology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:25:38 GMT

Six months from January 2018 in Paris at UPMC/INSERM - Sorbonne University

Community of practice for the uk chapter of the vph institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:34:51 GMT

Are you a UK based researcher? Do you have interests in in silico medicine research? Join the Community of Practice of the UK Chapter!

The virtual body that could make clinical trials unnecessary

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:08:20 GMT

Our Executive Director, Lies Geris, speaks about the benefits of VPH technologies in an interview for the Atlantic

More phd opportunities at auckland bioengineering institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:30:10 GMT

Check the latest PhD opportunities related to the VPH field in Auckland

Web developer at auckland bioengineering institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:56:13 GMT

Fixed term contract from 1st February 2018 - 31st January 2021

Research posts in cardiac mechanics at kings college london

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:05:35 GMT

Two posts fixed Term contracts, one for 1 year and one for 2 years.

Research software engineer in high performance multi agent simulation in sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:19:57 GMT

An exciting new position is available as a Research Associate/Research Software Engineer as part of the €5M, five year EU funded STriTuVaD project. Closing date: 02 February 2018.

Fda strategic roadmap for 2018 and beyond: a focus on computer modelling and simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:31:24 GMT

On 12 January, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb presented the Agency’s 2018 Strategic Roadmap, providing an overview of some of the key priorities.

Health work programme 2018: €62 million to support policy coordination

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:36:37 GMT

On 13 December, the Commission adopted its Annual Health Work Programme 2018 for the implementation of the Third Health Programme, setting out the priorities and actions to be undertaken in the coming months.

Data protection, digital rights and ethical standards to remain on top of the eu agenda in 2018

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:40:02 GMT

EC President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and Prime Minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas signed on 14 December a Joint Declaration on the EU’s legislative priorities for 2018-2019.

European commission to invest €1 billion in world-class european supercomputers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:57:42 GMT

On 11 January, the Commission unveiled an investment plan to build a world-class supercomputers infrastructure.

Creation of three working groups on digitising the european industry

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:03:31 GMT

Three working groups have recently been created by the EC, to support the implementation of the Digitising European Industry action plan.

Twelve eu member states to start exchanging patient data on a regular basis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:06:22 GMT

In 2018, patient data exchange between EU Member States is expected to take off.

High performance computing to help map the full dynamics of pi3ka

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:10:02 GMT

Over the Christmas break, the EC published a number of articles showcasing the value of High Performance Computing (HPC). One of them focused on the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens’ use of HPC in relation to drug development.

Bulgarian eu presidency: one of the most ambitious european countries in high-performance ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:13:45 GMT

The Presidency of the Council of the EU works on a rotation basis, with each Member State holding the presidency for a period of six months. Bulgaria took the helm of the Council on 1 January.

Phd position on modelling and simulation of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocyte ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:25:48 GMT

Closing date: 14 January 2018

Msc in computational medicine at sheffield university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:36:03 GMT

University of Sheffield has recently released a new cutting edge programme of study to form a new generation of scientists, using computerised techniques to improve disease diagnosis and treatment in the healthcare sector.

2017 was a big year for fda digital health regulations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:53:08 GMT

In a recent article, HealthcareITnews reviews the important steps taken by the FDA last year toward regulating decision support, software-as-a-medical-device, mobile tech in clinical trials and more.

The vphi is leading a fet flagship proposal submission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:51:21 GMT

On 11 January in Amsterdam a group of selected experts led by Lies Geris (VPHi Ex Dir) met to discuss in full details the FET CSA proposal.

The virtual physiological human – a 'digital twin' for patients

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:03:54 GMT

On 18 December 2017, Interface Focus published a themed issue ‘The virtual physiological human: translating the VPH to the clinic’ organised by Alfons Hoekstra, Frank Gijsen, Ed van Bavel, Marie Siebes and Liesbet Geris.

Horizon 2020: boosting the impact of the programme after 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:59:11 GMT

The EC has recently published a Communication summarizing the key findings of the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 and of separate evaluations undertaken at European level.

New call for project proposals under the eu health programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:02:58 GMT

Following the adoption of the 2018 Work Programme of the Third EU Health Programme, the Commission opened the corresponding annual call for project proposals. The applications can be submitted on the research & innovation participant portal by 26 April 2018.

How should the eu fund and nurture breakthrough innovation?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:11:42 GMT

On 26 January, the independent High-Level Group of Innovators who advises the EC published a report including recommendations on how the European Innovation Council (EIC) should contribute to accelerating breakthrough innovation.

New commission guidance on data protection rules

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:13:46 GMT

Ahead of the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, the EC has published practical guidelines.

The czech republic joins the eurohpc declaration

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:16:08 GMT

By signing the European Declaration on High-Performance Computing (Euro-HPC) the Czech Republic becomes the 14th country to participate in the European initiative to build world-class computing and data infrastructures in Europe.

Public consultation on eu funds in the area of investment, research & innovation, smes and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:27:22 GMT

Before summer 2018, the Commission will propose the next long-term budget for the European Union (EU) after 2020, the so-called “Multiannual Financial Framework” (MFF).

Survey "membrane transporters in chemical safety assessment"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:29:36 GMT

Contribution deadline: 28th February 2018

The promise of precision medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:08:54 GMT

At Davos industry leaders discussed the promise and pitfalls of precision medicine - Watch the video!

The emerging regulatory framework for in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:55:35 GMT

On 7 December 2017 Insigneo’s Executive Director and VPHi President, Prof Marco Viceconti, gave a seminar at the University of Sheffield on ‘the emerging regulatory framework for in silico medicine’.

Vphi-alliance research wg: report on 17 january meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:12:39 GMT

On 17 January 2018, the Research WG had its first meeting of the year. Minutes are available on the intranet.

Watch the webinar 'funding opportunities for health data research and european e-infrastructures'

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:36:27 GMT

This webinar, organised by DG Connect, took place on 25 January. The presentation slides and recording are now available.

Blanca rodriguez wins the mpls impact award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:44:29 GMT

Congratulations to our VPHi member, Blanca Rodriguez, for winning the MPLS Impact Award for Commercial Impact

Insilc - insilico trials for drug-eluting bioabsorbable vascular scaffold (bvs) development and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:21:35 GMT

The recent EU funded project InSilc has started working on a digital clinical trial platform for assessing coronary artery treatment in a virtual environment.

Post doc on experimental and computational mechanics of bioabsorbable medical devices in galway

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:34:44 GMT

Application deadline: 23 Feb 2018

The eurohpc declaration welcomes its 15th signatory country

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:04:19 GMT

Cyprus has recently signed the European Declaration on High Performance Computing (EuroHPC), becoming the 15th signatory country, while the Austrian Government is examining participation.

Transformation of health and care in the digital single market

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:08:06 GMT

The European Commission has recently published a report on the consultation “Transformation Health and Care in the Digital Single Market” carried out last year (July-October 2017).

Study shows that fet research has relevant impacts on knowledge production, economy, people and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:14:26 GMT

A recent analysis carried out by FET-Traces shows that FET research has substantial impacts on the areas of knowledge production, economy, people and society.

33 proposals for new fet flagships submitted to the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:17:03 GMT

On 21 February, the Commission announced that 33 proposals for preparatory actions for new FET Flagships had been submitted. These include the VPHi proposal entitled “I²AGE – Transforming the challenge of ageing into an age of opportunity”.

Call for mission-oriented eu research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:20:08 GMT

The Commission is currently working on a proposal for the research and innovation framework programme that will follow Horizon 2020

Europe remains a global research and innovation powerhouse but…

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:23:08 GMT

On 20 February, the Commission published the Science, Research and Innovation performance of the European Union 2018 report.

The research community needs to make the strongest possible case for increased support, erc ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:26:18 GMT

During the EU Informal Competitiveness Council on 2 February, European Research Council (ERC) President, Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, addressed EU Research Ministers and Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.

Postdoc position in cardiovascular modeling and simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:45:48 GMT

Application deadline 15 March 2018

Compbiomed "virtual humans" film on youtube

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:00:36 GMT

Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) and CompBioMed H2020 Centre of Excellence in Computational Biomedicine, led by University College London, produced a short film showing the possibilities of using High Performance Computing (HPC) to delve deeper into the processes taking place within the body.

Contribute to the ec consultation on mazzucato paper on missions

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:39:37 GMT

On 22 February 2018, the European Commission (EC) published an input paper by Professor Mariana Mazzucato entitled "Mission-Oriented Research and Innovation in the European Union - a problem-solving approach to fuel innovation-led growth"

A new, modern multiannual financial framework for a european union that delivers efficiently on ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:52:12 GMT

At their meeting on 23 February, the European Union's Leaders has discussed about how to ensure that the priorities they have set for the Union can be adequately funded and thus turned into reality. Both elements – defining common priorities and equipping the Union to implement them – are inseparable.

The vph community submitted a fet flagship proposal: i²age

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:30:49 GMT

Driven by the VPHi executive director Prof Lies Geris, the VPHi community put forward a FET flagship proposal on "Transforming the challenge of ageing into an age of opportunity"

Insist research programme kicks off!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:55:09 GMT

An international consortium coordinated by the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam (AMC) received funding from the H2020 programme to implement INSIST - IN Silico trials for treatment of acute Ischemic STroke

Received two bids for the organisation of vph2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:22:09 GMT

The call for bids for the organisation of the VPH2020 conference closed on 15 Feb 2018. Two bids were received from the VPHi members Inria and University of Genova. The board will now have the hard task to select the winning bid at the forthcoming BoD meeting on 16 March.

Phd position at the laboratory for bone biomechanics - eth zurich

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:04:27 GMT

PhD Position in Time-lapsed Imaging and Multiscale Modeling of Human Bone Fracture Healing

How in silico medicine is transforming healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:23:56 GMT

On 15 February 2018, Professor Marco Viceconti, Executive Director of Insigneo and VPHi President, gave a talk on ‘How in silico medicine is transforming healthcare’ at the University of Melbourne’s Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering.

Ec member dr amalia irina vlad leaves dg cnect h1 unit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:33:29 GMT

We take the opportunity to thank Amalia Irina Vlad for her dedication and support to the VPH Initiative!

Call for feedback on recommendations to maximise the impact of fp9

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:55:03 GMT

The Commission is working on a proposal for the Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP9) that will follow Horizon 2020. A call for feedback is currently open.

Future communication on digital transformation of health and care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:22:12 GMT

During the 6th Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Health Ageing (EIP-AHA) held on 27-28 February, emphasis was placed on the future Commission Communication on Digital Transformation of Health and Care.

Launch of legislative procedure on health technology assessment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:25:02 GMT

On 31 January, the EC published a proposal for a Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Since then, the European Parliament’s Committees, which are going to be involved in the legislative process, have been appointing their rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs.

Healthcare 4.0: a new way of life?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:27:29 GMT

On 23 March, Digital Europe (organisation representing the digital technology industry in Europe) organised an event on “Healthcare 4.0: A new way of life”.

Bilateral declarations on accelerating digitalisation of european industry

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:31:30 GMT

On 27 March, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) signed two declarations with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) respectively to join forces towards accelerating the digitalisation of the European industry.

European commission president calls for a doubling of research budget

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:33:24 GMT

During his speech in the Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 March, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker advocated for doubling the seven-year spending on research from €77 billion to €160 billion after 2020 so that “the EU would become one of the world’s leading players in research and innovation”. A similar call has been made by a large coalition of universities.

Fda perspectives on computer simulations in the evaluation of medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:40:11 GMT

On 29 March 2018, the FDA and Siemens co-organized a webinar on “FDA Perspectives on Computer Simulations in the Evaluation of Medical Devices”. For those of you who missed the webinar, the recorded presentation is available on line.

Two vacancies at university of amsterdam: phd student public health & phd student ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:01:27 GMT

Application deadline: 9 April 2018

Recon3d enables a three-dimensional view of gene variation in human metabolism

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:05:36 GMT

A recent publication in Nature Biotech explains how genome-scale network reconstructions have helped uncover the molecular basis of metabolism.

Vph2020 in paris

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:52:25 GMT

The VPH Institute is happy to announce that VPH2020, the next VPH conference on in silico medicine, will be in Paris, organised by Inria and partners.

Virtual reality helping to improve healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:33:34 GMT

A virtual reality colonoscopy developed by University of Sheffield researchers could help clinicians to detect abnormalities in the digestive system.

Multisim’s research on the strength of children’s bones could help in the design of safer ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:42:05 GMT

New research from MultiSim’s academics based at Insigneo and Sheffield Children’s hospitals looks into the strength of children’s bones, which could help in the design of safer car seats.

Vphi best poster award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:56:56 GMT

All VPHi student members bringing a poster to the VPH Summer School will be considered for the VPHi Best Poster Award that consists in a 1.000 € grant for the participation to scientific conferences or workshop from September 2018 to December 2019.

Open call on "data integration and data-driven in-silico models for enabling personalised ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:28:27 GMT

The VPH related call SC1-HCO-02-2018 will close soon. Don't miss the opportunity to participate. The submission deadline is 18 April 2018.

Vphi offers communication services for vph related projects

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:10:13 GMT

The VPH Institute is open to the participation to in silico medicine related EC calls for projects offering dissemination and community engagement services. Contact us for further information.

Postdoctoral position bio-inspired 3d printing at tu wien - austria

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:05:07 GMT

Application deadline 21 April 2018

Trainee position available at jrc - eurl-ecvam (european union reference laboratory for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:10:09 GMT

JRC - EURL-ECVAM offers a 5 month trainee position on physiologically based kinetic modelling for mixture risk assessment. Application deadline: ASAP

Five postdoctoral fellowships are made available in the context of an erc

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:46:45 GMT

Start date: 1 Sept 2018

Postdoctoral/phd position at the university of zaragoza to join an erc starting grant on modelage

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:55:11 GMT

The position is to be filled asap

From horizon 2020 to horizon europe: “evolution, not revolution”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 11:44:28 GMT

In an recent interview, Jean-Eric Paquet explained the structure of the next Framework Programme (FP9).

High performance computing: bridging the gap between the eu and its international partners

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 11:48:42 GMT

The Council of the EU has proposed to invest in establishing a joint infrastructure for High Performance Computing (HPC).

How to ensure that the health sector maximises big data’s potential?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 11:56:03 GMT

At the conference of the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine, the Commission presented the planned initiatives to maximise the Big Data's potential in health care.

Publication of european parliament’s committee on industry, research and energy’s draft ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:04:59 GMT

The European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on 31 January. Since then, the European Parliament’s Committees, which are going to be involved in the legislative process, have been appointing their rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs.

Enabling the digital transformation of health and care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:07:37 GMT

On 26 April, the European Commission published a Communication on enabling the digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market. The Communication includes a set of measures to increase the availability of data in the EU.

European union budget for 2021-2027: securing europe’s digital future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:10:11 GMT

On 2 May, the European Commission published a proposal for a long-term budget – so-called Multiannual Financial Framework – for the 2021-2027 period.

Report of the 5th ehealth stakeholder group

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:25:56 GMT

On April 26th, the European Commission hosted the 5th eHealth Stakeholder Group (eHSG) meeting in Brussels. Our executive director, Prof Lies Geris, attended the event as official representative of the VPH Institute in the group.

25 most influencial projects on ict for active and healthy ageing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:54:40 GMT

A new European Commission study analyses the impact on society of EU-funded Research and Innovation in technology for active and healthy ageing.

Growing the silver economy in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 13:19:37 GMT

Our ageing populations are drivers of economic growth. The EU has launched a number of measures to stimulate this market and to help the European industry (and SMEs in particular) to address this opportunity.

Norwegian university of science and technology seeks 48 phd candidates for 9 different projects

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 13:36:30 GMT

Application deadline 27 May 2018

Eurl ecvam survey on credibility/validity of complex in vitro models

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 14:50:04 GMT

Give your opinion on what are the scientific and technical issues that influence end-user confidence and uptake of complex in vitro models (e.g. 3D cell cultures, organ-on-chip, microphysiological systems).

Master in biomedical engineering at university of patras - greece

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 15:10:16 GMT

The Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program of the University of Patras is an historical international graduate program that has been recently re-founded towards recent trends and technology.

New study improves monitoring of treatments for multiple sclerosis patients

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 16:22:51 GMT

Researchers from the MultiSim project developed an algorithm that, when paired with wearable sensors, provides more informative and effective monitoring of the way MS patients walk in real life.

Article in the dimension magazine on the role of simulation in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 May 2018 17:25:41 GMT

Nice interview and article from the Dimensions Magazine about the Avicenna Alliance and about the role played by computer modeling and simulation in regulatory approval.

Vph2018 - early bird registration open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:13:19 GMT

The registration for the next VPH Conference for In Silico Medicine is now open.

Proposed budget of €97.9 billion for horizon europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:18:12 GMT

In early May, the EC proposed to allocate a budget of €97.9 billion to Horizon Europe, the next EU Research and Innovation Programme (2021-2027).

Poland joins the european declaration on hpc

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:43:06 GMT

Poland has recently announced its intention to sign the European Declaration on High Performance Computing (EuroHPC Declaration) and join the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, which aims to pool European and national resources to build a world-class HPC infrastructure.

Adoption of jrc’s work programme for 2018-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:45:08 GMT

In early May, the European Commission adopted the Joint Research Council’s (JRC) Work Programme for 2018-19, which falls under Horizon 2020.

Who will be the next president of the european research council?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:48:36 GMT

A committee of seven experts has been mandated by Commissioner Carlos Moedas, who is in charge of European Research, Science and Innovation, to identify potential candidates for the next President of the European Research Council (ERC).

One more step towards the european open science cloud

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:50:24 GMT

The European Research Ministers have formally endorsed the Commission Roadmap for the creation of a European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), launching the process that will lead to the setting up of the EOSC as a federated model.

Insigneo showcase 2018: in silico medicine innovations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:10:58 GMT

Interest in the potential of in silico technologies continues to grow. This year the Showcase event saw the extraordinary participation of over 250 attendees from academia, industry, and funding bodies.

New 3-year phd studentship available at ucl mechanical engineering on biomechanics of skull ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:56:36 GMT

Application deadline: 14 June 2018

Open call for the vphi supporting membership

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:30:32 GMT

Would you like to join the VPHi Board of Directors and play an active role in shaping the future of in silico medicine research? The time is now.

Corbel: 2nd open call for research projects

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:21:57 GMT

The CORBEL partners are launching a 2nd Open Call for research projects to meet the prevailing need for combined service provision from multiple research infrastructures across Europe.

Elected board members of the uk national chapter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:06:51 GMT

On 31 May 2018 the VPHi announced the results of the election of the BoD members of the UK National chapter.

Open positions in computational brain and cardiac development and remodelling - barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:51:16 GMT

2 PhD positions are available at the BCN-MedTech, Department of Information & Communication Technologies of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in close collaboration with BCNatal - The Fetal Medicine Research Centre, Barcelona, starting Sept 2018.

Horizon europe: what is the commission proposing?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:58:49 GMT

On 7 June, the Commission published a proposal for a regulation establishing the ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9), which has been named “Horizon Europe” and will cover the period 2021-2027.

Lithuania, austria, finland and sweden join the eurohpc declaration

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:14:24 GMT

Austria, Finland and Sweden have signed the European Declaration on High Performance Computing (EuroHPC Declaration) announcing their intention to join the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking.

Institutional support for european hpc joint undertaking

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:23:49 GMT

In June, both the European Economic and Social Committee and the Council of the European Union endorsed the the Commission’s proposal to establish the European High-Performance Computing (HPC) Joint Undertaking.

Health recommendations to member states: focus on cost-effectiveness

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:33:11 GMT

As part of the European Semester, which is intended to coordinate national economic policies, the EC has proposed health recommendations to 12 EU Member States.

Big data in the spotlight at the european parliament on 19 june

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:37:03 GMT

On 26 April, the EC published a Communication on "enabling the digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market; empowering citizens and building a healthier society”, including a set of measures to increase the availability of data in the EU.

New free flow of non-personal data rules in the european union

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:39:49 GMT

On 19 June, the European Parliament and the European Commission agreed on new rules on the free flow of non-personal data, i.e. any data not related to an identified or identifiable person, such as anonymised data and machine to machine data.

Nordic-baltic vphi workshop

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:12:16 GMT

The first Nordic-Baltic Workshop of the VPHi was organised on 10th - 12th of June at Tampere University of Technology, in Finland.

Six openings available at the complexity institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:34:46 GMT

The Complexity Institute is currently looking for interested individuals to join the Virtual Singapore project team.

The 3rd vph barcelona summer school

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:03:30 GMT

The 3rd VPH Summer School took place at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona from June 18th to June 22nd, 2018.

Best vphi student award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:39:36 GMT

The VPH Institute has instituted the “Best VPHi student award” that will be awarded for the first time during the VPH2018 conference in Zaragoza (5-7 September 2018).

Best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:37:57 GMT

The VPH Institute has instituted the “Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine” that will be assigned for the first time during the VPH2018 conference in Zaragoza (5-7 September 2018).

Best insilicotrials - vphi phd thesis award in in silico medicine with application in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:46:12 GMT

InSilicoTrials, industrial member of the Avicenna Alliance, in collaboration with the VPH Institute will assign the “Best PhD Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine with application in industrial R&D” during the VPH2018 conference in Zaragoza (5-7 September 2018).

Three awards to be assigned at the vph2018 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:57:33 GMT

In occasion of the upcoming conference three awards will be given to meritorious VPHi student members for a total prize of €2500

Nhs future healthcare revolution

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:04:38 GMT

A recent article presents the ten health innovations that could soon be on the NHS and it mentions some in silico medicine technologies developed by our UK members

Call for papers for the systems medicine journal

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:13:50 GMT

The Journal Systems Medicine is an open access, peer reviewed journal focused on interdisciplinary approaches exploiting the power of big data by applying systems biology and network medicine. If you're interested to contribute a call for papers is now open.

Phd position available in surrogate modelling for multiscale simulations - university of amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:10:26 GMT

Closing date 10 August 2018

Call for papers for our special issue "vph in clinical practice"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:02:56 GMT

Special VPH issue in the ‘Morphologie Journal’ to present in silico medicine applications that have hit the clinics.

Report on the beams (bridging across methods in biosciences) meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:11:44 GMT

Prof. Annamaria Carusi (Medical Humanities, University of Sheffield) and the Joint Research Center of the European Commission co-organised a workshop entitled ‘Bridging across methods in biosciences (BEAMS)’ on 19 - 20 June 2018.

Austrian eu presidency: data protection, access to medicines and budget discussions on the agenda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:17:37 GMT

On 1 July 2018, Austria took the helm of the Council of the European Union (EU) which gathers the Ministers of the Member States.

New study on the benefits of personalized medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:21:15 GMT

EBE and EFPIA have financed a study to understand the benefits of personalized medicine to patients, society and healthcare systems.

One more step towards the establishment of the eurohpc joint undertaking

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:27:18 GMT

Latvia has announced its intention to become a founding member of the European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking, which aims to pool European and national resources to build a world-class HPC infrastructure.

Horizon 2020 work programme for 2019: new fet activities in hpc

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:29:33 GMT

On 24 July, the EC adopted the revised Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2019, which now includes new calls for Future Emerging Technologies (FET) activities in High Performance Computing (HPC) and future battery technologies.

Human brain project: making the most of computer science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:36:02 GMT

In a blog post published on 17 July, Commissioner Andrus Ansip, who is in charge of the Digital Single Market, looks into the Human Brain Project (HBP), which is one of the two FET Flagship launched in 2013 by the European Union (EU).

Petition for an increased european budget for research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:37:32 GMT

4,322 people have signed a petition launched by EuroScience and the Initiative for Science in Europe, calling for an increased European Research and Innovation budget.

Estonia joins the european initiative to develop supercomputers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:39:25 GMT

Estonia is the 21st European country to sign the European declaration on high-performance computing (HPC), which aims to pool European and national resources to build a world-class HPC infrastructure.

'plan s' and 'coalition s': joining forces to accelerate the transition to open access

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:44:58 GMT

On 4 September Commissioner Moedas announced the launch of 'Plan S' and 'cOAlition S'.

The netherlands and brazil intensify cooperation in innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:49:40 GMT

The Netherlands and Brazil will be developing a joint innovation programme in 2019 in order to conduct more joint research and development in areas such as high-tech systems and materials, aerospace, medical technologies and natural disaster prevention.

A new digital data highway between europe and latin america

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:52:05 GMT

A new contract agreement has been signed between the BELLA consortium (Building Europe Link to Latin America) and EllaLink (private consortium) on the launch of a digital highway between Europe and Latin America.

Call for applications for an expert group on business-to-government data sharing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:55:45 GMT

The Commission has recently launched a call for applications for the selection of members of the expert group “Business-to-Government (B2G) data sharing”.

Ongoing debate in european parliament on establishing horizon europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:57:42 GMT

On 30 August, the Members of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) held a debate on their draft opinion on the Commission’s proposal for Horizon Europe.

Open joint faculty position at donnelly centre / department of physiology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:49:56 GMT

Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2018

Giulia luraghi from politecnico of milans wins the best vphi student award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:23:30 GMT

For the first time the VPHi assigned a €500 prize for the best work submitted for the VPH2018 conference by a VPHi PhD Student.

Two winners for the best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:14:08 GMT

Jan Bruse (University College London) and Francesc Levrero Florencio (University of Edinburgh) have been both selected as winner of Best VPHi Thesis Award in In silico Medicine

Andreas husch wins the best thesis award in in silico medicine with application in industrial ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:59:22 GMT

Andreas Husch from University of Luxembourg was awarded with the Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine with application in industrial R&D sponsored by InSilicoTrials

Call for papers: special issue on integrative data analysis in systems medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:13:36 GMT

Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 20, 2019

How are 3d printed hearts helping families with heart problems?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:49:54 GMT

In this video our board member Dr Claudio Capelli tells how he and his team, based at Great Ormond Street Hospital, are creating 3D replicas of the tiny hearts of children with congenital heart disease.

More than a conference!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:14:43 GMT

The 5th edition of the VPH conference has successfully taken place in Zaragoza (Spain) under the local organization by the University of Zaragoza

International avicenna alliance conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:18:18 GMT

On 4 Sept 2018 a large-scale international conference took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, presenting the newest developments in in silico medicine.

More eu member states join the 'genomics declaration'

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:43:15 GMT

On 21 September Croatia signed to join the European declaration on genomic data sharing. The Member State follows in the footsteps of Austria and Greece, which signed the declaration quite recently.

Informal eu health ministers’ meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:51:28 GMT

On 10 and 11 September the Austrian Presidency hosted an informal meeting of the EU Health Ministers.

Need for a guideline revision on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:56:40 GMT

On 17 September, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) published a concept paper on the need for a revision of the guideline on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and preterm neonate.

Commission report on patients' rights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:02:43 GMT

The European Commission has recently posted its latest report on patients’ rights in cross border healthcare.

Artificial intelligence in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:20:11 GMT

On 18 September, the 4th Annual Public sector transformation Conference organised by Forum Europe and Hewlett Packard Enterprise took place. One of several organized panels addressed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare.

A comprehensive european industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:24:33 GMT

The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE Committee) has decided to work on an own-initiative-procedure on “A comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics”

Committee meeting on the mff 2021-2027 and horizon europe debates

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:31:53 GMT

At the meeting on 10 September 2018, the Members discussed the interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and Horizon Europe.

Eu wants to better connect with asia through digital cooperation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:02:57 GMT

On 19 September, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy adopted a Joint Communication that sets out the EU's vision for a new and comprehensive strategy to better connect Europe and Asia.

First meeting of the executive board of the vphi uk chapter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:13:08 GMT

On 11th September 2018 it took place the first meeting of the Executive Board of the UK Chapter of the VPHi.

Avicenna alliance parliament event reported in french newspaper

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:14:48 GMT

An article entitled ‘Modeling of virtual patients in the blocks - medicine in silico is looking for a European future’ reporting the Avicenna Event of 4 September, has been published on the 13 September in the French newspaper dealing with medical information: “le Quotidien du Médecin”.

Advancing regulatory science with computational modeling for medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:21:14 GMT

Frontiers in Medicine recently published an article by Tina Morrison and colleagues on how the FDA advances regulatory science with computational modeling for medical devices.

Fet open myochip recruitment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:39:02 GMT

MyoChip is now hiring 11 motivated researchers to work in a multidisciplinary and international collaborative environment.

Research associate in in silico data trials @ the university of sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:14:02 GMT

A new position is available as a Research Associate as part of the €5M, H2020 EU funded STriTuVaD project. Closing date 12/11/2018

Eesc’s opinion on the transformation of health and care in the digital single market

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:20:55 GMT

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted on 19 September a positive opinion on the Commission’s Communication entitled 'Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market, empowering citizens and building a healthier society'.

Health tech industry roundtable meeting discussed eu digital health agenda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:27:04 GMT

On 15 October, a high-level roundtable meeting took place in Brussels, bringing together public and private representatives of the European Health Tech Industry.

Ehealth hub platform - the map of the european digital health ecosystem

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:35:57 GMT

The EU-funded initiative eHealth Hub launched on 24 October the eHealth Hub Platform, a free online catalogue mapping the ecosystem of IT companies, investors experts, corporates and business supporters active in the European digital health landscape.

Quantum technology flagship

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:49:30 GMT

On 29 October, the Austrian Presidency of the Council launched the Quantum Technologies Flagship during a high-level event in Vienna hosted by the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Eic pilot to invest €124 million

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:56:29 GMT

The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced on 18 October it will support 38 pilot innovative projects to develop new ideas toward new future technologies.

The ethical and economic impact of artificial intelligence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:01:55 GMT

On 18 September, during the Mobile 360 Series Event organised by GSMA, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, delivered a keynote speech on the ethical and economic impact of artificial intelligence (AI).

Developing ai at the heart of european rights and freedoms

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:08:28 GMT

In a recent article posted on her blog, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of DIGITAL EUROPE and member of the AI high level group, talks about Artificial Intelligence’s potential and the importance of gender balance and the role of ethics.

Start cross-border exchange healthcare data estonia and finland

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:11:56 GMT

In October, Estonia and Finland announced that they will be the first to exchange healthcare data by the end of 2018.

Netherlands signs deal on sharing genomic data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:15:57 GMT

The Netherlands signed on 12 October the declaration 'Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022’, becoming part of the joint European effort to link genomic databases in order to build a secure health data infrastructure at European level.

Greece signs innovation radar declaration

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:18:19 GMT

On 17 October, Costas Fotakis, Greece’s Alternate Minister for Education, Research and Religious Affairs signed the EU Innovation Radar Declaration.

Eu & argentina: a shared vision of a digital future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:23:09 GMT

On 25 October, the Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General of the European Commission’s Director-General for Communications Networks (DG CNECT), and Mr. Héctor Huici, Argentinian Secretary of State for Information Technologies and Communications, Argentina discussed further cooperation in the digital economy.

The emerging regulatory landscape for in silico methods in medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:14:24 GMT

Now available on Figshare the presentation given by Tina Morrison, FDA Deputy Director, at the VPH2018 conference in Zaragoza

In silico medicine solution for aneurysm treatment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:44:41 GMT

To provide effective treatment for brain aneurysms, a pioneering healthcare company has developed a digital twin to help physicians place implant devices during surgery.

Frontiers in ict - medical iot & big data in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:58:05 GMT

Submit your research work for the open Frontiers in ICT Research Topic: Medical Internet of Things & Big Data in Healthcare. Deadline is November 30th, 2018.

3000 reads on researchgate for the avicenna roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:09:21 GMT

Since its official publication back in early 2016 the Avicenna Roadmap reached a massive distribution.

Avicenna parliament event: a new report and a new opportunity to learn more about insilico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:34:23 GMT

Read the final report of the International Avicenna Alliance Conference: "In vivo, in vitro in silico: Why computer modelling is the next evolution of the healthcare sector" which took place on 4 September 2018 at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Lieve Wierinck.

Repo-trial: an ec project for in silico trial-based drug repurposing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:27:32 GMT

Get to know more about one of the latest in silico medicine projects funded by the European Commission

Call for participation to join the vphi student committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:35:14 GMT

Today we are opening a call for participation for the VPHi student committee. We are looking for motivated PhD students with interest in in silico medicine research willing to invest some energy and enthusiasm!

Phd scholarships at the university of edinburgh

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:15:47 GMT

The research group directed by our VPH member Dr Miguel O. Bernabeu at The University of Edinburgh (UK) is currently looking for two ambitious and motivated PhD students.

Launch of the european open science cloud

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:20:22 GMT

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), a new federation of open and pan-European research data infrastructures, has been launched on 23 November 2018.

A comprehensive industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:24:54 GMT

On 14 November, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE Committee) has published a draft report on “A comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics”.

Commission participates to international in silico toxicology protocol initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:32:29 GMT

The EC Joint Research Center (JRC) Directorate published on 22 November an article highlighting that JRC scientists are part of the international In Silico Toxicology (IST) Protocol initiative developing principles and protocols for the consistent use of computational models in chemical safety assessment to promote greater acceptance in regulatory applications.

Health and research funding programmes

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:34:28 GMT

The European Parliament’s Interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, the long-term budget of the European Union, has been adopted in plenary on 14 November.

Brexit impacts on horizon europe programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:45:32 GMT

On 21 November, the Brexit impacts on the Horizon Europe Programme workshop.

Launch of the intersectoral initiative “all policies for healthy europe”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:48:02 GMT

On 22 November, the launch event of the multi-stakeholder initiative “All Policies for a Healthy Europe” (AP4HE), took place.

Latvia signs genomics declaration

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:51:05 GMT

On 12 November, Latvia signed the declaration 'Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022’, becoming part of the joint European effort to link genomic databases in order to build a secure health data infrastructure at European level.

2019 best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:10:48 GMT

Application deadline extended to 30 April 2019

2019 best vphi-insilicotrials phd thesis award in in silico medicine with application in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:20:36 GMT

Deadline extended to 30 April 2019

Phd in multiscale simulations for translational explorations of emphysema - university pompeu fabra

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:52:02 GMT

Deadline for application: 6 February 2019

Personalised heart models to improve cardiac care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:27:21 GMT

A newly developed computer model simulates the activity of individual patients’ hearts and may lead to more effective treatment for atrial fibrillation, a very common heart condition.

Get to know more about dynamore - dynamic modelling of resilience

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:43:04 GMT

DynaMORE is one of the recently funded (April 2018) in silico medicine projects that aims at improving the prevention of, and recovery from, stress-related mental health problems.

Modelling & simulation as a transformative tool for medical devices: the transatlantic ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:17:25 GMT

Now available the Avicenna Alliance White Paper that speaks about the potential of computer modelling and simulation in medtech and the regulatory and political barriers to unlocking that full potential.

Phd position in spinal implant design at uppsala university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:38:03 GMT

Application deadline 21 Dec 2018

Vision on the future of healthcare at the european health summit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:40:10 GMT

On 29 November, the EU Health Summit ‘A shared Vision for Health’ brought together European leaders, policy makers and health stakeholders to discuss the future of healthcare in Europe.

Council trio presidency programme adopted for january 2019 – june 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:48:05 GMT

On 11 December, the Council adopted its 18-month programme for the following period: 1 January 2019 - 30 June 2020. The document was prepared by the Trio of future Presidencies (Romania, Finland and Croatia), together with the High Representative of the Council.

Artificial intelligence “made in europe”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:03:56 GMT

On 7 December, the European Commission presented a coordinated plan on Artificial Intelligence (AI) prepared with Member States to foster the development and use of AI in Europe.

Hta council presidency progress report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:14:24 GMT

On 30 November the Council Presidency published a report on the progress within the Council on the proposal for a Regulation on health technology assessment (HTA) and amending Directive 2011/24/EU.

Health issues discussed at latest epsco conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:28:50 GMT

On 7 December, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration (EPSCO) gather together to discuss Health Issues in Europe.

New erc vice-presidents and scientific council members appointed

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:32:37 GMT

On 19 December, three new members of the European Research Council’s (ERC) governing body, the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission

Can new drugs be tested with computers? eu-funded team explores the future of tuberculosis ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:11:46 GMT

On 14 December 2018 the STriTuVaD consortium published the technical report “A modelling framework to simulate the dynamics of the human immune system”

Sustainable smart solutions for ageing well

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:57:44 GMT

The European Active and Assisted Living (AAL) Programme preannounces its 2019 Call

Special issue on clusters, clouds and grids for life sciences (life2019)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:04:54 GMT

Submission deadline: 15 June 2019

Two postdoctoral positions at university of zaragoza

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:23:09 GMT

Application deadline: ASAP

The virtual metabolic human database

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:02:54 GMT

Recently published on the Nucleic Acids Research Journal by Ines Thiele (University of Luxembourg) & all, this paper describes the Virtual Metabolic Human database and how to integrate human and gut microbiome metabolism with nutrition and disease.

Phd position in strain measurement in osteoarthritic cartilage at university of portsmouth

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:19:05 GMT

Application deadline 17 February 2019

Postdoctoral fellowships in computational tissue engineering for erc consolidator grant

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:58:03 GMT

Application deadline ASAP

A comprehensive european industrial policy on ai and robotics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:18:02 GMT

On 14 January, the ITRE Committee has adopted a final report on artificial intelligence and robotics.

Development and use of artificial intelligence made in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:37:52 GMT

The Council Presidency published on 4 January its proposal for the draft Council conclusions on the Coordinated plan on the development and use of Artificial Intelligence Made in Europe

Who call for papers on new ethical challenges of the digital technologies, machine learning and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:42:33 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) opened a call for papers on new ethical challenges of digital technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in public health in order to publish a theme issue in its Bulletin.

Remaining issues for the adoption of ai in clinical research

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:50:39 GMT

An article entitled “Artificial Intelligence: which services, which applications, which results and which development today in clinical research? Which impacts on the quality of care? Which recommendations?" was published at the end of 2018 in Thérapie by Elsevier

Presentation of romanian presidencies priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:55:37 GMT

Romania took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union - which gathers the Ministries of the Member States - on 1 January 2019, for the first time since its accession to the European Union in 2007.

Presentation of romanian presidency programme in the european parliament

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:01:18 GMT

Following the start of the Romanian Presidency, several Romanian Ministers were invited to introduce the Presidency’s priorities in European Parliament’s Committees.

Assessing the impact of digital transformation of health services

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:04:12 GMT

On 30 January 2019, the Expert Panel on Effective ways of investing in Health (EXPH) published its final report on Assessing the impact of digital transformation of health services, providing the Commission with advice on the impact of the digitalisation of health services.

Ema's public consultation - strategic reflection paper on regulatory science to 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:06:53 GMT

On 19 December the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published its strategic reflection paper on Regulatory Science to 2025.

Ema relocation on priority work during move to amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:09:14 GMT

On 9 January 2019, Dutch authorities have officially handed over the temporary building, the Spark building in Amsterdam Sloterdijk, to European Medicines Agency’s Executive Director, Guido Rasi.

Director of insigneo - university of sheffield vacancy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:38:57 GMT

Application deadline 22 March 2019

Get to know about vecma

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:55:06 GMT

Verified Exascale Computing for Multiscale Applications

The first oactive publications are now available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:32:04 GMT

Two open access publications deriving from the results of the EU project OActive (Advanced Personalised, Multi-Scale Computer Models Preventing Osteoarthritis) have recently being published

Teaching cardiovascular medicine to machines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:29:31 GMT

In a recent editorial, our member Pablo Lamata from King's College London describes how computers will pave the road towards the concept of the personalised medicine.

Postdoctoral researcher in computational modelling for tendon tissue engineering at university ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:49:17 GMT

Application deadline 18 March 2019

Vacancy for a full professor in applied mechanics and data analysis at university of twente

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:38:44 GMT

This post belongs to the Hypatia chair scheme, which has the goal to increase the number of female talent in academic top positions.

A virtual patient to conduct clinical trials in asthma

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:07:27 GMT

Himanshu Kaul, our member from University of Toronto, reports the study of a new drug that reduces airway muscle mass in severe asthmatics. The strength of this work is the integration of findings from in vivo clinical trials and in vitro and computational models, demonstrating the key role of in silico clinical trials in the design of new drugs.

Fda commissioner gottlieb resigns

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:51:04 GMT

Our President, Prof Marco Viceconti, shares his view on the recent resignation of the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, a supporter of in silico medicine.

In silico method mentioned in jrc report on alternatives to animal testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:53:45 GMT

On 7 February, the European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) published a status report on alternatives to animal testing.

Eu-india collaboration on strituvad project to tackle tuberculosis in india

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:59:22 GMT

On 4 February, the European External Action Service – the European Union’s diplomatic service – published an article on the EU-India cooperation on health and the EU co-funded project – In Silico Trial for Tuberculosis Vaccine (StriTuVaD).

Horizon europe programme negotiations update

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:07:04 GMT

The first evaluation of Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Innovation Launchpad actions under the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot selected 25 proposals, which will receive an invitation for grant agreement preparation.

The eurohpc joint undertaking in action: the first steps to acquiring world-class supercomputers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:10:30 GMT

On 15 February, the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) launched its first Calls for Expression of Interest to select the sites that will host its first supercomputers Joint Undertaking by the end of 2020.

Adopted motion for european parliament resolution on ai and robotics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:14:54 GMT

On 12 February, a Motion for a European Parliament Resolution was adopted in Plenary, following the adoption of the own-initiative report on “A comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics”.

Ema- summary report of the hma-ema joint big data task force

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:24:09 GMT

On 13 February, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published the summary report of the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA)-EMA Joint Big Data task force.

Who/europe: what you need to know about digital health systems

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:31:45 GMT

On 5 February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a list of facts supporting the importance of the application of digital health to health systems, being an area where increasing investments are being made by Ministries of health across the WHO European Region.

New portal on the commission’s website will ease transition to medical devices regulations

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:37:18 GMT

The EC renovated the Medical Devices section on its website to facilitate the transition of the two new Regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR) respectively.

The end of medicine as we know it!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:09:11 GMT

Dr. Harald H.H.W. Schmidt, the coordinator of the VPH project REPO-TRIAL, gave a talk at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Research fellow in biomedical molecular dynamics for drug discovery and personalised medicine at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:30:43 GMT

Application deadline 10 April 2019

Image-based kinematic ankle models for children affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:41:40 GMT

This study, carried out as part of the VPH project MD-PAEDIGREE, presents an innovative application for kinematic ankle models, used to understand possible disease-specific gait patterns in children affected by Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Latest news from the vphi uk chapter

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:25:24 GMT

The new UK-national branch of the Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPHi-UK) is now born and well operational.

Open phd position in computational brain and cardiac development and remodelling at ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:34:40 GMT

Application deadline 9 April 2019

Avicenna alliance delegation activities in the us

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:21:59 GMT

An Avicenna Alliance delegation has just returned from Washington D.C. where they had a meeting at Capitol Hill and attended the BMES-FDA Conference.

Partial political agreement reached on horizon europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:33:54 GMT

On 20th of March, the three European institutions – the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council of the European Union reached a partial political agreement on Horizon Europe Programme, the EU’s next research funding programme.

European commission launches six initiatives to guide upcoming horizon europe programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:49:46 GMT

On 5 March, the European Commission launched six European initiatives addressing scientific and technological challenges. Each of the six selected initiatives received a EUR 1 million grant to develop a research agenda.

€2 billion to fast forward the creation of the european innovation council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:55:30 GMT

In 2017, the Juncker Commission launched the European Innovation Council (EIC), to turn Europe's scientific discoveries into businesses that can expand faster.

Ema now operating from amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:58:32 GMT

On 11th of March, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) became operational from Amsterdam thanks to the support of the Dutch authorities, after having left its London premises on 1st of March.

In silico resources to assist in the development and evaluation of physiologically-based ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:11:39 GMT

This interesting article coming from a collaboration between various European researchers and a representative of the European Commission Joint Research Centre, was published on 5th of March in the Journal of Computational Toxicology.

Commission welcomes preliminary agreement on investeu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:31:09 GMT

On 20 March, the EC welcomed a preliminary agreement on its proposal for a Regulation establishing the InvestEU Programme, to boost private and public investment in Europe in the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027.

International master's in digital health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:47:33 GMT

The application period is open between April 15 and June 15, 2019.

Digital skills on computational biology for health professionals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:35:27 GMT

The BioS project is producing an open access e-learning course in computational biology and bioinformatics, according to the rules of European harmonization.

Research associate positions at university of oxford

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:47:06 GMT

Closing date for applications: 12.00 pm - 1 May 2019

Interview with flora musuamba tshinanu from the belgian federal agency for medicines and health ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:13:11 GMT

The VPHi has recently tightened its collaboration with the European Medicines Agency, focussing on the common goal of speeding up the adoption process of in silico models in the regulatory drug development process. Flora Musuamba Tshinanu, our Belgian contact, has kindly released an interview for our monthly newsletter.

Vphi executive director wins the robert brown early career principal investigator award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:51:43 GMT

A recognition of the increasing importance of in silico medicine technologies.

European commission invests €195 million under horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 11:57:30 GMT

On 11 April 2019, the EC announced that it will invest €195 million under Horizon 2020 to improve the research and innovation potential in seven Member States (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Portugal).

Commission unveils 7 step strategy to build trust in ai

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:17:44 GMT

On 8 April 2019, the EC published a communication entitled “Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence”, presenting the next steps of its work on ethical guidelines on artificial intelligence (AI).

Digital twin & cm&s to feature in horizon europe core text

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:26:01 GMT

On 17 April 2019, the EU Parliament adopted the partial agreements resulting from inter-institutional negotiations on the two Horizon Europe proposals, the successor to Horizon 2020. Both partial agreements were adopted by a large majority of the Members of the European Parliament.

Call for expression of interest for european innovation council pilot advisory board 2019/2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:29:33 GMT

A call for expression of interest is still open until 10 May for high-level academics and researchers wishing to apply for the Commission Expert Group “European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot Advisory Board”. This call provides an opportunity to support the European initiative to turn breakthrough ideas into innovations.

Q&a document on the interplay between the clinical trials regulation and the gdpr

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:33:50 GMT

On 10 April 2019 the EC published a Question and Answer (Q&A) document on the interplay between the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Who forum on medicines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:38:55 GMT

On 13 April 2019, the global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines , co-hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Government of South Africa was held in Johannesburg.

Open position for 3 phds in health and technology at university of bologna (italy)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 13:30:05 GMT

Application deadline 15 May 2019

Mobilise-d project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 14:07:59 GMT

This new project was recently funded the European Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking with the aim to revolutionise assessment of mobility loss using digital technology to lead to enhanced clinical trials and better clinical management.

The insist clinical focus group produced a whitepaper

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 May 2019 15:49:52 GMT

In April 2019 the VPH project INSIST (In silico clinical trials for treatment of ischemic stroke) organised a discussion group to inform interested clinicians and to obtain their feedback on the concept, current state of the art, and intended further development of the project.

Imag top model video competition

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 May 2019 12:26:32 GMT

The Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group (IMAG) driven by Grace Peng has recently held a Top Model Video Competition to engage undergraduate students in the field and share examples of how computational modeling can impact human health.

Vacancy for a principal scientist on multiphysics at philips - eindhoven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 May 2019 11:56:45 GMT

A vacancy of interest for the VPH community is now available at the Philips Multi-physics & Optics department.

In silico models for drug development: tackling the validation challenge

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 May 2019 10:38:47 GMT

A two-days workshop was organised in Leuven on 25-26 April 2019 to discuss how to tackle the validation challenge of in silico models for drug development.

Fda proposes regulatory framework for ai- and machine learning-driven samd

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 May 2019 11:37:21 GMT

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requests feedback on a new discussion paper that proposes applying a “focused review” approach to premarket assessments of software as a medical device (SaMD) technologies that are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

Open phd position in computational biomechanics at the university of bern

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 May 2019 11:42:40 GMT

Starting from Summer 2019

Jrc’s work programme for 2019-2020 adopted

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:44:50 GMT

On 8 May 2019 the European Commission has adopted the Joint Research Centre (JRC) work programme for 2019-2020, which runs under Horizon 2020, the current EU Framework Programme for funding research and innovation up to 2020.

Germany makes digitalisation a political priority

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:47:42 GMT

The German Federal Ministry of Health announced that “digitalization/ big data/ artificial intelligence” will be the leading theme in health policies during the German Council Presidency (July-December 2020).

Who is establishing technical advisory group and roster of experts on digital health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:50:02 GMT

On 10 May 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a news about the establishment of a roster of experts in several digital health-related areas.

Call for twinnings in digitalhealtheurope

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:53:49 GMT

The DigitalHealthEurope project is launching a twinning scheme in June, providing almost €1 million for more than 45 twinnings.

Announcement of next erc president

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:56:22 GMT

On 14 May 2019, the European Commission appointed Professor Mauro Ferrari as next President of the European Research Council (ERC), taking office on 1 January 2020.

Master in medical informatics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 13:10:09 GMT

The Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Medical Informatics (MMI) at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI) in Pfarrkirchen - a branch of the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences (THD - Technische Hochschule Deggendorf) in Bavaria, Germany - is accepting applications for entry in October 2019.

A very successful insigneo showcase

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:12:44 GMT

On Friday 17 May 2019 the Insigneo Institute welcomed over 200 delegates, including academics, clinicians, industry and funding bodies, to its annual Showcase event at the University of Sheffield’s Octagon Centre.

Interested to join the vphi board of directors?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:49:08 GMT

Each year the Institute opens a call for supporting members to give the opportunity to interested organisations to join the VPHi board and have a leading role in driving the Institute activities.

Alan fabbri wins the 2019 vphi best phd thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:09:31 GMT

Alan Fabbri wins the competition with his thesis on “Computational modeling of human sinoatrial node: what simulations tell us about pacemaking”

Interview with the new supporting member: prof ines thiele from university of galway - ireland

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:59:40 GMT

University of Galway has recently joined the board of directors of the VPH Institute represented by Prof Ines Thiele. In this interview we will get to know something more about Ines, her research interests and the reasons why she decided to have an active role in driving our Institute.

Special session on virtual physiological human research at the biomedeng conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:18:21 GMT

The UK Chapter of the VPH Institute has organised a special session on in silico medicine at the BioMedEng conference that will be held in London on 5-6th September 2019.

Promote adoption of in silico trials through ema’s strategy on regulatory science to 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:36:29 GMT

Sign our on line petition. More signature we collect, more changes we will have to make the difference!

Public consultation on ema regulatory science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:51:21 GMT

The European Medicine Agency has opened an online consultation on their proposed strategic vision on Regulatory Science to 2025.

Three open positions in amsterdam relevant for the vph community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:24:41 GMT

University of Amsterdam has made available 3 job posts related to in silico medicine research.

Marilisa cortesi from university of bologna wins the 2019 best vphi best poster award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:57:31 GMT

Marilisa Cortesi wins the competition with her work titled “An in-silico study of cancer cell survival and spatial distribution within a 3D microenvironment”. A special Jury Recognition was also assigned to Laura Baumgartner (UPF).

The finnish presidency publishes its work program

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:09:38 GMT

Finland's Presidency of the Council of the EU published its program for the next six months (1 July to 31 December 2019).

Call for applications for membership of the expert panel of health investments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:16:22 GMT

The European Commission has opened a call for experts to join its multi-sectoral and independent Expert Panel providing advice to the Commission on effective ways of investing in health.

Efpia publishes opinion piece on ai and cancer data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:20:03 GMT

The European Federations of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has recently published an opinion piece on cancer data.

European leaders adopt future strategic agenda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:24:15 GMT

At the last European Council meeting on 20 June 2019, the EU leaders discussed appointments to the institutions’ top jobs, adopted the new Strategic Agenda and conclusions on EU’s long-term budget.

European strategy for high performance computing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:29:57 GMT

On the 17 June 2019, the European Commission published a presentation explaining why they indicated High Performance Computing (HPC) as a priority area for investments, and showing some concrete examples.

Dassault enhances clinical tech with medidata acquisition

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:59:17 GMT

Dassault Systèmes acquired U.S.-based Medidata, major player in information technologies for clinical trials, for $5.5 billion. This represents to date the largest buyout in the emerging area of in silico medicine and in silico trials and a significant milestone to address the complexity of developing personalied medicine and patient-centric experiences.

In silico oncology en route to clinical translation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:23:58 GMT

The VPHi members, Prof Norbert Graf and Prof Georgios Stamatakos, have joined forces to validate the Nephroblastoma Oncosimulator and design the next critical steps of its clinical translation procedure.

A new book on multiscale mechanobiology in tissue engineering

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:35:20 GMT

This book recently published by Springer focuses on the mechanobiological principles in tissue engineering with a particular emphasis on the multiscale aspects of the translation of mechanical forces from bioreactors down to the cellular level.

Peter coveney has been elected to membership of the academia europaea

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:15:06 GMT

Based on his outstanding achievements as a scientist, the coordinator of the running CompBioMed project, Prof Peter Coveney has been invited to join the Academia Europaea

Petition on the role of in silico trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:44:13 GMT

Almost 400 researchers signed the petition to promote the adoption of In Silico Trials through EMA’s strategy on Regulatory Science to 2025.

Collaboration agreement between vphi and the european society of biomechanis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:37:05 GMT

After a long date interaction, the two organisations have recently signed an agreement to put the basis for an even stronger collaboration.

An interesting paper on in silico oncology has recently been published in the scientific ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:17:51 GMT

Quantifiably differentiating clinical tumours with distinct regression profiles brings the new domain a step closer to its clinical translation

Special issue on biological control systems and disease modelling

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:23:59 GMT

For those interested in contributing to the special issue, the submission deadline is 25 December 2019.

European commission launches tender for studies on ai and e-health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:51:43 GMT

On 7 August 2019 the European Commission launched a tender for two studies to survey and analyse progress on the digital transformation of the health and care in the EU.

Online consultation to shape horizon europe's priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:05:06 GMT

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the Horizon Europe 2021-2024. It is calling on all stakeholders to contribute to co-designing and shaping the future research and innovation investment by responding to this questionnaire.

Virtual bodies for real drugs: in silico clinical trials are the future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:32:19 GMT

This article published by the Medical Futurist offers a nice overview of the potential of in silico medicine in transforming the healthcare system, from drug development to the implementation of more efficient medical treatments.

In silico trials: a systematic approach to the assessment of model credibility

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:00:26 GMT

At the last ESB conference in Vienna, our president Marco Viceconti gave an inspiring perspective talk on the recent developments in in silico medicine.

Publication of call for tender 'antisuperbugs'

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:35:23 GMT

A call for tender “Antisuperbugs” has been published by six European procuring entities under the lead of our supporting member - Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitària de Catalunya (AQuAS).

Prestigious fda award allocated to group that developed the v&v 40 standard

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:28:48 GMT

The VPH Institute is proud to announce that some industry members of the Avicenna Alliance have recently received the FDA Crosscutting Group Honor Award.

Erc starting grant for hi-fi cardiovascular modeling from super-fast mri

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:40:59 GMT

The VPHi member, Cristóbal Bertoglio, from University of Groningen has recently been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, called CardioZoom that aims to make possible quantitative MRIs of thin cardiovascular structures at very short MRI scan times.

Mdic white paper on "best practices for communicating benefit, risk and uncertainty"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:03:37 GMT

MDIC is seeking public comments on its white paper, Best Practices for Communicating Benefit, Risk and Uncertainty. This paper will be part of a larger Framework for Patient Input in Medical Device Clinical Trials aiming to be published in Fall 2020.

Commission launches call for proposals to develop ai excellence centres

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:18:01 GMT

The EC launched a new call for proposals to develop a European network of artificial intelligence excellence centres to enhance cooperation within the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) research community and boost technological advancements in the field of AI.

Vph institute answers the online consultation to shape horizon europe 2021-2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:47:06 GMT

The VPHi has responded to the consultation and called for its member support to stress the need for funding in silico technologies in the upcoming Horizon Europe framework. The deadline for contribution has been extended to 4 Oct 2019, don't miss this opportunity to make your voice heard!

Neurips 2019: learn to move - walk around

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:34:28 GMT

Biomechanics experts sought for machine learning challenge to simulate gait

Vphi-uk chapter at the biomedical engineering conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:20:19 GMT

The VPHi-UK chapter has organised its first two events at the BioMedEng conference that was held in London on 6th September 2019.

In silico modelling is being introduced into medical education

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:04:14 GMT

An exciting "Paediatric Summer School" was held at the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Saarland, Homburg Campus, Germany, from 1st to 8th September 2019.

Oncosimulator presented at the korea institute of science and technology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:44:28 GMT

On 29 August 2019 novel and advanced oncosimulators in conjunction with the emergent domain of in silico oncology and more broadly in silico medicine were presented in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology – Europe (KIST-Europe) located in Saarbruecken, Germany.

Chair in mathematical modelling in the cardiovascular system - university of sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:04:06 GMT

Application deadline 30 Nov 2019

Computational modeling to guide and predict remodeling of tissue-engineered heart valves to ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:19:26 GMT

Pre-clinical results recently published in Science Translational Medicine demonstrate that valve remodeling can be successfully guided towards native-like form and function via computationally optimizing the valve design

2 phd positions in cardiovascular modeling and inverse problems at university of groningen

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:56:25 GMT

A first assessment of the candidates will be performed at the beginning of November 2019.

Call for interest for civil society representatives in the ema's pediatric committee (pdco)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:04:20 GMT

The Commission is launching a selection procedure to appoint the Civil Society representatives to the Pediatric Committee (PDCO) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in Amsterdam.

Driving health and growth; a call for an industrial strategy for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:14:12 GMT

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) recently published a call for an industrial strategy for Europe that can drive Europe’s health and growth and realise the region’s potential to be a world leader in medical innovation.

The vphi and the avicenna alliance participated at the european research & innovation days

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:21:56 GMT

The European Research and Innovation days was a three-day event in Brussels, during which researchers, academics, businesses, decision-makers and parliament representatives from Europe and beyond took part in a co-design process to shape the priorities and strategic plan for the first four years of Horizon Europe, due to start in 2021.

Winners of the horizon impact award 2019

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:22:27 GMT

The European Commission has announced the winners of the first Horizon Impact Award, a prize dedicated to EU-funded projects that have created societal impact across Europe and beyond.

How science becomes art

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:29:34 GMT

Kalostasis is an interactive installation enacting the unseen flow of the heart. Kalostasis was recently showed case in London in occasion of the London Design Festival from 14 to 22 of September 2019.

In silico world on slack

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:53:09 GMT

Prof Marco Viceconti’s research team at the University of Bologna has launched an online Community of Practice where experts from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies can request and exchange advices on the technical details on in silico medicine technologies and their regulatory qualification.

Eu-stands4pm online survey "data sources and in silico methods in personalized medicine"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:55:47 GMT

Submit your inputs until 30 November

Vph2022 call for bids

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:29:30 GMT

Interested organisations should submit their proposal by February 28th, 2020.

Euractiv interview on animal testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:57:36 GMT

On 25 October 2019, an interview between Euractiv and Dr. Julia Fentem, the head of Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC), was published in Euractiv’s special report on “Alternatives on animal testing”.

Efpia publishes article entitled "living with rare diseases: hope for the future, access ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:02:51 GMT

On 22 October 2019, the director general of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Nathalie Moll published an article entitled “Living with rare disease: hope for the future, access today”.

New efpia blog entry dealing with the need for cross-border access to clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:08:58 GMT

On 10 October 2019, Ingrid Klingmann, Chairman of the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP), published a guest blog entry on the website of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) entitled “How big is the need for cross-border access to clinical trials?”

Commission guidelines on good clinical practice specific to atmps

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:12:24 GMT

On 10 October 2019, the European Commission published some guidelines on Good Clinical Practice specific to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

Post-doc on in-silico stroke trials at university of amsterdam

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:20:51 GMT

Application deadline 20 December 2019

Online survey on the revised document on "orientations towards the first strategic plan ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:55:02 GMT

The EC has launched an online survey to share views on the revised version of the "Orientations towards the first Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe" document. The deadline for contribution is 17 November 2019

The new vphi board of trustees elected

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:22:12 GMT

At the recent General Assembly held in Paris on 4 Oct 2019, the election process of the new Board of Trustees of the VPHi Institute was finalised.

Credibility of in silico trial technologies

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:21:01 GMT

A new interesting position paper has been published by Prof Viceconti and all on the credibility of predictive models and the regulatory science aspects of in silico medicine. A must read for anyone working in the field!

Insilc project promoted by the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:32:47 GMT

The European Commission has published an article promoting the EU-funded InSilc project aiming to create an in silico clinical trials platform for designing and developing drug-eluting BVS

Post-doc on scalability of in silico medicine models at university of bologna

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:38:16 GMT

Application deadline 18 Nov 2019

Regulatory guidelines for adoption of in silico models in drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 13:14:24 GMT

The VPHi is leading a working group in collaboration with representatives of EMA and a number of experts from different fields to identify the most appropriate tools for verifying and validating in silico models in drug development.

Vacancy: director for sano - centre for computational personalised medicine international ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:52:16 GMT

Closing date: end of December 2019

Europe’s new supercomputing centres can start building high-performance computers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:38:40 GMT

On 26 November 2019, the representatives of eight EU supercomputing centres met in Strasbourg to take further steps towards the implementation of the European Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC).

Nine countries launch international horizon scanning initiative to track new pharmaceuticals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:43:42 GMT

On 29 October 2019, nine European governments launched the International Horizon Scanning Initiative to strengthen their power to negotiate medicine prices with the pharmaceutical industry.

Revised version of orientations towards the first strategic plan for horizon europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:58:22 GMT

The European Commission published the revised version of Orientations towards the first Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe.

Vacancy for a chair in computational biomechanics - university of sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:06:03 GMT

Closing date 7 Jan 2020

Vacancy for a research associate in clinical computational cardiovascular science - king's ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:32:42 GMT

Closing date: asap

Vacancy for a phd fellowship in upf

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:57:33 GMT

Closing date 4 February 2020

Vacancies-in-university-of-amsterdam.html

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:04:44 GMT

Save the date for the 6th VPH Summer School!

Vphi executive director prof lies geris speaks at the "strategies for innovation in life ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:20:50 GMT

On 3 December 2019, Prof Lies Geris contributed to the roundtable hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels aimed at defining concrete steps for a transition to animal-free science.

Webinars on personalised in silico cardiology (pic)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:07:54 GMT

The EU PIC Consortium has released 10 webinars on a number of cardiac modeling related topics, spanning from biomedical signals and imaging to medical devices and therapies.

A computational model simulates the clinical evolution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:16:23 GMT

This is the first result of the project INSPIRE, funded by the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness, and aims to create advanced computational models to improve the early detection of COPD.

Artificial intelligence as an in silico tool for breast cancer survivors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:50:55 GMT

The article outlines part of the analysis and modelling work related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Statistics led by the In Silico Oncology and In Silico Medicine Group in Athens, as part of the BOUNCE action.

Presentation of vphi at the aaas conference in seattle (wa) 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:57:40 GMT

The VPHi executive director, Prof Lies Geris, will give a talk on VPH at the AAAS Annual Meeting.

Motion to enable the digital transformation of health and care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:06:34 GMT

On 18 December 2020 the European Parliament adopted in plenary a motion for resolution entitled “Enabling the digital transformation of health and care”.

Ecdc's call for expression of interest in digital technologies on public health key functions

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:13:22 GMT

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) opened a call for expressions of interest on digital technologies for public health key functions.

Common european data spaces

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:24:31 GMT

On 17 December 2020, DG CONNECT published the reports and conclusions of 10 workshops on ‘common European data spaces’ that took place from July to November 2019 in the EU.

How will in silico medicine change the future of clinical trials?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:14:20 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance member Dassault 3DS and Dr. Tina Morrison from the FDA contributed to an interesting article on the latest simulation model of the heart developed as part of the Living Heart Project.

Novadiscovery raises series a financing to scale its in silico clinical trial platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:53:03 GMT

in silico trials have become a concrete and important option to predict drug efficacy and optimize time and costs of clinical development.

Two 3-year postdoc positions in bioreactor technologies and their digital twin for skeletal ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:03:12 GMT

Application deadline: 14 Feb 2020

Vph success story: respiratory healthcare by design

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:02:31 GMT

Computational approaches bringing respiratory precision and personalised medicine closer to bedside

Report on the european commission's workshops on common european data spaces

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:39:08 GMT

This event took place on 10 December 2020 at the European Parliament, organised by the EU40, the platform of young Pro-European Members. In the news full details on the presentation give by the new Health Commissioner Kyriakides.

Accelerating the uptake of computer simulations for testing medicines and medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:11:42 GMT

Officially opened on 19 Nov 2019, the EC call SC1-DTH-06-2020 is a great opportunity for funding for the VPHi community. The VPHi is available to join project consortia that will respond to this call.

2020 best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:15:36 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2020

2020 vphi-insilicotrials phd thesis award in in silico medicine for potential application in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:17:42 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2020

Eu prize for women innovators

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:28:51 GMT

The EC has launched the seventh edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators, including in health care, from across the EU. The Prize consists of an award of €100,000 or €50,000. If you think you have what it takes to become the next EU Woman Innovator, don’t miss your chance and apply before Tuesday 21 April 2020.

The programme of the croatian presidency of the council of the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:49:32 GMT

Croatia has taken over the presidency on January 1st 2020, ending on June 30th 2020.

2019 activities and achievements

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:37:24 GMT

2019 has been an intense and fruitful year for the VPH Institute! Now that 2020 has started, we would like to take the opportunity to give you an overview of what has been done and what it is already planned for next year.

Sheffield team to create a ‘digital twin’ of the human heart

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:20:53 GMT

A ‘digital twin’ of the human cardiovascular system will be developed for the first time by researchers at the University of Sheffield as part of the ‘Enhancing Cardiac Care Through Extensive Sensing’ (ECHOES) project

Verification, validation and uncertainty quantification of predictive models in the regulatory ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:26:49 GMT

This recent Elsevier Methods paper published by the STriTuVaD consortium explains how to use step by step the ASME VV-40 to assess the credibility of predictive models for in silico trials

Open consultation on europe’s beating cancer plan

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:43:43 GMT

On 4 February 2020, the European Commission officially opened the consultation period for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The roadmap will be open for feedback for four weeks until 3 March 2020

Commission's draft white paper on ai unveiled

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:50:39 GMT

On 16 January 2020, a draft version of the EC white paper on artificial intelligence has been leaked: "Structure for the White paper on artificial intelligence – a European approach".

Travel awards and more... for vph2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:20:41 GMT

Are you a young researchers interested in modeling for medicine? Submit an abstract to VPH2020 conference (deadline 21 Feb 2010) and win a 200 euros travel award to Paris!

Corbel success stories

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:38:15 GMT

The Corbel consortium collected success stories to explain how they have been able to concretely help researchers thanks to the use of their infrastructures.

Symposium at aaas

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:48:47 GMT

The 2020 edition of the AAAS conference, the world’s largest general scientific gathering, took place in Seattle, February 13-16. The VPHi was present at the event and contributed to the organisation of a symposium on Bioinformatics and AI.

Joint openmultimed-vph workshop on multiscale modelling in systems medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:59:37 GMT

On 7 February 2020, members of the OpenMultiMed COST action and the VPH community organised a joint workshop in Leuven.

2020 best vphi student award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:46:34 GMT

Application deadline 10 August 2020

European commission's data strategy mentions benefits of cm&s and digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:00:54 GMT

On 19 February 2020, the European Commission has released a communication addressing the European strategy for data, which is part of a broader policy package aiming at making the EU fit for the digital age.

Ec white paper on artificial intelligence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:10:05 GMT

On 19 February 2020, the European Commission released its package on artificial intelligence and data, which includes a white paper on artificial intelligence.

Shaping europe's digital future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:58:26 GMT

On 19 February 2020, the European Commission published its communication entitled "Shaping Europe's Digital future"

Horizon impact award 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:03:15 GMT

Application deadline 2 April 2020

Esb mobility award 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:40:16 GMT

Application deadline 30 June 2020

The ‘digital twin’ to enable the vision of precision cardiology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:03:31 GMT

In a paper published in the European Heart Journal, VPHi members from King’s College London, leading the Personalised In-Silico Cardiology (PIC) consortium, show how linking computer and statistical models can improve clinical decisions relating to the heart.

2020 vphi membership renewal

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:15:00 GMT

With the beginning of the new year, the VPH Institute invites all its members to renew their membership to keep on sustaining the number of activities VPHi is involved on!

Vphi/aa working groups - call for participation!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:02:31 GMT

The VPH Institute and in silico-related companies (software, medical devices & pharma) are working together under the umbrella of the Avicenna Alliance on a number of activities from policy to engagement and research with the common goal to facilitate the adoption of in silico medicine. This year we have a number of new working groups open to all VPHi members, sign up to give your contribute!

New industrial strategy for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:40:14 GMT

On 10 March 2020, the EC presented a new Industrial Strategy Package for a globally competitive, green and digital Europe. The package of initiatives sets a clear direction for the twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital leadership for the five coming years.

Prace - icei calls for proposals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:08:37 GMT

Submission deadline - first round: 31 March 2020

Postdoctoral research associate in the mathematical modelling of cell therapies for liver ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:32:44 GMT

Application deadline: 27 April 2020

Vphi in corona times

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:45:11 GMT

In silico medicine can play a role in the fight against the virus!

Postdoctoral position on computational modeling of limb development at ku leuven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:11:01 GMT

Application deadline 27 March 2020

In silico to fight covid-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:41:49 GMT

In order to be able to promptly contribute to the current crisis, VPHi is looking for individuals that have expertise useful in combatting the COVID-19 challenge.

Ec launched the ai-robotics vs covid-19 initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:15:21 GMT

On 25 March 2020, the European Commission launched the initiative AI-ROBOTICS vs COVID-19 with the aim to collect ideas about deployable artificial intelligence and robotic solutions as well as information on other initiatives that could help face the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

European commission's pharmaceutical strategy is on its way!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:31:21 GMT

The European Commission plans to publish a roadmap for a new Pharmaceutical Strategy in the coming days, which will pave the way for the planned Pharmaceutical Strategy due in the last quarter of 2020.

‘coronavirus funding monitor’ portal now available to research community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:58:55 GMT

Frontiers is dedicating part of its open science platform infrastructure to collect and disseminate information relevant to the research communities battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Postponed application to medical devices regulation to prioritise the fight against coronavirus

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:25:12 GMT

On 3 April 2020, the European Commission has adopted a proposal to postpone by one year the date of application of the Medical Devices Regulation to allow Member States, health institutions and economic operators to prioritise the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Roadmap on general data protection regulation (gdpr)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:05:47 GMT

On 1 April 2020 the European Commission launched a Roadmap on DGPR and opened it to the feedback of stakeholders whose input will ultimately feed into the Commission’s report. For those interested to contribute the deadline is 29 April 2020.

Exscalate4cov uses the power of supercomputer to find potential treatments against covid-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:33:35 GMT

The Exscalate4CoV project is using the most powerful computing resources currently based in Europe to empower smart in-silico drug design.

How supercomputers could help finding a treatments for covid-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:24:57 GMT

Science Focus explains how supercomputer are playing an important part in urgent research into coronavirus, which could help speed up the development of treatments.

Verifying and validating quantitative systems pharmacology and in silico models in drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:02:19 GMT

A commentary paper has recently been published in "CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology" reporting the outcome of a multistakeholder workshop on the validation challenges for in silico models in drug development. The event was organized on 25 - 26 April 2019 in (Leuven) Belgium in collaboration with the VPH Institute.

Recommendations on modelling and simulations in the new ema regulatory science strategy to 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:24:27 GMT

In the "Regulatory Science Strategy to 2025", the European Medicine Agency included specific recommendation to optimise the capabilities of modelling and simulation in the drug development process.

In silico world - in silico resources to fight coronavirus

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:06:43 GMT

A dedicated page on "In Silico World" collects all initiatives of the In Silico community toward the fight against coronavirus.

Coronavirus structural task force

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:39:47 GMT

Repository for the molecular structures related with Corona virus and their re-processing

Cardiac electrophysiology simulator

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:52:20 GMT

Released openCARP, an open cardiac electrophysiology simulator for in-silico experiments.

Vphi best phd thesis awards: deadline is approaching!!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:31:13 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2020

European covid-19 data platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 11:30:47 GMT

On 20 April 2020, the EC together with EU Member States and several partners, including EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and research partners such as ELIXIR, launched a European COVID-19 Data Platform to enable the collection and sharing of reference data and specialised datasets to accelerate COVID-19 research.

The commission launches a roadmap on the general data protection regulation (gdpr)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:21:39 GMT

Two years after the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Commission will be reporting on its application across Member States.

Commission executive vice-president shares views on the europe's response and future actions to ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:28:08 GMT

On 4 May 2020, the European Parliament’s IMCO Committee (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) held an exchange views with Margrethe Vestager, Commission Executive Vice-President, on the Europe's response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Members of the eu parliament call for supporting health policies and health systems in the next ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:32:53 GMT

On 1st May 2020, MEPs sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, calling to ensure the support of health policies and health systems in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

Jrc technician engineers a 3d-printed valve for emergency ventilator masks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:45:16 GMT

JRC 3D-printer is used to produce valves for emergency ventilator masks to be distributed at local Italian hospitals.

Special issue of the journal of biomechanics in memory of prof. stephan m. perren

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 13:57:43 GMT

To honor the memory of Prof. Stephan M. Perren, the Journal of Biomechanics is soliciting articles for a Special Issue to be published in early 2021.

In silico trial to test covid-19 candidate vaccines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 14:59:52 GMT

Thank to the use of the UISS Immune System Simulator developed by the team of the VPHi member Prof Pappalardo (University of Catania) a disease model of SARS-CoV-2 has been implemented and used to explore the efficacy of human monoclonal antibodies.

Vph success story: ct-based patient-specific model to predict the risk of hip fracture

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 May 2020 17:41:13 GMT

Prof Marco Viceconti - Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute

Digital technologies for medicines: shaping a framework for success

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 May 2020 09:50:39 GMT

The work done by the Mobilise-D consortium is taken as an example of successful interaction with EMA in the marketing authorisation application (MAA) process.

The commission publishes proposal for an extensive covid-19 recovery plan and introduces new ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:20:55 GMT

On 27 May 2020 the European Commission published its proposal for an extensive recovery plan.

European commission publishes the roadmap to the pharmaceutical strategy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:23:23 GMT

On 2 June 2020 the European Commission published its Roadmap to the Pharmaceutical Strategy and opened a feedback period until 7 July 2020.

New vision for the next european innovation council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:58:37 GMT

On 7 May 2020, the Advisory Board of the pilot European Innovation Council (EIC), established by the European Commission, has published its new vision for the period 2021-2027 to support world-class science and innovations.

Digital europe programme: a proposed €8.2 billion of funding for 2021-2027

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:12:42 GMT

On 4 June 2020 the Commission published a factsheet to provide more information regarding the new objectives of the Digital Europe Programme funded under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, the next long-term EU budget.

Ai and big data effective readiness: a privacy-enhancing pathway to data access

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:44:06 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance publishes a brand-new position paper on AI & Big Data while providing feedback on the European Strategy for Data.

Mechanical engineering at ucl funded 4-year phd studentships

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:43:50 GMT

Application deadline 21 June 2020

Uncertainty quantification in cardiac and cardiovascular modelling and simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:21:52 GMT

This Special Theme issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society has just been published compiled and edited by Gary R. Mirams, Steven A. Niederer and Richard H. Clayton

Computer modelling predicts where vaccines are needed most

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:37:08 GMT

A study in eLife reveals that a model can estimate regional disease burden and the impact of vaccination, even in the absence of robust surveillance data.

Avicenna alliance members case studies on in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:40:04 GMT

The AA has collected five case studies to show the potential that has yet to be unleashed by modelling and simulation.

Avicenna alliance members-only webinar

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:27:40 GMT

On 6 July 2020 at 16.00 CET Prof Lies Geris will give a webinar on “In silico tools for skeletal tissue engineering from bench to bedside”

Disc4all will promote professional careers in translational research applied to multifactorial ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:08:51 GMT

An innovative training network, coordinated by Jérôme Noailly, principal investigator of the area of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of the BCN MedTech research unit and VPHi member, aims to advance computational simulations integrated into translational medicine, applied to intervertebral disc degeneration.

Special covid session @vph2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:22:15 GMT

On 24 August 2020 the VPH2020 conference will open with a special session completely dedicated to COVID-19

Vacancy for a phd in biomechanics and personalized cardiovascular modelling at ntnu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:03:14 GMT

Application deadline 30 August 2020

4 phd vacancies related to the in silico medicine world available at ucl

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:56:21 GMT

Application deadline August 2020

15 european university associations called on european leaders to step up investment in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:27:32 GMT

On 14 July 2020, 15 European university associations, representing more than 800 universities, called on European leaders to step up investment in research and innovation. The investment should be ensured through the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and a new recovery instrument, Next Generation EU.

Vph2020 will also be live on facebook!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:54:31 GMT

Some of the highlights of the Conference will be broadcasted live on Facebook and in free access. Don't miss out!

The eesc calls for the creation of good simulation practices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:02:25 GMT

The European Economic and Social Affairs Committee (EESC) has specifically called for the creation of Good Simulation Practices as part of the steps needed to speed up clinical trials that include GMOs.

Members of the european parliament want a strong eu’s public health strategy post-covid-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:06:26 GMT

On 10 July 2020, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted a resolution on the EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-19. By means of the resolution, the MEPs want to convey that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for an enhanced role by the EU in health.

Ema and hma joint strategy for the next five years is open for public feedback

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:10:23 GMT

On 6 July 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) have published their 46 page joint strategy for the next five years that is released for a two-month public consultation.

Call for expressions of interest ”covid-19 response and recovery partnerships”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:13:24 GMT

On 28 July 2020, the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) has opened a Call for expressions of interest for “COVID-19 Response and Recovery Partnerships”

Vphi announces the winners of the best vphi thesis awards

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:05:18 GMT

Antoine Motte dit Falisse (KULeuven) and Lorenzo Sala (Université de Strasbourg) are the winners of respectively the Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine and the Best VPHi-InSilicoTrials PhD Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine for potential application in industrial R&D.

In the future, lab mice will live in computer chips, not cages

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:07:45 GMT

An opinion article recently published on the on line journal undark.org by Lindsay Gray (a lab manager at the University of California San Francisco) discusses how the use of computer modeling and simulation can make drug development and biomedical research safer, more efficient, and more effective.

In-silico human electro-mechanical ventricular modelling and simulation for drug-induced ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:34:33 GMT

A new interesting paper by Prof Blanca Rodriguez (University of Oxford) and all has been published in the Biophysics and Molecular Biology Journal.

Join the vphi board of directors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:48:03 GMT

The call for apply for a seat in the Board of Directors of the VPHi Institute is now open. Board members are selected to drive the Institute’s policy and define the annual activity plan the VPHi will focus over the year. Don't miss the opportunity to take an active role in guiding our Institute in 2021!

Vph2020 round table : “good simulation practices : bringing the digital twin to life”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:28:26 GMT

Thursday 27 August 2020 at 8.30 pm CET

Launch of pan-european commission on health and sustainable development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:13:13 GMT

On 26 August, the WHO Regional Office for Europe launched the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development.

Vphi honorary membership

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:36:01 GMT

For the first time at the recent VPH2020 Conference, the VPH institute has awarded the honorary memberships to two senior researchers who have made, and are continuing to make, extraordinary contributions to the field of in silico medicine and the VPHi community: Prof Denis Noble and Prof Marco Viceconti.

Vph2020 hits a new record with over 600 participants!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:44:39 GMT

Due to the difficulties connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the VPH2020 conference took place from the 24th to the 28th of August 2020 completely on-line. Despite the new digital format, the conference proved to be extremely successful, not only by attracting a very large number of participants, but also by presenting an innovative program with a special COVID-19 day, very interesting sessions and great science!

Anna corti (politecnico di milano) wins the best vphi student award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:43:27 GMT

At the last day of the VPH2020 conference, Anna Corti was awarded with the Best VPHi Student Award and had the possibility to present her work in plenary during the VPHi award ceremony. Many congratulations to Anna!

Avicenna day @ the vph2020 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:13:52 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance organised its first Avicenna Day 2020 as an online event that took place on Tuesday 25th of August 2020 during the VPH2020 conference.

Round table on "good simulation practices : bringing the digital twin to life”

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:30:01 GMT

The VPH2020 Round table took place on the 27th of September 2020 co-organised by VPHi and EIT Health France and shared views of different stakeholders from academia and industry to regulators and policy makers on what is needed to bring the digital twin to life.

Summary report of the online workshop on the pharmaceutical strategy for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:26:53 GMT

The European Commission has recently published a summary report detailing the key highlights of an online workshop on the pharmaceutical strategy for Europe organised on 14-15 July 2020.

The commission appoints jean-pierre bourguignon as interim president of the european research ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:32:11 GMT

On 24 July 2020, the Commission appointed Jean-Pierre Bourguignon as interim President of the European Research Council. Prof. Bourguignon took over on 27 July and will be in office until the next Presidential election.

Commission launched a survey on horizon europe first strategic plan 2021-2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:39:57 GMT

The EU public consultation on Horizon Europe's first Strategic Plan was launched on the 1st of Sept 2020 and will close on the 18th of Sept 2020 18:00 Brussels time. Have your say on the Plan that will guide the work programmes and topics for the new programme’s first four years.

Commission publishes its evaluation on the legislation for medicines for rare diseases and for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:02:42 GMT

On 11 August, the European Commission published its evaluation on the legislation for medicines for rare diseases and for children.

Antoine motte dit falisse (kuleuven) and lorenzo sala (université de strasbourg) winners of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:22:12 GMT

Disc4all opens a call for a number of marie sklodowska-curie positions on translational ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:05:02 GMT

Disc4All is a ITN-ETN EU project coordinated by UPF that focuses on advancing integrated computational simulations in translational medicine applied to intervertebral disc degeneration.

Insilco trials for treatment of acute ischemic stroke

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:15:45 GMT

The white paper entitled “IN-Silico trials for treatment of acute Ischemic STroke" describing the main concepts of the INSIST project has recently been published in the journal “Frontiers in Neurology”

International school on in silico trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:41:47 GMT

The first edition has just ended last week: positive feedbacks from the students.

Big data steering group set up by ema and hma has published its workplan

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:28:34 GMT

On 14 September 2020 the Big Data Steering Group set up by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) has published its workplan, which sets actions to be delivered in 2020-21.

Thierry breton, european commissioner for internal market, released an opinion on the role of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:33:16 GMT

On 22 September 2020, Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, released an opinion on the role of supercomputers in the next European digital decade. The opinion highlights key information regarding the value of supercomputers as well as the financial and political ambitions set by the Commission.

The european parliament special committee on artificial intelligence in a digital age (aida) ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:36:54 GMT

On 22 September 2020, the European Parliament Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) held its constitutive meeting whereby it elected its chairs and vice-chairs.

The commission adopted a communication on a new european research area for research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:46:14 GMT

On 30 September 2020, the European Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation.This Communication sets out the next policy initiatives and policy targets aiming to reform and create a modern European Research Area (ERA) in the EU.

The royal society: interface focus theme issue from compbiomed conference 2019

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:03:36 GMT

Part 1 of a two-part themed issue resulting from papers originally submitted to the CompBioMed Conference 2019 has recently been published with many open source articles.

Insilc project develops an in silico clinical trial platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:23:17 GMT

In its third year activity the EU-funded InSilc project is producing very promising results by creating an in silico clinical trials platform for designing and developing drug eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BVS).

In-silico trials for treatment of acute ischemic stroke

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:40:33 GMT

This whitepaper describing the main concepts of the INSIST project has been published in the journal “Frontiers in Neurology”. This is a huge step forward in the dissemination of in silico clinical trials applications for a clinical audience.

Post-doc position in the computational biomechanics research group at university of glasgow

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:05:53 GMT

Application deadline: 9 November 2020

Join the vphi student committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:19:48 GMT

A call for participation for the VPHi student committee is now open! We are looking for motivated PhD students with interest in in silico medicine research willing to invest some energy and enthusiasm! Application deadline extended: 10 Dec 2020.

Ten rules for credible practice of modeling and simulation in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:43:51 GMT

The U.S. Committee on Credible Practice of Modeling and Simulation in Healthcare has recently published an article on the Journal of Translational Medicine that defines the "Ten Rules" that codify best practices for credible practice.

C4bio: community challenge towards consensus on characterization of biological tissue

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:39:26 GMT

We invite all research groups with experience in material characterization of biological tissue to join this initiative. Registration deadline: 4 January 2021

Eu commission recognises benefits of cm&s in its european health union proposals

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:41:16 GMT

The European Commission has referred to computer modelling and simulation in two of its publications on building a European Health Union.

Rare diseases experts join forces in the european expert group of orphan drug incentives

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:51:04 GMT

This expert group aims to discuss innovative proposals to stimulate innovation and foster research into new orphan drugs and therapies for rare diseases.

European commission work programme 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:59:54 GMT

On 19 October 2020, European Commission has published the its Work Programme 2021 as well as Annexes outlining the new key initiatives the Commission will work on in the next 12 months.

European parliament adopted the artificial intelligence package

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:04:58 GMT

On 20 October 2020, the European Parliament adopted the Artificial Intelligence (AI) package.

"the role of health data in the post covid-19 era" - webinar videos available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:38:50 GMT

The videos of the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) webinar mini-series are available on YouTube

Mapping the use of computer modeling & simulation in clinics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:37:54 GMT

The VPHi is excited to launch the 1st survey specifically designed for clinicians to map their level of knowledge and use of computer modeling & simulation.

In silico is mentioned in the pharmaceutical strategy for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:20:34 GMT

On 25 November 2020, the European Commission adopted its Pharmaceutical strategy for Europe and we are very proud that in silico medicine and CM&S are mentioned in the document!

An innovative virtual human platform for safety assessment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:53:10 GMT

The Dutch Research Agenda has awarded 9.9 million euros to implement a new way to assess the safety of chemicals and pharmaceuticals without using laboratory animals.

Vphi success stories

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:25:41 GMT

An increasing number of digital technologies are reaching the patient, sometimes directly but more often through their physicians and through the devices/ drugs they are relying on. In this brochure the VPHi has collected a first selection of in silico medicine success stories that have brought a significant impact!

Contribute to the new book project ‘digital human modeling and the digital patient’

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:02:02 GMT

The book, that will be published by Elsevier/Academic Press, explores the body of knowledge and state-of-the-art in Digital Human Modelling (DHM) with its application in Medicine. If you're interested to contribute the deadline for the submission of chapters is 31st March 2021.

Fda’s driver of in silico medicine, tina morrison, promoted to director of regulatory science ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:05:05 GMT

Our long-term collaborator and in silico advocate at FDA, Tina Morrison, has been promoted to Director of Regulatory Science and Innovation

Stakeholder workshop on the human digital twin organized by the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:15:13 GMT

On 6 November 2020, a stakeholder workshop on the Human Digital Twin (HDT) was organised by the European Commission.

Positioning in silico medicine as a computationally-intensive science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:49:32 GMT

In this blogpost, Prof Marco Viceconti calls to arms the in silico medicine community with respect to the scalability grand challenge and its HPC needs.

Socio-ethical considerations on the use of digital twins in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:35:32 GMT

This report presents the results of a qualitative study into the socio-ethical benefits and socio-ethical risks of using digital twins in healthcare based on the outcome of 23 interviews and 1 expert workshop.

Credible practice of modeling and simulation in healthcare: ten rules from a multidisciplinary ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:42:51 GMT

This paper, recently published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, presents Ten Rules for credible practice of modeling and simulation in healthcare. These rules establish a unified conceptual framework for modeling and simulation design, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and usage across the modeling and simulation life-cycle.

The portuguese presidency of the council of the european union

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:34:27 GMT

The priorities of Portugal's presidency, that will last from January to June 2021, are driven by the motto: "Time to deliver: a fair, green and digital recovery".

The european commission published its roadmap on the european health data space

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:00:56 GMT

On 23 December 2020, the European Commission published its roadmap/inception impact assessment on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which is open for feedback until 3 February 2021. The document sets out the work plan of the European Commission to create a Regulatory Framework for the EHDS.

Ema open consultation to ich on patient involvement in drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:02:02 GMT

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) published the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) reflection paper on Proposed ICH Guideline Work to Advance Patient Focused Drug Development. This document is open for public consultation until 7 March 2021.

Towards good simulation practice – an interview of luca emili and prof. marco viceconti

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:17:22 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance is driving a Task Force on Good Simulation Practice to ensure that the results of computer modeling and simulation (CM&S) would be universally accepted as is the case for clinical trials. Details on this initiative are explained in the interview.

How the virtual reality is improving pediatric cardiac care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:35:34 GMT

Repubblica, one of the major Italian newspaper, published an article on the outstanding work done by Claudio Capelli and Silvia Schievano, two VPHi members from UCL who have been working for years to offer the best technological support for child heart surgery to the clinicians of the Great Ormond street hospital for children.

2021 best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:41:15 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2021

Vacancy for an associate/full professor in systems or computational biology @ maastricht university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:04:34 GMT

Application Deadline 25 Jan 2021

Opening for a phd on in-silico modelling of late thrombosis on medical implants @university of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:18:05 GMT

Application deadline 23 January 2021

The four projects funded under the call sc1- dth - 06 -2020 (ria) have all kicked off their ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:43:33 GMT

The topic of this H2020 call is focused on accelerating the uptake of computer simulations for testing medicines and medical devices, to which the EC dedicated a budget of € 6-8 M for proposal. A total of four projects got funded and the VPHi is a partner in 3 of these projects, working on dissemination and stakeholder outreach.

Hoxton farms is hiring

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:00:02 GMT

Join Hoxton Farms to grow real animal fat – without the animals! Hoxton Farms is hiring computational biologists to work at their new lab in central London. A number of positions are currently available.

Ecrin is hiring a data manager for clinical trials and in-silico models

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:10:44 GMT

Application deadline: 28 February 28 2021

A brave new world of in silico trials kicks off across europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:40:06 GMT

The In Silico World project, coordinated by the University of Bologna and funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, officially started on the 28th January 2021 with an online kick-off meeting that saw the participation of all 14 partner institutions, including the VPHi.

The european commission published its beating cancer plan

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:55:35 GMT

On 3 February 2021, the EC published its much-awaited Beating Cancer Plan. The Plan develops proposals and key initiatives for each stage of the disease, remarking the role that research, innovation and new technologies play in the fight against cancer.

Submitted feedback on the creation of a european health data space

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:03:43 GMT

On 3 February 2021 the Avicenna Alliance has submitted its feedback to the European Commission’s inception impact assessment on the European Health Data Space.

European health emergency preparedness and response authority (hera)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:09:40 GMT

The European Commission published the roadmap for the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), which was open for consultation until 24 Feb 2021.

European commission launches a european bio-defence preparedness plan against covid-19 variants

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:33:20 GMT

On 17 February 2021, the EC presented a Communication to launch a European bio-defence preparedness plan called “HERA Incubator” to address the emerging threat of coronavirus variants with an envelope of €225 million.

In silico trials: verification, validation and uncertainty quantification of predictive models ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:40:06 GMT

A new paper on in silico trials has been published on "Methods on Simulation in Biomedicine" volume 185 written by Marco Viceconti, Francesco Pappalardo, BlancaRodrigue, Marc Horner, Jeff Bischoff & Flora Musuamba Tshinanu

Insist in silico project: the future of randomised controlled trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:55:00 GMT

NeuroNews published an interview with two of the INSIST project’s leaders: Charles Majoie (professor of neuroradiology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center Amsterdam) and Alfons Hoekstra (professor of computational science and engineering, director of the Informatics Institute at Amsterdam University and one of VPHi’s directors)

Frontiers research topic: "mechanobiology and the microenvironment: computational and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:01:34 GMT

A new call for papers will be soon published by Frontiers Research on "Mechanobiology and the Microenvironment: Computational and Experimental Approaches"

Agreement on investeu funding programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:38:31 GMT

The InvestEU programme aims to support policy objectives pertaining to a sustainable and inclusive recovery, by facilitating the pooling of EU and private funding for investment projects in areas that urgently require additional investments, such as the healthcare sector. For instance, with a focus on research, innovation, and digitalisation, the programme aims to make investments as cost-effective as possible for a more resilient future.

Update: work programme 2021 of the european research council (erc)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:07:28 GMT

The ERC provides EU funding to support researchers pursue ground-breaking, high-gain/high-risk research to drive advancements at the frontiers of knowledge and to set targets for frontier research across Europe. The ERC Work Programme for 2021, is a legal document setting out how the ECR will allocate its funding for this year. It includes three main calls for proposals for frontier research actions for a total amount of €1.9 billion.

C4bio video

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:21:54 GMT

The aim of C4BIO is to achieve community consensus on the testing protocols for material characterization of biological tissue and to disseminate this consensus to the relevant standards bodies

In silico tool for predicting resilience in women diagnosed with breast cancer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:38:49 GMT

The BOUNCE project presents its latest deliverable showcasing the use of in silico modeling in personalized cancer treatments

Vphi participates in the simcardiotest project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:54:44 GMT

VPHI participates in the SimCardioTest project, whose main objective is to demonstrate the feasibility, efficacy and benefits of in silico trials of drugs and cardiological devices. It's a project with a significant impact on clinical trials, regulatory systems and healthcare innovation.

Insilic workshop recording

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:32:35 GMT

On March 5th 2021, the InSilc project hosted a workshop on In Silico Clinical Trials Concepts and Adoption. A full recording of the event is now available.

Mdic seeks input on 5-year computational modeling & simulation roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:30:14 GMT

If you would like to provide input on the revised CM&S strategic roadmap, please fill out the new survey.

Phd studentship university of liverpool

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:02:02 GMT

AI and the Eye – Integrating deep learning and in-silico simulations to optimise diagnosis and treatment of wet macular degeneration

New vphi collaborators

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 06:44:52 GMT

Let's introduce Raphaëlle Lesage and Federica Orsi: the two new VPHi collaborators.

Priorities contained in european commission’s management plans for 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:15:14 GMT

An overview of the objectives and activities planned by the different Directorates-General (DGs) of the European Commission, which are outlined in the Commission’s Management Plans for 2021.

2021 vphi insilicotrials phd thesis award in insilico medicine for potential application in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:21:01 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2021

Vphi best poster award 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:29:41 GMT

All VPHi student members bringing a poster to the VPH Summer School will be considered for the VPHi Best Poster Award that consists in a 350€ grant for the participation to scientific conferences or workshop in 2021 and 2022.

Simcardiotest project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:11:38 GMT

The project that exists only for your heart!

In the literature

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:36:45 GMT

Here are three interesting recently published papers from our community

Vphi renewal 2021 associate quota

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:36:12 GMT

As usual at this time of the year, the VPHi would like to invite its members to renew their membership associative quota for 2021

European commission establishes hadea

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:14:43 GMT

On April 1st, the European Health and Digital Agency (HaDEA), established by the European Commission, has taken up its role as the new body in charge of the financial management of key EU work programmes.

Opportunity to provide feedback on the european health emergency preparedness and response authority

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:19:02 GMT

On 31 March, the European Commission has opened the public consultation period on the creation of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), which is open for feedback until 12 May.

Efpia imi impact: driving healthcare’s digital future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:23:28 GMT

The secure and efficient sharing of data has changed how we live. From entertainment and communication to travel and financial services, the world have become more connected. Healthcare has been slow to embrace the digital revolution, but collaboration between public and private partners across Europe is helping to change that.

The simcor project website is online!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:03:24 GMT

We are proud to announce that the website of the SIMCor project - of which VPHi is part of the consortium - is online!

Funded phd opportunity in leeds

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:11:46 GMT

The University of Leed offers a PhD on "How does hip shape lead to cartilage damage in young people? A multi-disciplinary investigation"For any further detail, you can have a look hereIt's possible to apply until May 10th.

2021 vphi's board of directors first meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:31:58 GMT

On March 17th the new VPHi Board of Directors met online. Two new members joined the board.

Insilicotrials survey on mapping the use of modeling & simulation for drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:09:02 GMT

Are you familiar with modeling and simulation in drug development? Fill in the survey!

In the literature: selection of april

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:48:23 GMT

If you read an interesting article that you want to share with your community, send it to us: we will insert it in the next newsletter!

The tgcs2021 call for abstract is extended to 15 may

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:55:43 GMT

The Technical Group on Computer Simulation of the International Society of Biomechanics extended the call for abstracts

European commission launches pact for research & innovation in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:39:11 GMT

The European Commission has published the Roadmap for the Pact for Research & Innovation in Europe, which is open for feedback until 13 May.

Proposal for a regulation on a european approach for artificial intelligence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:30:26 GMT

The Commission is proposing the first ever legal framework on AI, which addresses the risks of AI and positions Europe to play a leading role globally.

Funded phd opportunities in bologna

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:30:01 GMT

The call for this year scholarships for University of Bologna PhD program in Health and Technology is now out!

Avicenna alliance provides feedback on the eu roadmap on the evaluation and revision of the ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:32:51 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance has submitted its feedback to the inception impact assessment on the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation. Through this feedback, Avicenna Members provided the European Commission with guidance on how to meet unmet medical needs, maintain a system of incentives, promote evidence generation tools for marketing authorisation of innovative medicines, and support and accelerate product development as well as authorisation.

The european commission publishes long-awaited draft regulation package on ai

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:38:27 GMT

At the end of April the European Commission published its long-awaited regulation package on AI, including new rules and actions to position Europe as a hub for trustworthy AI application.

In the literature: selection of may

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 May 2021 17:37:35 GMT

Here are some interesting recently published paper from our community. If you read an interesting article, send it to us: we will insert it in this new website section!

Eu health policy platform calls for proposals: 2021 thematic networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 May 2021 13:00:39 GMT

The European Commission is inviting public health stakeholders to submit initiatives for anew cycle of Thematic Networks under the EU Health Policy Platform

International master 2 "cardiac ep: electromechanical heart diseases"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 May 2021 16:31:58 GMT

for the academic year 2021-2022 at Bordeaux University.

Francesco regazzoni is the 2021 vph best thesis award winner

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:06:44 GMT

The award consists of a money price and a plenary lecture at the VPH2021 Summer School held in Barcelona (and online) from 7 to 11th of June 2021.

In the literature: selection of june

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:06:47 GMT

This month we would like to highlight two papers that are the result of a joint effort of the VPHi community with different stakeholders.

Horizon europe work programme for 2021 - 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:17:15 GMT

The Commission has adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7 billion in funding.

Ec opens first european innovation council calls

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:25:25 GMT

The EC opened the first EIC Accelerator calls. The funding worth over €1 billion aims to help scale up start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses that have the potential to achieve high impact.

2021 huiskes medal for biomechanics to prof. marco viceconti

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:29:21 GMT

The 2021 Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics was awarded to VPHi honorary member Professor Marco Viceconti from University of Bologna.

Report launched on national strategies for artificial intelligence in eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:48:32 GMT

The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) recently published a new report on “National strategies on Artificial Intelligence: A European perspective,” overarching five main policy areas: human capital, from the lab to the market, networking, regulation, and infrastructure.

Avicenna alliance gave its contribution to the ec’s public consultation surveys on the ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:34:44 GMT

With this consultation, the European Commission seeked to gather input in the development of the legal framework for a European Health Data Space (EHDS). The creation of the EHDS has become a priority for the Commission as the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of having timely access to health data.

In the literature: selection of summer 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:57:29 GMT

This section highlights interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published something you want to share with the community, please let us know: we will include it in this section.

Insigneo institute and sano

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:16:39 GMT

VPHi board member the University of Sheffield, through the Insigneo Institute for in silico medicine, has connections with Polish supercomputer hosts Cyfronet in Krakow that go back many years, and which have involved multiple well-funded ventures, typically supported by the EC.

Who/europe releases report on transparency for pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and other health products

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:35:13 GMT

WHO/Europe has released a report reviewing the transparency measures of markets for medicines, vaccines, and other health products in the WHO European Region.

Beca committee discusses the european health data space, including digital twins and in silico

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:53:24 GMT

During the 9 September 2021 meeting of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) regarding the European Health Data Space (EHDS), both digital twins and in silico medicine were mentioned by the Commission.

General assembly of the uk chapter of the vphi

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:15:29 GMT

After 2 years the General Assembly (GA) of the VPHi-UK chapter has met for the second time at the BioMedEng conference held in Sheffield on 6-7/09/21.

In silico medicine is now in the ecdc regulation!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:03:44 GMT

The three amendments suggested by Avicenna to MEP Radan Kanev (EPP, BG) for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Regulation (ECDC) were adopted by the European Parliament on 14 September 2021 during the vote in plenary. This means that the amendments to the file adopted by the European Parliament as a whole feature computer modelling & simulation twice, and in silico and digital twin technologies for the first time!

European health and digital executive agency adopts its 2021 annual work programme and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:52:16 GMT

On 9 August 2021, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) adopted its 2021 annual work programme. The work programme outlines the calls under Horizon Europe and EU4Health that HaDEA will be responsible for.

Vph 2021 best poster award winner

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:09:37 GMT

During VPH Summer School, the award committee selected Dr. Wahbi El Bouri, from the University of Liverpool as the winner of the "2021 Best VPHi Poster Award". Sincere congratulations Wahbi!

Join the 2022 vphi board of directors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:24:52 GMT

The call to apply for a seat in the Board of Directors of the VPHi Institute is now open. Board members are selected to drive the Institute’s policy and define the annual activity plan the VPHi will focus over the year. Don't miss the opportunity to take an active role in guiding our Institute in 2022!

The italian ministry of health publishes the document "pathways for the adoption of in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:21:03 GMT

Written by the Superior Health Council, the document results from the work of some of the leading experts of in Silico medicine in Italy and aims to present its strengths, to allow faster adoption in the National Health System.

In the literature: selection of september

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:59:53 GMT

Here are some interesting recently published paper from our community. If you read an interesting article, send it to us: we will insert it in this new website section!

Tools and technologies for a healthy society: funding opportunites

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:20:08 GMT

Calls for proposals under this destination are directed to supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 5 “Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society”. Planned opening date 6th October 2021.

Ema's white paper: guidelines for the inclusion of digital evidence in regulatory filings in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:54:57 GMT

The recent publication of the white paper developed by members of VPHi, EMA, national regulators and industry is a first step in the direction of clear guidelines for the inclusion of digital evidence in regulatory filings in the pharma domain.

José manuel garcía-aznar joined the vphi board of trustees for 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:14:14 GMT

Many congratulations and best wishes for a profitable work from all the VPHi community!

Vphi elections of the board of trustees: the call for candidates is now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:23:39 GMT

The mandate of the current members of the Board of Trustees will expire soon. All VPHi members in good standing are welcome to present a candidate for the upcoming elections.

Public consultation for revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:09:25 GMT

The European Commission opened the public consultation on the revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation in the form of a questionnaire.

In the literature: selection of october

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:40:57 GMT

Here are some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an interesting article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will insert it in this section of the newsletter!

Vacancies in embl barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:02:48 GMT

EMBL is looking for two new Group Leaders! One in the area of Theoretical Approaches to Tissue Biology and Disease Modelling, and another in the area of Organoids and in vitro tissues.

Ich guidelines "general considerations for clinical studies" released

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:49:54 GMT

ICH (International Council For Harmonisation Of Technical Requirements For Pharmaceuticals For Human Use) recently released the final version of the ICH E8(R1). This is the first time they specifically mention "Modelling and simulations" as a source of evidence in an official guideline.

The primage's project video is online

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:23:23 GMT

Explaining the Primage Project: more personalised, precise medical care for the most vulnerable.

Envi committee adopts a report on the pharmaceutical strategy for europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:14:40 GMT

The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy.

Introducing in silico medicine to the medical community of greece

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:24:13 GMT

The new scientific, technological and progressively clinical domain of in silico medicine was introduced to the wider medical community of Greece by Prof. Stamatakos during the 6th Forum “Biosciences, Innovation, Technology and Cancer: From Prevention to Treatment.

Webinar for members of the european parliament

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:59:25 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance hosted a Members of European Parliament (MEP) webinar on 7th October to talk about what in silico medicine is and why it matters. Our Director Prof Liesbet Geris gave a great presentation and answered all the outstanding questions. The goal of the webinar was to increase MEP understanding of in silico medicine.

Prof. alejandro frangi awarded from miccai

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:19:59 GMT

Professor Alex Frangi has been elected as Fellow of the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society, 2021.

Phd position in computational mechanobiology of spinal surgery at the julius wolff institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:37:04 GMT

A PhD position is available within the Computational Mechanobiology Group at the Julius Wolff Institute (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin). This position is funded through a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) to investigate the mechanobiology of tissue regeneration following different spinal surgical interventions.

Job opportunities in leeds

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:25:41 GMT

The University of Leeds opened different positions for Research Software Solutions Architect and Lecturers in Computer Science.

Beca report compromise amendments include ai and modelling

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:08:02 GMT

Have an insight on the compromise amendments on BECA report “Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer – towards a comprehensive and coordinated strategy,” related to computer modelling and simulation.

Multi-sectoral stakeholders gather to discuss digital health governance at the world health summit

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:25:46 GMT

During the World Health Summit, held online and in Berlin from 24 to 26 October, a report was launched concerning digital health governance structures.

Vphi 2022 board of directors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:13:27 GMT

During the General Assembly meeting held online on the 5th of November 2021, the 2022 Board of Directors has been formally approved.

In the literature: selection of november

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:24:28 GMT

Phd positions in smart medical images at king’s college london

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:59:09 GMT

Join the comprehensive interdisciplinary PhD training programme in Medical Imaging led by Kings College of London and Imperial College.

Call for bids vph2024 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:33:48 GMT

Interested organisations should submit their proposal by March 7th, 2022.

In silico medicine recommended to aid covid-19 rapid antigen detection test variant

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:30:12 GMT

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a 26 October update on the use of rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) for COVID-19 in the EU/EEA.

Iso technical specification

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:39:47 GMT

In October 2021 the ISO Technical Specification draft "Biotechnology — Recommendations and requirements for predictive computational models in personalized medicine research — Part 1: Guidelines for constructing, verifying and validating models" has been approved as new work item proposal by the Technical Committee ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology.

Griffith medal 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:17:23 GMT

The Operational Research Society awarded the Griffith Medal 2020 to a paper presented by Terry Young, Sada Soorapanth, Jim Wilkerson, Lance Millburg, Todd Roberts and David Morgareidge entitled “The costs and value of modelling-based design in healthcare delivery: five case studies from the US”

European commission releases work programme 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 10:24:48 GMT

The Work Programme describes the key initiatives for the upcoming year, and it aims to deliver on the Commission’s six headline ambitions, one of which is "A Europe fit for the digital age".

Report from the 5th barcelona vph summer school

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:21:05 GMT

This year, we had the pleasure to welcome 19 speakers and 140+ attendees, from different international Institutions, with 16 lectures & workshops. Find out more all the details about the last edition.

Beca adopts ini report on strengthening europe in the fight against cancer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:47:31 GMT

The European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) has officially adopted its own initiative (INI) report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in the fight against cancer.

Agreement on strengthened european centre for disease prevention and control: council and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:09:14 GMT

On 29 November 2021, the Council and European Parliament agreed to renew the strengthened mandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Agreement on data governance act is reached by parliament and council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:21:27 GMT

The European Parliament and Council have reached an agreement on a Data Governance Act (DGA). The overarching goal of the act is to establish a new European form of data governance that encourages exchange and innovation while also building trust.

Vph 2022 conference: call for abstract is now open

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:29:19 GMT

The abstract submission for the VPH2022 conference is now open! Deadline 18 March 2022.

Mdic's science of patient input program announces the release of its digital health survey results.

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:57:53 GMT

More than 200 participants completed the survey and fifteen of those were interviewed, allowing MDCI to identify themes and provide an overview summary highlighting major trends and themes.

In the literature: selection of december

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:39:45 GMT

Job opportunity: research associate in cardiovascular medicine at east anglia university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:20:25 GMT

Closing date: 10 January 2022. Full-time, fixed term for 4 years.

Machine learning offers more targeted analysis of breast cancer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:45:04 GMT

The next step, say the researchers, is to extend the model for multiclass classification of breast cancer to detect cancer subtypes in addition to classifying benign and malignant tissues.

News from our members: "a step forward in the fight against lower back pain: integrating ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:56:06 GMT

Research by Laura Baumgartner of the BCN MedTech Unit combines experimental research with mathematical and computational techniques to predict intervertebral disc degeneration.

In silico talks series by in silico trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:39:30 GMT

On InSilicoTrials Youtube Channel you can find an interesting series of interviews with the main researchers and protagonists of the in silico community.

Current eu funding opportunities for in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:52:54 GMT

The European Commission launched a next set of calls for proposals in the 2021-2022 work programme. These calls complement the previously published work programmes of Horizon Europe and EU4Health.

Phd position in computational cardiovascular biomechanics at university of glasgow

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:18:58 GMT

The deadline for applications is 31 January 2022.

Postdoc position in computer modeling and simulation at university of catania

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:13:36 GMT

At the Drug and Health Sciences Department of the University of Catania (Italy), in Silico World Project is offering a postdoc to be employed in modeling and simulation through in silico trials Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) methodologies for drug efficacy evaluation and safety.

Come join the vphi team

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:06:28 GMT

The VPH institute is looking for a motivated person to reinforce the team and help to build the in silico medicine ecosystem.

2022 vphi best thesis award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:10:35 GMT

Application deadline 30 April 2022 - for theses defended between 1/1/2021 and 31/12/2021

Job opportunity: full professor / chair in biomechanics at university of sheffield

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:45:35 GMT

The University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint one Chair of international renown to provide academic leadership in biomechanics, with a particular interest in extending capabilities in the areas of musculoskeletal modelling, experimental tissue biomechanics, multiscale and data-driven computational modelling.

Get to know the students committee members: satanik mukherjee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:43:34 GMT

Our program outcome is to help VPHi's members get to know one another better and involve more and more students in this group, contributing significantly to the Institute's life and the in-silico community!

Avicenna contributes to eu consultation on the pharmaceutical legislation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:45:57 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance has officially submitted its contributions to both the European Commission’s public consultation on the revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation as well as DG SANTE’s accompanying study.

Scientific committee on consumer safety discusses standardised framework for physiologically ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:50:33 GMT

The highlights of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS)’s Working Group on Methodologies 29 November meeting, have been recently published.

The european parliament endorsed the agreement with the eu council on the health technology ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:54:09 GMT

On 13 December 2021, the European Parliament endorsed the agreement with the EU Council on Health Technology Assessments (HTA).

Isi health - ku leuven institute has kicked off

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:32:36 GMT

iSi Health is a brand new, interdisciplinary institute at KU Leuven aiming to bring physics-based modelling from bench- to bed-side.

2022 eu4health work programme adopted to invest over €835 million in health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:20:10 GMT

On 14 January 2022 the Commission has adopted the second EU4Health work programme.

In the literature: selection of january

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:08:52 GMT

Postdoctoral research manager for isi health - ku leuven istitute of physics-based modeling for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:45:26 GMT

iSi Health is a recently approved KU Leuven Institute. The institute is looking for a postdoctoral research manager who will take a leading role in developing iSi Health together with the board of directors.

Vacancy at the isi health - ku leuven institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:41:35 GMT

The iSi Health - KU Leuven Institute of physics-based modeling for In Silico Health is hiring a postdoctoral research manager. Application deadline: March 2022.

Report on ema webinar: regulatory science research need (rsrn)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:19:35 GMT

For the first time, EMA has issued a list of regulatory science topics that need further research to close gaps and improve medicine development and evaluation to enable access to innovative medicines for patients.

Your support to vphi for 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:14:13 GMT

Also in 2022, we ask you to support the VPH Institute by renewing your membership.

Job opportunities at university of valencia

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:59:18 GMT

The Cardiac Modeling Group of the Electronics Engineering Department is looking for two highly motivated Postdoctoral or PreDoctoral candidates.

Envi committee meeting - presentation of the french presidency’s health priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:06:21 GMT

During the ENVI committee meeting of 27 January, the French Minister for Solidarity and Health, Olivier Véran, presented the health priorities from the Council Presidency’s programme.

Aida committee meeting - exchange with french minister, ai study, and draft report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:12:44 GMT

The AIDA Committee meeting took place on 10 February 2022. The meeting saw an exchange with French Minister of Digital Affairs, Cedric O, the presentation of a study on EU legislation in the digital field and a final exchange on the draft report on artificial intelligence (AI) in a digital age as well as its amendments

Eu introduces new standardisation strategy linked to research

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:15:50 GMT

On 2 February 2022 the European Commission presented a new Standardisation Strategy. The goal of the strategy is to strengthen the EU’s competitiveness by setting better standards that can, amongst other things, foster innovation.

Fda's draft guidance: "credibility of computational modeling and simulation in medical ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:19:25 GMT

The FDA has issued a Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff entitled “Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling and Simulation in Medical Device Submissions" that is open for comments.

Latest job opportunities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:20:22 GMT

Have access to several job opportunities recently highlighted by our community!

Funded phd opportunities at the university of leicester

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:29:59 GMT

The University of Leicester is providing 4 fully-funded PhD studentships as part of Laboratory for Multiscale Emergent Bioengineering.

Post-doctoral job opportunity at merln institute, maastricht university

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:37:35 GMT

Post-doctoral position for the project 'Computational modeling of the cell-matrix interface' at the Department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering (cBITE) at the MERLN Institute, Maastricht University.

Research position for simcardiotest project (post-doc or pre-doc) at universitat politecnica ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:46:55 GMT

The candidates will be contracted for three years and working in the frame of the EU funded research project: “Simulation of Cardiac Devices & Drugs for in-silico Testing and Certification” (SimCardioTest), Call H2020-SC1-DTH-2018-2020, Research and Innovation Action (Topic SC1-DTH-06-2020).

Researchers develop highly accurate modeling tool to predict covid-19 risk

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:50:40 GMT

At USC, researchers are advocating for a new approach to predict the chance of infection from COVID-19: combining anonymized cellphone location data with mobility patterns - broad patterns of how people move from place to place.

In the literature: selection of february

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:56:31 GMT

Click here to read some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an interesting article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will insert it in this section of the newsletter!

Get to know the students committee members: zeynep karagoz

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:18:51 GMT

With this newsletter segment, we want to help VPHi's members get to know one another better and involve more and more students in this group, contributing significantly to the Institute's life and the in-silico community!

Edith: an ecosystem for digital twins in healthcare in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:50:28 GMT

VPHI has successfully driven the submission process of the EDITH proposal to respond to the Digital Europe call for a CSA on "An ecosystem for digital twins in healthcare" with deadline 22 of February 2022. Regardless of the outcome of this bid, the discussions between the different communities involved in digital twins for health will be continued to exploit the many synergies and accelerate the adoption of in silico technologies in healthcare.

Keep contributing to vphi activities!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:57:55 GMT

We are proud to share with you all what we have achieved in the year just ended and we want to achieve even greater results in the year just begun.

In silico talks by in silico trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:16:06 GMT

On InSilicoTrials Youtube Channel you can find an interesting series of interviews with the main researchers and protagonists of the in silico community.

Simcardiotest workshop on verification & validation of in-silico models a european effort: ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:26:36 GMT

The workshop took place on 8 February 2022 and was a success: more than one hundred attendees and many interesting ideas from the speakers.

Early career group leader in computational and theoretical biology at francis crick institute

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:09:53 GMT

The Crick Institute is currently recruiting specifically for early-career group leaders working in “Computational and theoretical biology”. Building a strong base in this area, which has been weakened by recent GL departures, is important for the Cricks interdisciplinary research agenda. The positions come with a very attractive core-funded research package.

The avicenna alliance days 2022 attracted 250 people

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 16:37:48 GMT

Delegates from regulatory authorities, leading academic organizations and innovative companies converged to the Avicenna Alliance 2022 Days to review progress and plan the journey ahead of us towards in silico medicine.

Get to know the vphi students committee members: mojtaba barzegari

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 16:54:54 GMT

With this series of interviews, we want to help VPHi's members get to know one another and involve more and more students in this group, contributing significantly to the Institute's life and the in silico community!

Parliament adopts a proposal for the creation of a special committee on covid-19

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:24:27 GMT

During the European Parliament’s Plenary session in Strasbourg, the Parliament adopted a proposal for the creation of a Special Committee on “COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future”.

Ema launches real-world evidence initiative "darwin eu"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:31:59 GMT

Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network (DARWIN) will provide timely and reliable evidence on the use, safety and effectiveness of medicines for human use, including vaccines, from real world healthcare databases across the European Union (EU).

European innovation council 2022 work programme – first calls published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:57:37 GMT

On 1 March 2022 the Commission opened funding opportunities worth over €1.7 billion under the European Innovation Council (EIC).

In the literature: march highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:18:03 GMT

Click here to read some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will include it in this section of the newsletter!

Insilicouk network survey #2- estimating the first areas of impact of in silico trials and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:47:52 GMT

In its second survey, InSilicoUK wants to understand which therapeutic areas and technologies will see the biggest impact of in silico trials and sizing its potential economic impact

New ebook on "multiscale modeling to tackle the complexity of load-bearing organ and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:34:07 GMT

This new ebook published by Frontiers and edited by Jerome Noailly at all, collects 19 papers from worldwide specialists in the simulation of biomechanics- and mechanobiology-related mechanisms involved in tissue homeostasis regulation and/or in the pathophysiology of specific disorders.

Escience center - lorentz competition on digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:28:26 GMT

The Netherlands eScience Center and the Lorentz Center are looking for researchers who want to join the eScience Center - Lorentz Competition 2022 to organize a workshop in the second half of 2023.

Received 3 bids for the vph2024 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:11:45 GMT

The call for bids for the organisation of the VPH2024 conference closed on 28 Feb 2022. 3 strong proposals have been submitted and will now be evaluated by the board of directors of the VPH institute.

Vacancy: in silico regulatory scientist

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:17:21 GMT

Voice Consulting Life Sciences (VCLS) is looking for a Regulatory Scientist specialised in in silico to join their French team in Boulogne, Paris

Data act & amended rules on the legal protection of databases

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:47:47 GMT

The European Commission has published its Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data, also known as the “Data Act”, on which stakeholders can provide short feedback until 14 May.

Commission seeks candidates for the european research council’s (erc) scientific council

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:56:27 GMT

Interested candidates can submit their application through until 6 May.

Chemicals legislation – revision of reach regulation to help achieve a toxic-free environment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:25:54 GMT

The European Commission has opened a feedback period on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation (440/2008), which lists the approved methods for testing chemicals. The goal of updating this act is to reduce the amount of animal testing for chemicals.

Get to know the vphi students committee members: christian spieker

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:57:16 GMT

Nice talks: "the evidence standards framework for digital health technologies"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:04:51 GMT

NICE Talks is the podcast from UK's National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The podcast brings the stories behind NICE's work to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services through evidence-based guidance.

Vphi submits feedback to the fda on the draft guidance document

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:55:20 GMT

In collaboration with the In Silico World (ISW) and SIMCor consortia, the VPH Institute has provided feedback to FDA on the draft guidance for Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling and Simulation in Medical Device Submissions.

"exascale for biomedical smes" webinar series

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:14:31 GMT

In May 2022, the CompBioMed Centre of Excellence will start its new webinar series on "Exascale for biomedical SMEs" organized with the endorsement of the VPH Institute and Avicenna Alliance.

In the literature: april highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:41:16 GMT

Eu artificial intelligence act

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:08:46 GMT

On Friday 21 April 2022 the European Parliament and Council published an explanatory memorandum accompanying the proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act).

Call for papers for a special collection on advances on in silico trials of medical products: ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:14:09 GMT

This is a running collection with no formal deadline, but initial submissions are encouraged by August 1st 2022

2022 best vphi student award

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 May 2022 13:38:33 GMT

Application deadline 20 July 2022

European health data space proposal published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 May 2022 16:51:59 GMT

On 3rd May 2022, the European Commission launched the proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space (“EHDS”), one of the central building blocks of a strong European Health Union.

Artificial intelligence in a digital age report adopted in plenary

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:05:54 GMT

The Parliament’s Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) adopted a report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) which emphasised that the digital transition in the EU must be human-centric and compatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.

In silico psycho-oncology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 May 2022 16:00:36 GMT

Predicting resilience and effective adaptation to breast cancer to help women to BOUNCE Back (Project BOUNCE): the role of VPHi members.

Insist final videos on project outcomes

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 May 2022 16:48:20 GMT

The In Silico Clinical Trials for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke (INSIST) project has come to the end. For its final meeting (April 7-8 2022 in Amsterdam) a set of videos were recorded to highlight the work done during the project.

In the literature: may highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 May 2022 13:44:08 GMT

Special issue of the vph2020 conference: “virtual physiological human: when models, methods ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 May 2022 14:08:50 GMT

This special issue, edited by Irene E. Vignon-Clementel et al, was published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.

Get to know the vphi students committee members: robyn may

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:13:35 GMT

Our vphi executive director, prof liesbet geris, wins one of five astrazeneca awards 2021

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:32:25 GMT

The award is given for her research into the development of new in silico strategies, using numerical models, in the field of tissue engineering. Sincere congratulations from the in silico community!

2023 stakeholders' targeted consultation on eu4health priorities, strategic orientations and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:45:36 GMT

The European Commission launched a 6-week targeted consultation on the priorities, strategic orientations and needs for the 2023 EU4Health programme. Contribution deadline: 27 June 2022

"the role of in silico medicine in diabetes" a workshop by aifa in collaboration with vphi

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:43:15 GMT

The workshop has been held in Rome in AIFA headquarters and streamed online on YouTube

Vphi best poster award 2022 won by marie sklodowska-curie phd fellow sofia tseranidou

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:17:00 GMT

Every year during the VPH Summer School, one of our student members has the opportunity to get recognized for their research with the Best Poster award, just as PhD student Sofia Tseranidou has been awarded during the 2022 edition for her poster on “Nucleus pulposus cell network modelling in early intervertebral disc degeneration”.

European council ministers discuss european health data space proposal

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:25:49 GMT

On 14 June 2022, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council held a meeting to discuss the European Health Data Space proposal published on 3 May 2022.

Get to know the vphi students committee members: timothy weaving

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:01:41 GMT

Postdoctoral research associate in computational cardiovascular science at university of oxford

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:54:47 GMT

Application deadline 4 July 2022

In the literature: june highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:00:10 GMT

Biodeg: a finite element software for the simulation of the corrosion and biodegradation ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:18:52 GMT

The VPHi is very happy to announce that the computational model developed by our student committee member, Mojtaba Barzegari (KU Leuven), during his PhD is now a stand-alone software! Our congratulations!

The vph summer school closes its 6th edition with the quaes-upf roundtable "good practices ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:38:16 GMT

On 27 May 2022 in the afternoon, the 6th VPH Summer School hosted a Roundtable which gathered internationally renowned experts from the public and private sector, as well as, patients’ representatives, to discuss good practices and ethics in in silico medicine and e-Health

Oncngs pre-commercial procurement - european call for the future next generation sequencing ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:17:27 GMT

The oncNGS project will launch a new Call for Tender soon and organises a Suppliers Information Day on 29 June 2022

Mydigitaltwin: exploratory research report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:19:46 GMT

In 2020, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) funded, through its Exploratory Research programme, the project “MyDigitalTwin –Trusted Personal Digital Twins in a Transformed Society”.

European research and innovation days 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:25:21 GMT

European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

New exascale era for european supercomputing for health uses

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:31:06 GMT

0n 15 June 2022 the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) announced the selection of five new sites which will host the next generation of European supercomputers, including the first European exascale supercomputer, JUPITER. These new systems will power new applications in a wide range of areas, from designing medicines and new materials to fighting climate change.

Open call for the vphi board of directors

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:07:53 GMT

Are you interested to join the VPHi Board of Directors? Board members drive the Institute’s policy and define the annual activity plan. Have an active role in guiding the VPHi in 2023!

Who and i-dair signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at enhancing international research ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:41:41 GMT

On 6 July 2022 the World Health Organization and the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of promoting international research in digital health and artificial intelligence.

Ecr publishes an in-depth analysis of research projects funded under the horizon 2020

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:48:14 GMT

On 14 July 2022 a new in-depth analysis of all research projects funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme has been made public.

Ec publishes summary report on the use of animals for scientific purposes in 2019

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:55:56 GMT

On 17 July 2022 the European Commission published a summary report on the statistics on the use of animals for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union and Norway in 2019.

Erc announces its work programme for 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:58:48 GMT

The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the publication of its Work Programme for 2023.

Open postdoc position on causal data analysis of in-silico trials in the inria team epione

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:07:09 GMT

Application deadline 18 September 2022

Phd position at university of bologna to develop personalized digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:59:11 GMT

Application deadline 2 August 2022

Survey on ai in pediatric cancer

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:59:51 GMT

EU4CHILD, a project which aims to provide top-quality, evidence-based AI services to accelerate an early diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and care of children with cancer, has created a short survey to better understand the needs of their stakeholders.

Prof georgios stamatakos gets interviewed by the yuan on the globally acknowledged emergence of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:32:21 GMT

Our VPHi member, Prof Stamatakos, released an interview for the Chinese and International platform of the technology and industry community “THE YUAN” on the emergence and the shaping of in silico medicine and its current status.

Large-scale skills partnership for the digital ecosystem

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:09:36 GMT

On 18 July 2022, with the support of the Commission, EU associations, companies, organisations, trade unions, universities, training providers and national federations set up a new partnership for skills in the digital ecosystem.

In the literature: summer highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:00:20 GMT

Open postdoc position at university of liège

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:33:29 GMT

Starting date 1 October 2022

The vphi is hiring: come and join our technology, regulatory science and policy team!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:58:19 GMT

The VPH institute is looking for 2 motivated persons with a background in computer modeling and simulation, digital twins, artificial intelligence or health data to reinforce the team and help to build the ecosystem for digital twins in healthcare.

The vphi is hiring: come and join our communication team!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:01:38 GMT

The VPH institute is looking for 2 motivated persons (a social scientist and a science communicator) to reinforce the team and help to build the ecosystem for digital twins in healthcare.

Join the new vphi student committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:25:01 GMT

The call for participation for the new VPHi Young Scientists Committee (ex student committee) is now open! We are looking for motivated PhD students and postdocs up to 2 year after obtaining their PhD with interest in in silico medicine research willing to actively participate in the life of the community. Application deadline: 15 Nov 2022.

Help us by answering our online survey!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:57:09 GMT

We would like to hear from you to build a stronger community! Send us your opinion via the survey!

The vphi best student award 2022 goes to mojtaba barzegari from ku leuven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:40:36 GMT

During the plenary Award Ceremony on the last day of the VPH 2022 Conference, Mojtaba and the other three finalists presented their work to the entire assembly before the official announcement of the winner.

Vphi students meet their mentors at vph2022 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:33:02 GMT

The Student Committee organised a networking session in which students had the opportunity to interact with Senior members of the Community during VPH 2022 Conference.

In the literature: october highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:41:41 GMT

Jinkō the first collaborative clinical trial simulation platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:17:56 GMT

Using in silico trials based on mechanistic models, the jinkō platform predicts clinical outcomes before trials in human subjects.

Informal meeting of ministers of health (6-7 september)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:43:30 GMT

At the event, the Presidency of the Council, EU Health Ministers, high-level EU officials as well as representatives from Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland gathered to discuss a series of issues related to EU health policies. Particular emphasis has been put on oncology and the fight against cancer.

Bigdata heart project puts forward a framework to enhance the reliability and quality of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:49:23 GMT

The launch of this multi-stakeholder framework - The CODE-EHR Minimum Standards Framework - aims at improving clinical research using real-world data.

History of science: the birth of the digital twin in oncology and the development of the ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:12:31 GMT

Presentation of the 1st early digital twin in oncology and beyond at the US NCI - ICBP meeting in 2007 by Georgios Stamatakos from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

2022 vphi best thesis award goes to laura baumgartner from upf

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:49:03 GMT

Laura Baumgartner (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) won the VPHi Best Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine and presented her research work during the VPHi 2022 plenary Award Ceremony.

White paper: the role of artificial intelligence within in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:35:15 GMT

A range of authors across academia and industry, representing both the VPHi and the Avicenna Alliance, have produced a new white paper on potential of the use of computer modelling and simulation in healthcare, with a particular focus on the role of Artificial Intelligence, that is intended to stimulate policy making, regulatory thinking and research strategies in this exciting space.

Contribute to make in silico medicine a reality: join our working groups

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:35:22 GMT

Have an active role and collaborate with the key experts in in silico medicine to bring in silico medicine to the next level!

Eesc publishes an opinion on the european health data space

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:25:04 GMT

On 12 September 2022, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) published its draft opinion on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

Vph2022 conference workshops

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:56:39 GMT

As parallel activities just before and after the VPH2022 conference, 4 interesting workshops took place organised by members of our community.

Vph2022 - a very successful conference!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:59:19 GMT

After 4 years, the VPH Conference was held as a physical event in Porto (Portugal) from the 6th to the 9th of September.

Take your digital twin with you throughout your health journey: from dance performances to ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:25:38 GMT

During the opening ceremony of the VPH conference, a lecture-performance featured physiologically based dancing digital twins. This could lay the basis for a new patient-centric and preventive healthcare system.

The vph institute leads a european coordination and support action to build an ecosystem for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:56:17 GMT

On 11 October 2022, the online kick-off meeting of the EDITH (Ecosystem for Digital Twins in Healthcare) Coordination and Support Action (CSA) has marked a successful inception, distinguished by the strong commitment of all its partners. The CSA, led by the Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPH Institute), is granted funding of 5 million Euro by the European Commission (DG CNECT) under the Digital Europe Programme.

Open position for a science communicator to join the vphi communication team in bologna

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:05:40 GMT

Application deadline: ASAP

European commission unveils its 2023 work programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:52:07 GMT

On 18 October 2022, the Vice-president of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia) presented the European Commission Work Programme 2023, titled “A Union standing firm and united”, during the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg.

Draft topics for ihi calls 3 and 4 published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:47:23 GMT

The Innovative Health Initiative has published the draft texts of topics under consideration for inclusion in the next calls for proposals.

Commission launches horizon europe strategic planning process 2025-2027

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:01:17 GMT

Horizon Europe’s Strategic Planning is a tool which will guide the work programmes and topics for the programme in the coming years. Like its predecessor, the Strategic Plan 2025-2027 will be co-designed with citizens and stakeholders.

Ema pilot offers enhanced support to academic and non-profit developers of advanced therapy ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:15:02 GMT

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced the launch of a pilot to support the development of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).

Isi health kick off event

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:52:19 GMT

On 6 October 2022 iSi Health, the KU Leuven Institute of Physics-based Modeling for in silico Health, had its inaugural kick off event for the 2022-2023 Academic Year.

Asme v&v 40: assessing credibility of computational models through verification and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:37:27 GMT

A training session on ASME V&V 40 took place as post- conference event at the VPH2022 conference in Porto. You can now download the full presentation.

Focus group organized by the vph institute as part of rri strategy for the in silico world project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:03:04 GMT

The meeting has been held in Bologna on the 8 November 2022 with the participation of medical doctors, in silico trials researchers, ethical and legal experts, patients, and industry representatives.

"toward a regulatory pathway for the use of in silico trials in the ce marking of medical ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:58:36 GMT

The position paper has been published on the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics and obtained the front cover.

Phd position on "computational risk stratification of thrombus formation and lysis in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:32:50 GMT

Application deadline: 13 January 2023

Czech presidency held the conference “eu secure and innovative digital future

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:40:29 GMT

The Conference - “EU Secure and Innovative Digital Future”, held by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU on 3-4 November 2022.

Cpme puts forward its position on the eu pharma legislation revision

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:47:35 GMT

On 22 November 2022, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) has published its position on the revision of the EU general pharmaceutical legislation, urging the EU to restore the balance of the pharmaceutical sector in the interest of patients.

European institutions communicate their perspectives on ai in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:55:17 GMT

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence under the European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel has published a podcast on AI in healthcare.

Conference on pharmaceuticals impact on the environment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:03:33 GMT

On 8 November 2022 a conference was held at the European Parliament on “Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Current Challenges and Tomorrow's Solutions to Protect Wildlife”.

In the literature: november highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:09:44 GMT

Successes and opportunities in modeling & simulation at fda

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:23:11 GMT

In November 2022, the Modeling & Simulation Working Group of the FDA released a report of great importance for the in silico medicine community!

Remedi4all: an eu-funded research initiative to promote the repurposing of medicines in europe

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:49:48 GMT

The platform has the potential to bring down times and costs of drug development by focusing on already approved, discontinued, shelved or investigational therapeutics.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - november 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:59:09 GMT

A number of research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month, find a list in this page.

Le monde publishes an article on in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:23:58 GMT

On 29 November 2022, an article was released presenting in laymen terms what in silico medicine is and what its possible applications are.

Edith partners meet in leuven, belgium, to define the vision of the project

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:40:57 GMT

The first high-level partner meeting of the EDITH-CSA (European Virtual Human Twin in Healthcare - Coordination and Support Action) Consortium took place in Leuven, Belgium on 29-30 November 2022.

Understanding ai webinar series

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:51:44 GMT

Building on their rich work in digital health, EPF began engaging at different levels on Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, from policy to capacity building in 2020.

Ai for health summit 2022: vph institute invited to discuss benefits and challenges of virtual ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:43:25 GMT

The 5th edition of the summit was held in Paris on 16 November 2022 and counted more than 78 sessions on innovation in healthcare.

Innovaheart: a joint european workshop on the digital heart

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:42:43 GMT

For the first time, five EU funded projects - SimCardioTest, SIMCor, SimInSitu, the CSA EDITH and the EIT Health project inEurHeart- join their forces to bring together the different actors of the in-silico cardiovascular ecosystem at a one-day workshop in Bordeaux on 22 March 2023.

Who are the most influential meps in health policies? the mep influence index 2022 answers this ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:05:42 GMT

EUMATRIX, an EU focused think tank recently published the MEP INFLUENCE INDEX 2022.

The ec publishes the new eu global health strategy

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:30:35 GMT

On 30 November 2022, the European Commission presented a new EU Global Health Strategy.

Stakeholders express their positions on the european health data space

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:50:07 GMT

The Standing Committee of European Doctors, the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations published their positions on the Commission’s European Health Data Space.

European parliament to split health portfolio from the envi committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:55:46 GMT

A consensus is being reached in the European Parliament on splitting the health portfolio from the ENVI Committee and creating a separate subcommittee solely dedicated to it while extending the COVI Committee’s mandate by six months.

New vphi young scientists committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:38:18 GMT

The call for new members closed in November and we are now thrilled to announce the formation of the new VPHi Young Scientists Committee!

Esb best doctoral thesis in biomechanics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:45:57 GMT

Eligible candidates are those who have defended their PhD in the period 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022.

Call for 2023 vphi best thesis award in in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:22:34 GMT

Application deadline 31 March 2023 - for theses defended between 1/1/2022 and 31/12/2022

Biomodels “model of the year” competition 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:33:46 GMT

BioModels has launched a new competition for early career researchers, to recognize emerging leaders in systems biology modelling, identify exciting modelling research and promote reproducibility and good modelling practice.

Solutions based on artificial intelligence (ai) to support the diabetic retinopathy process in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:51:17 GMT

The Integral Health System of Public Use of Catalonia (SISCAT) is running an open market consultation aimed to capture the availability on the market, or the possibilities that the market can develop, of solutions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the process of Diabetic Retinopathy, integrated and interoperable in the field of primary care.

‘in silico medicine’ literature

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:14:09 GMT

The Avicenna Alliance releases a Glossary of Terms for Computer Modeling and Simulation

The vphi has established a working group for clinical community engagement

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:33:57 GMT

This new working group aims to increase the level of adoption and trust in the in silico medicine technologies by their primary users: clinicians and healthcare professionals.

In the literature: december highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:49:08 GMT

Phd and postdoc opportunities - december 2022

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:21:18 GMT

A number of research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month, find a list in this page.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - january 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 14:04:52 GMT

A number of research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month, find a list in this page.

In silico medicine’s landmark developments

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:46:00 GMT

Our VPHi member and Research Professor Georgios Stamatakos contributed to the tech community platform “THE YUAN” with a news on in silico medicine’s landmark developments.

European commission endorses horizon europe work programmes 2023-2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:13:09 GMT

The European Commission has recently adopted its Horizon Europe work programme 2023-2024.

2022: another busy year!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:26:30 GMT

in silico medicine is really gaining momentum and the VPH Institute with it. A lot has happened over the past year, let's have a look at it!

Modeling for advancing regulatory science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:34:03 GMT

The Journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society has just released a special issue on Modeling for Advancing Regulatory Science.

Who member states agree to develop legally binding pandemic accord in early 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:57:34 GMT

The Member States of the World Health Organization recently agreed to develop the first draft of a legally binding agreement designed to protect the world from future pandemics.

Vphi vacancy: scientific officer for in silico medicine and digital health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:38:49 GMT

New eu research project realm kicks off its activities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:35:39 GMT

On the 19th-20th January 2023, the Kick-off meeting of the interdisciplinary consortium of the European research project REALM, took place in Maastricht. The consortium is led by Professor Michel Dumontier from Maastricht University and is composed of 13 European partners, including the VPHi, and two associated partners.

Edith high-level partners meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:54:13 GMT

The high-level partners meeting has been held in Leuven, Belgium, on 30-31 January 2023

Phd and postdoc opportunities - february 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:41:44 GMT

New research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month with deadlines late February-mid March

Landscape report & industry survey on the use of computational modeling & simulation in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:15:30 GMT

A new report from MDIC's Computational Modeling and Simulation (CM&S) initiative discusses the potential of CM&S to reduce product development costs, accelerate time to market, and better serve patients with safe and effective medical devices.

Regulatory science accelerator

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:32:38 GMT

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, in collaboration with FDA, is hosting a series of virtual working meetings on topics in regulatory science. Would you like to get involved? Start by filling up the open questionnaire!

Smart4policy – reflect about your work on policy!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:47:01 GMT

Smart4Policy is an online self-reflection tool. Its purpose is to help policymakers and researchers working in science-for-policy reflect on their level of competence in various fields.

Join the new working group on in silico applications

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:28:48 GMT

This Avicenna Alliance working group aims to deploy in silico methods downstream and design comprehensive solutions (process, access to research, software, hardware, humanware, possibly services) to allow any organization to time and cost effectively adopt and deploy in silico methods all along the development, registration and life cycle of the products.

In the literature: february highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:37:41 GMT

Artificial intelligence and pulmonary hypertension explained

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:00:44 GMT

This video interview, produced by PHA UK, put questions from their members to Dr Andy Swift, Insigneo research theme director for healthcare data/AI and Cardiothoracic Radiologist working with the Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit.

Time to renew your vphi membership for 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:08:28 GMT

The VPH Institute invites all its members to renew their membership to be able to contribute and get advantage of the number of activities VPHi is involved on!

Charles ledoux phd candidate at institute for biomechanics - eth zurich wins the survey illustration

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:09:35 GMT

Among the 100 people that contributed to the online survey recently run by the VPH institute, Charles Ledoux has been awarded with an illustration to promote his research topic!

Rossana alessandrello (aquas) is appointed coordinator of the value based procurement subcommittee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:52:04 GMT

The VPHi would like to congratulate our board member, Rossana Alessandrello, for this important achievement!

Upcoming eu calls on tools and technologies for a healthy society

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:02:20 GMT

April 13, 2023 is the deadline for several calls for collaborative projects in the Horizon Europe Health track (TOOLS-05).

Phd and postdoc opportunities - march 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:35:07 GMT

New research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month with deadlines late March-mid April

Digital innovation in cardiovascular medicine: a multi-stakeholder business

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:41:12 GMT

The article authored by the VPH institute in collaboration with the SimCardioTest project has been published on The Project Repository Journal,

3rd disc4all winter school was held in athens, greece

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:28:03 GMT

From 20 to 24 February, under the coordination of Prof. Jérôme Noailly, the PhD candidates presented their scientific results.

Personalising future treatments for osteoarthritis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:44:26 GMT

A study by UPF’s BCN MedTech defines a new model for identifying the causes of osteoarthritis in each patient, the basis for personalising future treatments.

The swedish presidency of the council of the eu publishes its priorities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:20:53 GMT

The Swedish Presidency, which started its term in January 2023, has published the priorities for the ongoing semester.

The european commission launches a database of cancer images to help train ai

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:27:39 GMT

The European Commission launched the European Cancer Imaging Initiative, a new database for cancer images to help train artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer.

The european parliament’s envi and libe committees’ draft report on the ehds

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:32:56 GMT

The report, co-drafted by the ENVI rapporteur, Tomislav Sokol (EPP – Croatia), and LIBE rapporteur Annalisa Tardino (ID – Italy), emphasises several key topics within the EHDS, such as funding and the make-up of the EHDS board.

Insilico medicine brings ai-powered "chatpandagpt" to its target discovery platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:43:00 GMT

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery company, has integrated advanced AI chat functionality based on recent advances in large language models into its PandaOmics platform.

Refinement prize 2023: call for submissions

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:36:17 GMT

The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) has announced its 2023 Refinement Prize. Application deadline: 18 September 2023

Non-animal methods in science and regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:09:40 GMT

The 2022 EURL ECVAM Status Report describes research, dissemination and promotion activities undertaken by the Joint Research Centre’s EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) to further the uptake and use of non-animal methods and approaches in science and regulation.

Secret international competition in cardiac modelling

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:54:15 GMT

This competition on inference in complex physiological models is organised as part of the SofTMech Statistical Emulation and Translation Hub.

Innovaheart - the joint european workshop on the digital heart

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:14:43 GMT

For the first time, five EU-funded projects - SimCardioTest, SIMCor, SimInSitu, the CSA EDITH and the EIT Health project inEurHeart - joint their forces to bring together the different actors of the in silico cardiovascular ecosystem at the one-day InnovaHeart workshop

In the literature: march 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:42:20 GMT

Phd and postdoc opportunities - april 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:46:05 GMT

New research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month with deadlines late April-mid May

Centre for doctoral training in digital twins for healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:06:54 GMT

The centre welcomes the definition of projects with industrial co-supervision and co-funding arrangements

In the literature: april 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:10:31 GMT

The potential of in silico approaches to streamline drug development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:41:19 GMT

This position paper highlights the potential of in silico medicine, using computational modelling and simulation to aid drug discovery, development, and delivery. It calls for adaptation of in silico technology to be a standard practice to complement in vivo and in vitro approaches in healthcare through a collaborative ecosystem of stakeholders.

Survey: the future of simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:49:06 GMT

Where is engineering simulation heading? Is it being adopted as much as it should be? If not, what’s the hold-up? Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning having an impact on the R&D process?

3d heart modelling research offers non-invasive diagnosis and treatment options for aortic stenosis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:53:04 GMT

The 3D printing of intricate anatomical structures has become increasingly sophisticated in line with advances in imaging technology, with the use of printed phantoms facilitating the more detailed manipulation of a simulated valve’s anatomy and control of blood flow behaviour.

Two open rank professor positions in technology and research related to next generation ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:08:44 GMT

Application deadline ASAP

Virtual you: fighting the next pandemic with digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:11:05 GMT

The emerging technology of digital twins is explored in 'Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life', the third book by Science Museum Science Director Roger Highfield and Professor Peter Coveney of University College London. In this panel discussion, the authors were joined by experts working at the frontiers of this new science.

What do clinicians think about the virtual human twin?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:11:45 GMT

The future of medicine is virtual, or better, there will be more and more virtual technologies in the future of medicine, but what do clinicians think about the Virtual Human Twin?

Dynamic resilience $60m program

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:26:51 GMT

Wellcome Leap's Dynamic Resilience program, jointly funded with Temasek Trust, seeks breakthroughs that will enable more resilience as we age.

European commission adopts digital europe work programme for 2023/2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:54:44 GMT

The Commission has adopted two multiannual work programmes for the Digital Europe Programme, outlining the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €1.284 billion in funding, out of which €553 million is available in 2023.

Envi/libe draft report on ehds under discussion

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:01:47 GMT

Work is currently ongoing in EP Committees ENVI and LIBE on a joint report on the European Health Data Space

Edith public discussion meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:27:07 GMT

The EDITH consortium published a first draft of the vision for the Virtual Human Twin. Join us for one of the upcoming discussion meetings to learn more and give your input.

Workshop on responsible research & innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:12:28 GMT

On 19 April 2023 in occasion of the ISW General Assembly, the Life Sciences and Society Lab (KU Leuven) and the Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPHi) organized a workshop on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)

What do clinicians think about the virtual twin?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 May 2023 16:12:05 GMT

The future of medicine is virtual, or better, there will be more and more virtual technologies in the future of medicine, but what do clinicians think about the Virtual Human Twin? The international non-profit organisation Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPHi) asked this and other questions to clinicians from all over the World to take a snapshot from the point of view of who will apply such cutting-edge technologies.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - may 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:09:25 GMT

New research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month with deadlines mid June

Good simulation practices (gsp) book open for final revision

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 08 May 2023 13:51:10 GMT

The document is open for revision until the 22nd of May.

In the literature: may 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 16 May 2023 10:46:59 GMT

Disc4all at the cmbbe symposium 2023 and at the spine week 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 May 2023 08:52:49 GMT

Disc4All, BCN MedTech and UPF delegates participated in two great events during the first week of May 2023

Edith deep thinkers meeting: stepping stone for future goals!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 May 2023 14:00:46 GMT

The two-day (16-17th May) meeting was held at the Pi Campus in Rome, Italy

Jrc-ispra is looking for a project officer on modelling and simulation in biomedical science ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 May 2023 16:44:25 GMT

Application deadline: 16/06/2023

Computer modeling & simulation: investigation about the knowledge, the applications, and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:54:37 GMT

Clinicians all over the World expressed trust and agreed in considering the use of Computer Modeling & Simulation accurate enough for clinical applications, but there's still a long way to go for the practical employment of in silico medicine in the clinical practice

Preliminary market consultation for a virtual human twin models platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:08:18 GMT

The European Commission has launched a preliminary market consultation in the context of the upcoming procurement delivering a platform for advanced virtual human twin models integration and validation under the DIGITAL Work programme 2023-24. Deadline: 02 June 2023

A book on good simulation practices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:16:25 GMT

In the last two years, a group of 144 experts from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies from all over the world condensed their expertise into a book entitled: “Toward good simulation practice: best practices for the use of computational modelling & simulation in the regulatory process of biomedical products”.

Second release of the avicenna glossary of terms for computer modelling & simulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 May 2023 14:43:50 GMT

This Glossary is a second release with an extended list of definitions; more concepts will be defined and existing definitions may be adjusted in future updates/releases of this document.

Commission launches implementation of european regional innovation valleys

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 May 2023 15:00:56 GMT

The Commission launched a call for expression of interest for Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs) which will remain open until 18 September 2023 and aims at identifying local challenges and needs in various innovation domains.

Horizon europe: funding opportunities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:35:41 GMT

Two calls for funding of relevance for the in silico medicine community are currently open under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme

Preliminary market consultation for a virtual human twin models platform

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:50:41 GMT

The European Commission launches a preliminary market consultation in the context of the upcoming procurement delivering a platform for advanced virtual human twin models integration and validation under the DIGITAL Work programme 2023-24.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - june 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:37:25 GMT

New research positions in the field of in silico medicine opened in the last month with deadlines end June - mid July

Anna corti is the winner of the vphi best thesis award 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:37:59 GMT

The evaluating committee was unanimous in awarding the prize to Dr Anna Corti, now postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Milano.

Andrea nuesch won the vphi best poster award during the 7th vphi summer school in barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:52:37 GMT

Andrea presented her poster on "The presence of Gram positive bacteria within intervertebral disc tissue and their potential influence"

In the literature: june 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:02:42 GMT

Eu ai act: first regulation on artificial intelligence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:32:49 GMT

The use of artificial intelligence in the EU will be regulated by the AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law.

Focus group on in-silico medicine by simcor

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:40:11 GMT

The SIMCor consortium held the first of its focus groups on in silico medicine, an event hosted by the University College London (UCL) at the Zayed Centre for Research of its affiliated Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Judgment of the general court on the distinction between pseudonymised and anonymised data

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:20:31 GMT

On 26 April 2023, the General Court of the European Union (EGC) issued its judgment in case T-557/20 (judgment of 26 April 2023, SRB v EDPS, T-557/20, EU:T:2023:219) and at the same time made a statement about the distinction between pseudonymised data and anonymous data.

Ihi announces new calls (4&5) for funding

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:38:13 GMT

The Innovative Health Initiative has just published the draft topics for the next calls for proposal, calls 4 and 5.

Collaborate with the key experts in the field to bring in silico medicine to the next level!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:01:45 GMT

The number of working groups and related task forces that we run in collaboration with the Avicenna Alliance is growing every day! All VPHi members can contribute to these important activities. Check them out!

Fda releases two papers to spur conversation about ai and machine learning in drug development ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:53:30 GMT

These papers aim to boost a discussion with interested parties in the medical products development community on using AI/ML in drug and biologic development, and the development of medical devices to use with these treatments.

The first draft of the virtual human twin (vht) roadmap is open for public consultation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:31:23 GMT

Are you interested in the new frontier of health technology and in broadening your knowledge on the Virtual Human Twin (VHT) state-of-the-art? Look no further. The preliminary version of the VHT Roadmap is now available for public consultation!

Webinar initiative biomeca2023 promotion of cm&s for medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:42:16 GMT

On 13 June 20233, the Avicenna Alliance, together with its partner NAFEMS and MICADO, co-hosted the first meeting of the “Etats Généraux du in silico» to assess the situation of in silico adoption in France.

The avicenna alliance publishes a snapshot of the current practices and perceptions of public ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:53:55 GMT

A survey was recently run by the AA PPI task force to identify the current PPI practices and perceptions and to raise awareness on the topic.

In silico medicine as a radical health solution

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:17:02 GMT

The Radical Health Festival took place from June 14 to 17 in Helsinki, Finland. The festival brought together all major digital health stakeholders, from policy makers, payers and providers to tech developers, life sciences researchers and patient groups to revolutionise modern healthcare and make it sustainable once again.

Vphi awarded two prizes and a free registration for fimh 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:54:47 GMT

As sponsor of the 2023 International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, the Institute had the opportunity to sponsor two prizes for the best oral and poster presentations, and also to award one of its members with a free registration.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - summer 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:35:35 GMT

Positions and calls with deadlines at the end of August or beginning of September

In the literature: summer 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:47:41 GMT

Multiscale computational modeling offers key to understanding molecular logic underpinning ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:18:30 GMT

Biotechniques released an interview with our member Himanshu Kaul about his recent work achievements.

Combatting the deepfake phenomenon: european commission calls for ai content labeling

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:43:36 GMT

During a press conference held on 5 June, Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Values and Transparency, announced her intention to introduce a label that would allow users to easily and rapidly recognise content created through the use of artificial intelligence.

Long awaited commission’s proposal for a revision of the pharma package sees the light

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:34:53 GMT

On 26 April 2023 the European Commission released the EU’s general pharmaceutical legislation.

Chatgpt's responses to people's healthcare-related queries are nearly indistinguishable from ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:51:24 GMT

A new study from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Grossman School of Medicine reveals that chatbots can be effective allies to healthcare providers' communications with patients.

World economic forum's 14th amnc23: what needs to happen for ai to improve healthcare?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:07:45 GMT

The World Economic Forum's 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions took place from 27-29 June and had a full session dedicated to "Healthcare Systems of Tomorrow"

Ema reflection paper on the use of artificial intelligence in the lifecycle of medicines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:13:10 GMT

EMA has published a draft reflection paper outlining the current thinking on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to support the safe and effective development, regulation and use of human and veterinary medicines.

Predict the risk of spine operation before the intervention is now possible!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:49:49 GMT

Thanks to a UPF study with Hospital del Mar and Vall d’Hebron University Hospital it is now possibile to better predict the risk of a spine operation in advance.

The first draft of the virtual human twin roadmap has been published

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:45:37 GMT

On July 31st the EDITH consortium published the first draft of the VHT roadmap. The roadmap is the result of the work done by the consortium with expert input from a wide range of stakeholders, as well as input received during the public consultation phase from individuals and organisations across the entire ecosystem.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - september 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:04:44 GMT

PhD and post-doc positions with deadlines in late September/early October

In the literature: september 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:25:19 GMT

Metastra: new eu-funded project starts to revolutionise fracture risk assessment for cancer ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:41:58 GMT

The METASTRA project, a cutting-edge EU-funded initiative, has commenced its mission to transform the way clinicians assess fracture risk in cancer patients with vertebral metastases. The ambitious project aims to develop innovative reliable computational models and improved patient stratification techniques to provide personalised treatment recommendations.

Commission acts to accelerate phasing out of animal testing in response to a european citizens' ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:49:42 GMT

On 25 July 2023 the EC responded to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) titled 'Save Cruelty-free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe without Animal Testing.'

Spain’s presidency programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:00:18 GMT

The Spain’s presidency of the European Council has started in July and will last until December this year. This new presidency brings new focus points in terms of policy and in particular it places an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) and its regulatory development.

Isi health interuniversity workshop on in silico health | 20-21 september 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:08:03 GMT

In the rapidly evolving landscape of health research, a 2-day interuniversity workshop on in silico medicine took place in Leuven (Belgium) on 20 to 21 Sept 2023

Are you interested to join the vphi board of directors?

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:40:29 GMT

The call is now open: play an active role to make in silico medicine a reality!

Successful application of ai for the treatment of infant seizure

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:25:24 GMT

Researchers at Stanford University have employed deep learning to advance treatment of infants seizures, providing another in silico medicine success story.

Call for papers: new research topic and special issue of frontiers in physiology - ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:12:03 GMT

A call for papers is now open to contribute to the special issue of Frontiers in Physiology entitled: "Multiscale cancer modeling, in silico oncology, in silico psycho-oncology and digital (virtual) twins in the cancer domain"

Public & patient involvement for in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:40:38 GMT

The Avicenna Public & Patient Involvement (PPI) task force presents their first position paper with focus on assessing the status quo and proposing an action plan for establishing PPI within in silico medicine.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - october/november 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:14:30 GMT

PhD and post-doc positions with deadlines in October/November

In brazil to advocate in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:15:13 GMT

On October 4th 2023, representatives of the Avicenna Alliance and the VPH Institute landed in Brazil to create awareness around the value of digital evidence and in silico simulations in regulatory processes, and showcase in silico models developed by Brazilian universities establishing vital collaborations to propel the field of in silico.

Timo wolken’s draft report on the pharmaceutical regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:27:14 GMT

On 4 October 2023, the draft report of Tiemo Wölken (S&D, DE) on the regulation was published. The Rapporteur welcomes the long-awaited proposals for the pharmaceutical Regulation and Directive, recognising them as pivotal elements of the European Health Union.

Iraise and itaca sabien wins the amparo poch 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:16:57 GMT

On 5 October 2023, iRaise, an international Education Programme co-led by Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS) and ITACA SABIEN (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) received the award Amparo Poch 2023 “BEST PUBLIC PROCUREMENT INITIATIVE FOR INNOVATION IN HEALTH”

In the literature: october 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:44:25 GMT

Virtual reality in healthcare- a success story

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:39:56 GMT

The entertainment industry popularised Virtual and Augmented Reality, but now, they're providing a valuable contribution to healthcare, from university classrooms to the operating theatre. In this mini-revew, you'll find notable examples of the application of Virtual and Augmented Reality in different contexts.

Vphi clinical survey 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:21:42 GMT

In 2021, the Virtual Physiological Human Institute conducted a clinical survey among clinicians to collect feedback regarding their knowledge, experience, and opinions about CM&S in the clinical practice. Now VPHi is realising a second and much larger survey aiming at involving doctors worldwide.

Meeting of the belgian ecosystem on digital twins in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:19:00 GMT

DigitalTwin4Health.BE, the first meeting of the Belgian ecosystem on digital twins, has been held in Leuven (Belgium) on 29th September 2023. The session was supported by BO SA – The Belgium Federal agency on Policy and Support.

Data sharing under ehds: efpia's stakeholder discussion

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:40:50 GMT

On 6 Sept 2023 a meeting organized by EFPIA took place, which brought together a diverse group of stakeholders and influential political figures, including MEP Tomislav Sokol, the co-rapporteur for the proposed European Health Data Space (EHDS).

Recommendation on critical technology areas

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:46:19 GMT

On 3 Oct 2023 the European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on critical technology areas to assess risks to the EU's economic security.

Dublin’s commitment to the ehds

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:51:15 GMT

As the European Commission’s proposal for a European Health Data Space (EHDS) is still being negotiated, Ireland’s relevant preparations are already underway – with Dublin having made it clear that “sustainable investment” will be needed. The Irish government has officially stated that they are in close contact with their EU colleagues during the legislative process.

Forum on precision immunology: immune digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:04:55 GMT

During this 2-day event participants discussed opportunities and obstacles in the development and use of immune digital twins in medicine.

Health of the future: innovation at the center of the italian national recovery and resilience plan

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:21:14 GMT

On 26 October 2023, a conference organized by the D³4HEALTH Foundation, of which La Sapienza University (Rome) is the Hub, took place at the Museum of Classical Art in Sapienza.

Meet the vphi young scientists committee: domitille princelle

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:14:24 GMT

The VPHi Young Scientists Committee is a group of active VPHi student members promoting career development, highlighting excellence and favouring interactions, collaborations, mentoring and mobility.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - december 2023

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:25:32 GMT

Open positions with deadlines in December

Machine learning approach allows for tumour classification during neurosurgery

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:38:04 GMT

Meet Sturgeon, a neural network classifier which is able to provide a classification for Central Nervous System Tumours during the surgery itself, providing fundamental information for the surgeon on how to proceed.

Survey - computational modeling and simulation in healthcare: regulatory approval and clinical ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:15:43 GMT

This Avicenna Alliance survey aims to collect experience of using and developing in silico clinical application and/or submitting in silico evidence to regulatory authorities or conformity assessment bodies.

Commission opens calls to invest €42 million in digital skills

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:33:36 GMT

The European Commission opened a new set of calls for proposals under the 2023-2024 Work Programmes of the Digital Europe Programme with a focus on advanced digital skills.

The innovative health initiative (ihi): current and future call topics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:47:48 GMT

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), a public-private partnership between the European Union and the European life science industries, published information on future calls ahead of publication expected at the beginning of 2024.

Insilicotrials awarded 2023 innovation radar prize

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:09:33 GMT

Our project partner, InSilicoTrials, has been awarded with the 2023 Innovation Radar Prize Established by the European Commission in AI and Smart Devices Category.

How digital twins may enable personalised health treatment

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:37:09 GMT

The Guardian recently published an article highlighting the key role digital twins are playing to make medicine genuinely personalised!

In the literature: november 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:52:16 GMT

Are you writing a proposal for an in silico medicine project? get us involved!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:53:37 GMT

Currently, there are a number of open calls for funding of interest for our community and a few more will open up soon. If you are looking for a partner within the in silico community with dissemination and stakeholder engagement expertise, don't hesitate to contact us!

Vphi attends the 21st national day on biomedical engineering

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:03:45 GMT

The 21st National Day on Biomedical Engineering took place at VUB - Belgium on 17 November 2023, hosted by The National Committee of Biomedical Engineering. Some of our members and collaborators contributed to the discussion on "Advancing Healthcare through DigitalTwins and Virtual Simulations"

Call for best vphi thesis award in in silico medicine 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:05:45 GMT

Application deadline 31 March 2024 - for theses defended between 1 Jan 2023 and 31 Dec 2023

Call for best vphi student award 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:38:07 GMT

Application deadline 31 July 2024

From aerospace engineering to our hearts

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:08:05 GMT

Surgeons from the Boston Children's Hospital Center collaborated with an engineering company to design a cardiac patch and plan surgery for an 18-year-old patient with a complex cardiac condition

We are joining the iec tc 62 & iso/tc 276/wg5 committees!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:52:18 GMT

Great news: we are about to set an important milestone on the concrete possibility of developing an IEC-ISO equivalent to the ASME VV-40, which could be harmonised in the CE marking system.

Navigating the ai act: balancing innovation and compliance

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:10:38 GMT

On 8 December 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). This regulation aims to be a step towards safeguarding fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law, and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, all while fostering research and innovation.

Ehds proposal: meps seal approval in strasbourg plenary vote

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:52:02 GMT

On 13 December 2023 during the Strasbourg plenary session, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) overwhelmingly voted in favor of the proposal for the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

In the literature: december 2023 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:18:20 GMT

Call for bids vph2026 conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:44:02 GMT

Interested organisations should submit their proposal by 15 March 2024.

The call for abstract for the vph2024 conference is now open!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:20:10 GMT

We are pleased to announce the call for submission of Abstracts for the upcoming VPH2024.

Biomodels “model of the year” competition 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:18:00 GMT

Meet the vphi young scientists committee: samuele gould

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:30:38 GMT

During his PhD on in silico biomechanics, Samuele worked on creating spine models that could allow surgeons to perform virtual spine surgeries to provide personalised treatments for their patients.

European virtual human twins initiative: official launch in barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:25:07 GMT

On December 21st, the Virtual Human Twin initiative of the European Commission was festively launched in Barcelona.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - january 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:10:26 GMT

Open positions with deadlines in February

Surgery meets the metaverse

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:21:54 GMT

What is the metaverse? In the 90s, it was a term familiar only to science fiction fans but, citing Bob Dylan, the times they are a-changing. Nowadays, metaverse is a buzzword and is entering the operating theatre strongly.

In the literature: january 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:02:42 GMT

Final guidance on assessing the credibility of computational models for medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:21:08 GMT

In early January the Center for Devices and Radiological Health held a webinar on the new Final Guidance document focused on credibility of computational models for medical devices.

Advancing the virtual human twin: insights from the first edith-csa ecosystem meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:08:13 GMT

The first EDITH-CSA 'Ecosystem meeting on building the Virtual Human Twin' was held at the École Polytechnique de Paris on January 18 and 19, 2024, with the aim of furthering the work on the VHT roadmap.

Commission launches ai innovation package to support artificial intelligence startups and smes

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:15:54 GMT

On 24 Jan 2024, the Commission launched a package of measures to support European startups and SMEs in the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules.

Results of the call "advanced digital skills" now available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:34:00 GMT

The Commission has published the evaluation results of the proposals submitted to the "Advanced Digital Skills" call under the Digital Europe Programme.

European data act enters into force, putting in place new rules for a fair and innovative data ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:42:16 GMT

The new rules define the rights to access and use data generated in the EU across all economic sectors and will make it easier to share data, in particular industrial data.

Nasem report on foundational research gaps and future directions for digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:56:10 GMT

New Report Urges Multiagency Action to Support Potentially Transformative Digital Twins Research

Code & cure: understanding in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:53:27 GMT

Code & Cure is a series of divulgation videos to spread the knowledge of in silico medicine towards a larger public with accessible animated videos spanning from models to real-world applications.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - february 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:00:59 GMT

PhD Position in Clinical Simulations for Brain Aneurysm TreatmentFaculty of Science - University of AmsterdamThe Computational Science Lab at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a PhD Research Position, centering on the development …

'toward good simulation practice’: the book!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:10:12 GMT

We are delighted to announce that our book “Toward Good Simulation Practice” is now FREELY available on line! This book marks a significant milestone in the field of in silico medicine, advocating for the strategic use of Computer Modelling and Similation (CM&S) as a regulatory decision support tool in the development of medical product.

In the literature: february 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:33:43 GMT

Commission presents new initiatives for digital infrastructures of tomorrow

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:17:04 GMT

The Commission has presented a set of possible actions to foster the innovation, security and resilience of digital infrastructures.

Gemini: an innovative new approach that will revolutionise how stroke patients are treated

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:42:06 GMT

GEMINI (A Generation of Multi-scale Digital Twins of Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Stroke Patients) was recently funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, grant number 101136438.

Meet the vphi young scientists committee: anna ramella

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:15:43 GMT

The VPHi Young Scientists Committee is a group of active VPHi student members promoting career development, highlighting excellence and favouring interactions, collaborations, mentoring and mobility. This series of interviews will reveal their …

Horizon europe program in the context of the eu and uk

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:33:04 GMT

During a press conference in London on 12 February 2024, both EU and UK officials actively encouraged scientists to engage with the Horizon Europe research program.

Imco and libe committees endorse artificial intelligence act

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:35:04 GMT

On 13 February 2024 the IMCO and LIBE Committees endorsed the AI Act text with an overwhelm-ing majority. The next step is for the European Parliament to adopt the text.

Ongoing trilogue discussions on the european health data space (ehds)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:37:49 GMT

On 31 January 2024 the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) published its considerations for the ongoing trilogue discussions on the EHDS. The document follows an outline of recommendations for multiple aspects such as Data sharing and Intellectual property & trade secrets.

A new era for tuberculosis vaccines is coming

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:50:03 GMT

Meet UISS-TB, a simulation framework to model the interaction between the immune system, the bacteria causing tuberculosis, and a vaccine

Disc4all winter school in leuven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:04:15 GMT

4th Disc4All Winter School was held from February 19th to 23rd 2024 at KU Leuven in Belgium, organised by InSilicoTrials Technologies.

Call for bids vph2026 conference - extended deadline

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:01:07 GMT

The new deadline for submitting your proposal for the upcoming conference is now the 22nd of March 2024. Don't miss the opportunity to host the most important conference on in silico medicine!

Phd and postdoc opportunities - march 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:22:55 GMT

Medical Data Scientist ProgrammeThe Heidelberg Faculty of MedicineAs part of the Career Development Programme, the central goal of the Medical Data Scientist Programme is to foster participating scientists’ development into group or laboratory …

Digital innovation for better cardiovascular care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:41:47 GMT

Meet AISER, a tool integrating Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulations and Extended Reality to provide recommendations to interventional cardiologists as well as a way to better inform and involve patients and their families

European health data space: council and parliament reach agreement!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:54:02 GMT

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on a new law making it easier to exchange and access health data at EU level. The agreement will now need to be endorsed by both the Council and the Parliament.

Horizon europe strategic plan 2025-2027 for research and innovation to underpin journey to a ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:20:58 GMT

On 20 March 2024, the Commission adopted the second strategic plan for Horizon Europe. The plan, announced at the flagship Research and Innovation Days, sets out three key strategic orientations for EU's research and innovation funding for the last three years of the programme.

Fda regulatory science tools catalogue

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:35:55 GMT

FDA-USA recently published an updated Regulatory Science Tool (RST) Catalog that will provide additional search capability as the catalog continues to grow.

In the literature: march 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:54:13 GMT

Discover the future of in silico medicine with in silico world!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:01:42 GMT

Learn how the In Silico World Project contributes to the advancement of medical research and product development through computer modeling and simulation!

Eu health policy platform call for proposals: 2024 thematic networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:15:09 GMT

Deadline for submissions: 3 April 2024

New guidelines on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:45:39 GMT

In collaboration with European Research Area countries and stakeholders, the European Commission, has proposed a set of guidelines aimed at supporting the European research community in the responsible utilisation of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Innovative computer model of the lung enables detailed simulation of radiation effects

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:02:17 GMT

An innovative computer model of a human lung is helping scientists simulate, for the first time, how a burst of radiation interacts with the organ on a cell-by-cell level.

Digital twins at the european respiratory society’s lung science conference 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:50:40 GMT

Every year, the ERS organizes its Lung Science conference in the beautiful Estorill (PT), including in the program one keynote on an emerging topic that is deemed important for the community. This year, that topic was Digital Twins.

Event at the european parliament on in silico medicine and in silico oncology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:27:19 GMT

On 21 February 2024 a European Parliament (EP) info event on in silico medicine and in silico oncology took place in the Altiero Spinelli building in Brussels.

Foundations for digital twins as catalyzers of biomedical technological innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:57:35 GMT

The National Science Foundation (NSF) published a call for funding (n: 24-561) dedicated to Digital Twins.

Vphi travel award for the vph conference 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:31:09 GMT

The VPHi Institute will give Travel Vouchers to student members that are applying to participate at the VPH2024 Conference in Stuttgart

Vphi best poster award 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:44:29 GMT

All VPHi student members bringing a poster to the VPH2024 Conference will be automatically considered for the VPHi Best Poster Award that consists of a Certificate and a 350€ money prize.

In silico trial predict phase 3 clinical trial result

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:55:04 GMT

Dr. Duruisseaux from the Hospice Civil de Lyon (France) prospectively replicated a three-year long phase 3 trial (FLAURA 2) with an in silico trial executed on 5000 virtual patients, in few weeks. Days before the official release of the phase 3 FLAURA 2 results, he posted the promising results of the in-silico prediction on X, formerly Twitter, which closely resembled the real-clinical trials, albeit at fraction of time and cost.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - may 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:46:01 GMT

New calls with deadlines end May-early June

In the literature: may 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:18:14 GMT

European parliament approves ehds

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:51:51 GMT

On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament endorsed the provisional agreement on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) reached between the Parliament and the Council.

Efpia advocates for responsible ai use in medicine development

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:57:48 GMT

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) underlines the potential benefits of employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in advancing patient care, fostering innovation, and benefiting society at large.

Who introduces cutting-edge digital health advocate utilizing generative ai for public health

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:00:36 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) announces the debut of S.A.R.A.H., a prototype digital health advocate equipped with an enhanced empathetic interface driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Council releases draft conclusions on horizon 2020 evaluation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:14:21 GMT

The Council of the European Union highlighted the significance of Horizon 2020 in bolstering the EU's competitiveness in its Draft Conclusions regarding the ex-post evaluation of the research and innovation funding program.

Unveiling the future: highlights from the fda/mdic symposium on computational modeling and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 02 May 2024 10:36:42 GMT

The FDA/MDIC Symposium on Computational Modeling and Simulation (CM&S) in Washington DC (April 15-17, 2024) unfolded its vibrant tapestry for three enlightening days of interdisciplinary innovation and collaboration.

Commission establishes ai office to strengthen eu leadership in safe and trustworthy artificial ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 May 2024 13:28:21 GMT

On 29 May 2024, the Commission has unveiled the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Office, established within the Commission.

Opportunity to join the european cancer imaging initiative

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 May 2024 13:41:52 GMT

The EUCAIM project funded under the Digital Europe Programme has launched its open call for new beneficiaries to join the project deploying the Cancer Image Europe platform.

How computational models helped saving a clinical trial during the covid pandemic

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 May 2024 13:53:16 GMT

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted clinical studies globally, including those assessing Ritlecitinib's safety in hepatic and renal impairments. Hindered by recruitment challenges, scientists innovatively employed a computer model to create virtual populations based on previous studies, facilitating the continuation of the clinical trial, even during the pandemic

12 guiding principles for ethical and legal conduct in in silico trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 31 May 2024 09:57:12 GMT

This "Implementation Guidance and Guidelines" document, part of the In Silico World project's "Ethical and Legal Framework," offers twelve key recommendations on the ethical and legal aspects of in silico trials.

Vphi at raps euro convergence

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:13:10 GMT

On 6-8 May 2024, the VPHi team participated to the European regulatory congress – RAPS Euro Convergence, where policy, regulatory and industrial stakeholders joined hands to share ideas, knowledge and collaborate to advance healthcare regulatory practice.

The first international symposium on digital twins in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:14:56 GMT

On 15-16 April 2024, the first International Symposium on Digital Twins in Healthcare took place in Cyprus, co-organised by 3 EIC projects, DIGIPREDICT, OPTOMICS, NEUROTWIN, as well as the EDITH-CSA.

The vphi at the euroscience open forum (esof)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:30:14 GMT

VPHi will present and moderate a talk titled "The future of healthcare is digital" at the EuroScience conference offering a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional debate about scientific culture, research and innovation.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - july 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:29:33 GMT

New calls with deadlines end August-early September

Revolutionising liver surgery: how digital twins can reduce postoperative risks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:11:52 GMT

Liver resection surgery, crucial for removing liver cancer and other issues, has a high postoperative mortality rate of over 10%. A French multidisciplinary team developed a digital twin model of blood circulation, predicting liver failure risks with personalised pre-operative insights. Tested on 47 patients, the model accurately matched real blood pressure data, offering surgeons a vital tool to improve outcomes and avoid risky surgeries.

Registration to vph2024 is now open!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:35:18 GMT

The VPH2024 conference registration is now open and foresees a 100€ discount for VPHi members! Not a member yet? Join now!

Ai act adopted by the council of the eu

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:38:23 GMT

On 21 May 2024, the Council approved the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The AI legislation follows a ‘risk-based’ approach, with stricter rules for higher-risk applications. It aims to foster safe, trustworthy AI in the EU, respect fundamental rights and support research.

Leaked draft council conclusions on strengthening the european health union: priorities and ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:42:57 GMT

The leaked draft conclusions emphasise strengthening the European Health Union by addressing priority healthcare needs, enhancing healthcare innovation, improving workforce strategies, and leveraging digital technologies and data for better healthcare outcomes.

Hungarian council presidency’s programme

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:48:34 GMT

On 18 June 2024, the Hungarian Presidency unveiled its programme under the slogan "Make Europe Great Again" outlining its priorities.

In the literature: june 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:37:34 GMT

Vphi attended the htai annual meeting in seville

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:52:20 GMT

The HTAi Annual Meeting is a key international gathering of a large number of stakeholders: researchers, government agencies, policy makers, industry, academia, health service providers, health economists, and patients. The meeting's goal is to share information and best practices from cutting-edge technologies to system development, with a focus on impact on patient care.

Building the vht: final edith-csa ecosystem meeting

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:54:35 GMT

The second EDITH Ecosystem Meeting in Amsterdam brought together the outcomes of extensive discussions, public consultations, and expert contributions on the VHT Roadmap. The whole community is thriving and fully engaged in realizing the VHT for better health and care for all citizens in Europe and beyond.

Enhancing clinical decision-making: the role of cdss in modern healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:26:30 GMT

Clinicians face critical decisions daily, often under pressure. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) integrate patient data with medical knowledge, offering evidence-based recommendations to improve care quality and efficiency. At Mayo Clinic, CDSS, including AI for lung cancer diagnosis, enhances treatment plans, reduces unnecessary procedures, and allows doctors more time with patients.

The twin within: revolutionising healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:10:30 GMT

At the end of the final EDITH Ecosystem Meeting, a public event was organised by VPHi and the Universiteit of Amsterdam to involve and engage the wider community in shaping the future of healthcare

New mdcg guidance documents released

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:29:26 GMT

On 8 July 2024, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued an updated guidance to help manufacturers, notified bodies and health institutions classify in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices before they are placed on the market under the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).

Second report on the state of the digital decade calls for strengthened collective action to ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:59:20 GMT

The Commission published the second report on the State of the Digital Decade, providing a comprehensive overview of the progress made in the quest to achieve the digital objectives and targets set for 2030 by the Digital Decade Policy Programme (DDPP).

Eurohpc ju in the starting blocks for creating ai factories

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:01:43 GMT

Member States agree to launch AI Factories under the EuroHPC JU with a rolling call for proposals coming soon.

In the literature: summer 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:58:09 GMT

Join the new vphi young scientists committee!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:08:36 GMT

The call for participation for the new VPHi Young Scientists Committee is now open! We are looking for motivated PhD students and postdocs up to 2 year after obtaining their PhD with interest in in silico medicine research willing to actively participate in the life of the community. Application deadline: 15 Nov 2024.

Advancing orphan disease treatment: the promise of in silico clinical trials

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:51:36 GMT

In silico clinical trials offer a faster, cost-effective alternative for developing treatments for rare diseases, often overlooked due to low financial returns. A recent study on Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease showcased the potential of virtual trials, predicting how a widely available antibiotic would be a better alternative to the current treatment.

Open call: vphi best thesis award in in silico medicine 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:23:14 GMT

Are you a PhD graduate passionate about in silico medicine? Have you made groundbreaking contributions to the field during your PhD? Here's your chance to shine!

Phd and postdoc opportunities - september 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:38:04 GMT

New calls with deadlines end September - early October

Vphi best thesis award 2024 goes to sara bridio from politecnico di milano

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:52:34 GMT

The award was announced during the Closing Ceremony of the VPH2024 Conference in Stuttgart, where Sara presented her work on In silico high-fidelity and surrogate models of the thrombectomy procedure

Vphi best student award 2024 awarded to finneas catling from imperial college london

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:39:27 GMT

The award, which is presented every two years at the VPHi Conference, celebrates excellence in in silico medicine research.

Vphi executive committee: call for nominations now open!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:51:10 GMT

During the last general assembly meeting, the VPHi members approved the creation of an executive committee that will strengthen the interaction between the VPH institute and its membership. The call for nominations is now open with application deadline the 10th of November 2024.

Vph2024: a resounding success for the in silico medicine community!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:50:45 GMT

The VPH2024 Conference in Stuttgart has come to a close, and what an incredible four days it has been! With over 400 participants gathered to share cutting-edge research, foster new collaborations, and push the frontiers of in silico medicine, the event has truly confirmed its status as the premier conference in this field.

Ema expert panel’s support for orphan medical devices pilot program

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:03:54 GMT

The EMA is inviting manufacturers of high-risk medical devices and notified bodies to apply for its pilot program to support orphan medical devices. The program provides free advice on a possible orphan device status and on the clinical evaluation of orphan medical devices.

Two updates by the medical device coordination group - mdcg

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:09:46 GMT

During the summer the MDCG released two important documents: “Guidance on standardisation for medical devices” & “Guidance on Classification Rules for in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices under Regulation (EU) 2017/746”

Industry, academia and civil society contribute to the work on code of practice for ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:16:14 GMT

The Commission received almost 430 submissions in response to its multi-stakeholder consultation on the upcoming Code of Practice for general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI), as provided for by the AI Act.

In the literature: september 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:19:16 GMT

Celebrating excellence: vphi awards at the 2024 vph conference in stuttgart

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:24:26 GMT

Each year, the institute opens several calls to reward the outstanding research efforts of its student members, with the goal of helping them advance their academic careers and gain recognition in the field of in silico medicine.

Survey on mechanical data from biological tissues

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:15:29 GMT

The survey aims to gather insights on the priorities and interests related to mechanical data from various tissue types and population demographics.

Are you a clinician? fill out the survey to share your familiarity & level of adoption of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:31:58 GMT

Phd and postdoc opportunities - october 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:37:21 GMT

New calls with deadlines end October - early November

Speeding up duchenne muscular dystrophy therapies with a model-based clinical trial simulator

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:24:55 GMT

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic disorder causing muscle deterioration. Despite advances, no cure exists, and current treatments only slow progression. To support drug development, the FDA’s Critical Path Initiative and C-Path’s Duchenne Regulatory Science Consortium (D-RSC) launched a clinical trial simulation tool. This tool optimizes trials, supporting regulatory approval and speeding new therapies to market.

Network strategy to 2028: public consultation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:16:10 GMT

The draft European Medicines Agencies Network Strategy to 2028 is available for public consultation. The deadline to comment is 30 November 2024.

Ema publishes a reflection paper on ai in medicinal product lifecycle

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:27:24 GMT

The European Medicines Agency has recently published a reflection paper on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout the lifecycle of medicinal products.

Eu budget for 2025 prioritizes research, health, education, and climate action

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:32:44 GMT

The European Parliament has presented their draft budget demanding an EU budget for 2025 that focuses on improving people's lives, boosting competitiveness, and addressing current challenges. MEPs are proposing a budget of nearly €201 billion, which exceeds the European Commission's initial proposal of around €199.76 billion.

Joint motion for a resolution to revise the medical devices regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:37:45 GMT

The European Parliament has voted with a large majority to urge the European Commission to implement critical amendments to the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) by the first quarter of 2025. The drive for reform is intended to tackle pressing issues in the regulation, which has been criticised for its excessive bureaucracy and impact on patient care, jobs, and innovation in the medical device sector.

In the literature: october 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:04:35 GMT

"in silico trials: an updated swot analysis" released by in silico world

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:04:45 GMT

The document comprehensively examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for In Silico Trials in healthcare, providing a roadmap to help biomedical companies navigate and adopt these innovative methodologies.

A new era in dementia diagnosis: ai, brain scans, and the fight against alzheimer’s

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:11:51 GMT

Thanks to NHS Scotland, researchers at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Dundee will have access to 1.6 million anonymised brain scans to train an AI towards the early detection of dementia.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - november 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:03:17 GMT

New calls with deadlines end November - early December

Eu annual budget 2025: a framework for resilience and growth

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:16:02 GMT

The European Union’s 2025 budget proposal stands as a strategic financial framework crafted to address immediate challenges while advancing the bloc’s long-term priorities.

Medical devices ai questionnaire jointly published by ig-nb & team nb

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:22:00 GMT

A position paper and questionnaire were recently published regarding the applicability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical devices under MDR and IVDR regulations.

In the literature: november 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:08:22 GMT

A heartfelt thank you to the ysc

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:15:45 GMT

The current committee is ending a 2-year mandate in December while new applicants will be selected soon

Edith-csa is wrapping up the virtual human twin roadmap

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:35:33 GMT

The policy brief of the VHT roadmap is open for public consultation. This is your last chance to provide input and feedback, don’t miss it!

Phd and postdoc opportunities - december 2024

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:04:35 GMT

New calls with deadlines end December - early January

Medical devices: have your say on the eu rules!

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:09:13 GMT

The EC has initiated a public consultation to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and coherence of the EU regulations on medical devices (Regulation 2017/745) and in vitro diagnostic devices (Regulation 2017/746). This is a key opportunity for stakeholders to help shape the future of medical device regulations in Europe, ensuring that they continue to prioritize patient safety while supporting innovation.

Várhelyi is confirmed for health and animal wealfare commissioner after facing second round of ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:28:21 GMT

On November 6, 2024, Olivér Várhelyi, the Commissioner-Designate for Health and Animal Welfare, presented his strategic objectives during his Commission hearing.

Htacg meeting highlights and next steps

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:32:04 GMT

On December 3, 2024, the Member State Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment (HTACG) published its 2025 Work Programme.

Polish council presidency programme: key priorities for 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:36:03 GMT

The Polish Council Presidency’s Programme for January to July 2025 focuses on a range of strategic priorities, including digital healthcare infrastructure.

Data saves lives

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:08:04 GMT

On 26-27 November 2024, the VPH institute had the great pleasure to be invited to Data Saves Lives’ 5th-anniversary, an initiative led by the European Patients’ Forum (EPF) and the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data.

In the literature: december 2024 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:20:45 GMT

A simple, elegant, yet powerful solution: making pacemakers compatible with mri

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:07:14 GMT

The pacemaker's journey, spanning from the 19th century to current day, showcases remarkable breakthroughs in medicine and engineering. Thanks to computer modelling and simulation, it was possible to tackle a once unsolvable issue: making pacemaker devices compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Announcing the new vph young scientists committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:33:24 GMT

We are thrilled to announce the new members of the Young Scientists Committee

Vphi gets recognition as a key innovator on the eu innovation radar

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:50:20 GMT

At VPH Institute, we’re thrilled to share a remarkable milestone in our journey of advancing biomedical innovation. The European Commission’s Innovation Radar has officially recognized our organization as a Key Innovator for our contributions to the SIMCor project.

From ancient egypt to ai: the diabetes journey

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:34:23 GMT

Explore the fascinating journey of diabetes care, from ancient discoveries to life-saving insulin and AI-driven closed-loop systems. Learn how computer models now personalise treatments, transforming lives and shaping a hopeful future for a cure.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - january 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:34:46 GMT

New calls with deadlines end January - early February

Fda draft guidance on use of ai to support regulatory decision-making for drug and biological ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:25:01 GMT

On 6 Jan 2024, the FDA released a new draft guidance. Comments on the draft are due by 7 April 2025. This draft takes into consideration the more than 800 comments that FDA received in response to their two discussion papers that were published in 2023.

The european data protection board (edpb) adopts pseudonymisation guidelines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:42:19 GMT

On 16 Jan 2025 the European Data Protection Board published its Guidelines 01/2025 on pseudonymisation, marking the first comprehensive guidance on this data protection measure since the implementation of GDPR.

Tehdas2 opens public consultation on european health data space implementation guidelines

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:52:14 GMT

TEHDAS2, a European Joint Action, is developing guidelines and technical specifications to enable seamless use of health data across Europe under the upcoming European Health Data Space (EHDS). Have your say until the 28th of February!

In the literature: january 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:49:45 GMT

Vphi leads communication and dissemination for the dealii-x project - the exascale framework ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:11:08 GMT

We are happy to announce VPHi's key role in dealii-X. With its objectives to revolutionise personalised medicine through exascale computing, this initiative promises to break new ground in the field of digital twin and high-performance computing (HPC).

2024 annual report

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:49:07 GMT

A Year to Remember!

Vphi travel award for vphi summer school

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:13:46 GMT

The VPH Institute will award a travel vouchers to 2 students that are registering to participate at the VPHi Summer School in Barcelona

Phd and postdoc opportunities - february 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:26:57 GMT

New calls with deadlines end February - early March

My medical choice: from angelina jolie to in silico predictive oncology

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:27:47 GMT

Angelina Jolie’s 2013 op-ed sparked a global conversation on genetic cancer risks. Today, in silico tools like CancerMate advance personalised oncology, improving breast cancer treatment predictions.

2025/26 vphi executive committee

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:22:44 GMT

We are thrilled to present the newly elected Executive Committee that will collaborate with the VPHi BoD and staff members in supporting the full adoption of in silico medicine!

Ema draft guidance on mechanistic models in model-informed drug development (midd)

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:29:41 GMT

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is preparing to release draft guidance on how to assess and report new mechanistic models, aiming to encourage their wider use in model-informed drug development (MIDD).

First rules of the artificial intelligence act are now applicable

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:59:01 GMT

From 2 February 2025, the first rules under the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) started to apply.

In silico medicine emerges in greece

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:36:09 GMT

On December 21, 2024, Research Professor Georgios S. Stamatakos, a great pioneer of in silico oncology, delivered a lecture in Sparta (Greece) exploring the emergence, evolution, and clinical potential of in silico medicine.

Open market consultation project 3dx3c (digital twin disruptive developement for complex, ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:50:54 GMT

The Open Market Consultation Project 3Dx3C, issued by the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, closes on March 7th 2025 at 2:00 PM.

In the literature: february 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT

Phd and postdoc opportunities - march 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:49:14 GMT

New calls with deadlines in April-May

From data to scalpel: the tech that’s revolutionizing heart surgery

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:49:58 GMT

In silico medicine is transforming pediatric heart surgery by enabling personalized digital heart models. These models help surgeons plan procedures with precision, reducing complications. CFD simulations, already in use at Boston Children’s Hospital, are improving outcomes.

In the literature: march 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:52:46 GMT

Commission adopts proposal for the next european research area policy agenda 2025-2027

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:07:54 GMT

On 28 February 2025, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a Council Recommendation on the European Research Area Policy Agenda 2025-2027.

Meps blueprint to boost europe's research and innovation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:25:17 GMT

On 11 March 2025, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) proposed a report aimed at strengthening Europe’s research and innovation capabilities in preparation for the 10th Research Framework Programme (FP10).

The beyond one million genome plus (b1mgplus) project kicks off

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:56:43 GMT

The Beyond One Million Genome plus (B1MGplus) project, funded under the Digital Europe Programme, provides coordination and support to the 1+ Million Genomes (1+MG) Initiative, one of the world’s biggest initiatives to enable secure access to genomic and corresponding clinical data across Europe.

Cancer virtual twins presented at the 9th annual conference of the hellenic cancer federation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:06:03 GMT

From 3 to 5 February 2025, the 9th Annual Conference of the Hellenic Cancer Federation (ELLOK) took place in Athens (Greece).

Vphi participates in innovaheart 2025 workshop to advance digital cardiac care

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:12:17 GMT

With around 60 participants amongst which were cardiologists, regulatory bodies and scientists, the event sparked insightful discussions on the latest advancements in cardiovascular digital twins.

Ema qualifies first artificial intelligence tool to diagnose inflammatory liver disease (mash) ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:58:39 GMT

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) offered a positive opinion last week on a new artificial intelligence (AI)–based tool that supports pathologists in diagnosing and assessing the severity of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) during clinical trials.

Vphi submits mdr revision proposals to the european commission

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:35:36 GMT

The VPH Institute calls for MDR evaluation to leverage computer modelling and simulation methodologies, including AI, to mitigate current challenges and prepare for future needs. In the news, the cover letter of the consultation submission and also the link the full response.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - april 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:07:24 GMT

New calls with deadlines in May

In the literature: april 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:34:59 GMT

Commission seeks contributions to enhance cybersecurity for hospitals and healthcare providers

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:50:36 GMT

The Commission has launched a consultation on the Action Plan for the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. The deadline for contributions is 30 June 2025.

Researchers and innovators invited to shape europe’s ai strategy in science

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:55:34 GMT

The European Strategy for Artificial intelligence (AI) in Science will accelerate the responsible use of AI.

Team nb published a position paper outlining "guidance for preparing technical ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:04:10 GMT

On 9 April 2025, the Association of Notified Bodies adopted the updated 3rd version of the notified bodies BPG harmonized approach to clarify information to be submitted by the manufacturer in their technical documentation.

Team nb published a position paper on european artificial intelligence regulation

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:08:16 GMT

On 14 April 2025, an updated paper from Team-NB has been published, providing an overview of their perspective on the challenges of the AI Act with particular attention to its implementation.

When the world fell silent: the role of in silico medicine during the covid-19 crisis. part 1/3

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:35:35 GMT

Marking five years since the emergence of COVID-19, we revisit the early days of the pandemic to explore how in silico models helped detect outbreaks, understand airborne transmission, and guide public health decisions, shedding light on the digital tools that shaped our response.

Meeting between mep adam jarubas’ assistant borys brzezinski and vphi’s liesbet geris in leuven

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 05 May 2025 09:59:02 GMT

On Monday 28 April 2025, VPHi welcomed dr. Borys Brzezinski in the setting of the University Hospital Leuven to talk about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied in healthcare to give Europe a competitive edge.

Seeing the future with elena redaelli: personalized eye diagnostics with in silico modeling and ai

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:18:14 GMT

2025 VPHi Best Thesis in In Silico Medicine winner is Elena Redaelli from the University of Zaragoza

Vphi director meets chair european parliament sant committee at lifescience4eu conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:54:56 GMT

On 15-16 May 2025 the LifeScience4EU conference is taking place, discussing the future of Life Sciences in the European Union, with a focus on technology, innovation and policy.

Cracking the code of multiple sclerosis with in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:23:42 GMT

Due to its remarkable variability, Multiple Sclerosis has long challenged scientists and clinicians—but with the rise of in silico medicine, new breakthroughs are finally on the horizon.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - may 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:15:13 GMT

New calls with deadlines in June/July

In the literature: may 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:57:33 GMT

Vph at "ai in health: navigating the future of european healthcare"

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:35:38 GMT

On 14 May 2025, the European Policy Centre hosted a 2-hour session title ‘AI in Health: Navigating the Future of European Healthcare’ in Brussels.

Workshop on (dis)trust in data-driven medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:49:37 GMT

On 14 May 2025 a workshop on (dis)trust in data-driven medicine took place in Leuven (Belgium), as an interdisciplinary effort between different institutes within KU Leuven; iSiHealth Institute, the Meaningful Interactions Lab (Mintlab), the Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc) and Life Sciences & Society Lab.

Parliamentary question on use of non-human primates in experiments and phasing out animal testing

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:28:21 GMT

On 30 April 2025, MEP Niels Fuglsang submitted a parliamentary question (E-001722/2025) to the European Commission concerning the use of non-human primates in animal testing.

Vph engages with regulatory and policy stakeholders at the annual raps euro convergence conference

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:22:26 GMT

Held from 13 to 16 May 2025 in Brussels, the RAPS Euro Convergence conference is the Europe's premier regulatory affairs event for healthcare products.

News from the 8th vph summer school in barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:12:22 GMT

The Summer School provides junior engineers, early researchers and medical doctors with an integrative view of state-of-the-art research for in silico medicine, following a complete pipeline from basic science and clinical needs, to model application.

New funding opportunities for the in silico medicine community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:27:19 GMT

The European Commission has announced the Health and Research Infrastructures 2025 Work Programmes and these programmes contain several opportunities in the in silico medicine domain.

Vph commends ema's mechanistic modelling guideline initiative urging broader scope

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:42:19 GMT

On 30 May 2025, VPH presented its formal comments and suggestions on the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) proposed guideline for assessing and reporting mechanistic models in the context of model informed drug development (EMA 2025).

Phd and postdoc opportunities - june 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:11:49 GMT

New calls with deadlines in June/July

Exploring trust and public engagement in in silico medicine at sts italia 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:38:35 GMT

Delegates from the VPH at the Science and Technology Studies Italia (STS Italia) conference in Milan

When the world fell silent: the role of in silico medicine during the covid-19 crisis. part 2/3

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:29:53 GMT

In this second article of our series on in silico medicine during the COVID-19 response, we explore how computer models helped optimise vaccine doses, test therapies, as well as simulate immune responses, virtually—saving time, reducing risk, and guiding smarter, faster decisions in a race against the clock.

The european virtual human twins (vht) initiative is entering its next phase

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:42:41 GMT

The European Commission is organising a high-level event to discuss the strategic vision for the European Virtual Human Twins Initiative – a major step towards driving AI innovation and making personalised medicine a reality.

Commission seeks experts for ai scientific panel

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:14:24 GMT

The European Commission is setting up a scientific panel of independent experts to support the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act.

In the literature: june 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:10:57 GMT

Simcardiotest concludes its activities with an engaging final event in barcelona

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:57:36 GMT

VPH showcases the value, impact and outcomes of stakeholder engagement, within Horizon project – SimCardioTest, a consortium of hearts.

News from the medical device coordination group

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:12:59 GMT

On 19 June 2025 the MDCG released a comprehensive FAQ on the interplay between the Medical Devices Regulation & In vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation and the Artificial Intelligence Act

Meet the new chair of the young scientists committee: dr shiny martis

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:10:39 GMT

We’re excited to introduce Shiny Martis, the newly appointed Chair of the VPHi Young Scientists Committee (YSC)!

Mdcg 2025-4: key guidance for medical device software on online platforms

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:29:25 GMT

Published in June 2025, this document clarifies the regulatory obligations for all parties involved in bringing Medical Device Software (MDSW) apps to the EU market, with a particular emphasis on online platform providers.

Vph at realm-ai general assembly: advancing ai benchmarking for medical devices

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:19:45 GMT

The REALM-AI consortium (R&I action on Real-world data enabled assessment for health regulatory decisions) held its General Assembly in Warsaw, Poland, from 23 to 25 June 2025.

Last week vph hosted its annual general assembly

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:34:30 GMT

On 27 June 2025, VPH held its annual General Assembly online, a moment to reconnect with our members, reflect on key achievements, and align on the road ahead for In Silico Medicine.

Virtual human twins in thematic network call: a call to action for the vph community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:36:54 GMT

Building on the comprehensive VHT roadmap, VPH is planning to formulate a joint statement for the 2025-26 Thematic Network on trusted AI and Virtual Human Twins, bringing together the community's voice. We invite the support of our members and beyond to rally behind a strong proposal.

Bridging science and society: reflections on vph’s webinar on stakeholder engagement in in ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:25:21 GMT

On June 19, 2025, VPH hosted a key webinar that brought together researchers, communicators, and policy experts to explore a fundamental question: how can we ensure that in silico medicine truly serves the needs of society?

Shape the future of in silico medicine: become a vph supporting member

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:05:41 GMT

Once a year, our society opens the call for supporting member, a select group of organisations who play an essential role in driving VPH and its effort to bring in silico medicine closer to the patient.

Phd and postdoc opportunities - july 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:30:57 GMT

New calls with deadlines in August/September

Commission facilitates data access for researchers under the digital services act

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:22:20 GMT

Through an initiative under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission helps qualified researchers access internal data of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) in the European Union.

High-level multistakeholder workshop ai compute stack

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:39:45 GMT

On 7 July 2025 in Brussels, the European Commission hosted a high-level workshop on the AI Compute Stack.

Programme of the 2025 danish presidency of the council of the european union

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:34 GMT

From 1 July to 31 December 2025, Denmark will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

In the literature: july 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:48:35 GMT

How artificial intelligence is reshaping breast cancer screening

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:11:14 GMT

Breast cancer is still the leading cause of cancer death in women in 110 countries. Despite decades of research and public awareness, millions of women are still diagnosed too late. Now, artificial intelligence may offer a way forward.

Vph response to call for proposals eu health policy platform 2025 thematic networks

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:34:57 GMT

Proposal for generating a joint statement on AI and the Virtual Human Twin.

When the world fell silent: the role of in silico medicine during the covid-19 crisis. part 3/3

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:43:50 GMT

How can in silico models truly shape public health decisions? Despite their power, a gap remains between modelling and policy. As future crises loom, we need models that are used early, explained clearly, and trustworthy.

Isi health symposium in leuven: advancing in silico medicine

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:21:10 GMT

As part of KU Leuven’s 600-year celebrations, the iSi Health Symposium gathered global leaders in in silico medicine. Inspiring talks explored the evolution of the field, AI for movement analysis, patient involvement, and clinical and regulatory challenges. The event fostered vibrant discussions and new collaborations to shape the future of in silico healthcare.

Uncovering adoption challenges for digital twins

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:27:33 GMT

Inès Casanova, a Master’s student at ESCP Business School, chose to focus her thesis on the adoption challenges of digital twins in healthcare. Drawing on insights from several VPH community members, her work highlights barriers, strategies, and future prospects for integrating digital twins into hospital practice

Jrc launches review of models and methods used in cardiovascular research

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:50:03 GMT

Contribute to this initiative by submitting your application by 14 November 2025.

Ai in healthcare at the heart of eu policymaking

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:09:37 GMT

On 24 September 2025 Professor Liesbet Geris, representing VPH and the in silico medicine community, had the honour of presenting in the SANT Committee of the European Parliament the transformative role of AI and digital technologies in healthcare.

New eu4health calls for proposals of interest for the in silico medicine community

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:33:54 GMT

The EU4H SANTE Action Grants 2025 includes 9 call topics with the common goal of leveraging AI and health data to accelerate the early detection, prediction, personalised prevention, integrated management and rehabilitation of Cardiovascular and Related Chronic Diseases including rare and complex forms.

Closing the horizon calls, opening new opportunities

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:50:46 GMT

The European Commission Horizon calls (INFRA-2025-01 & HLTH-2025-03) have officially closed, and at VPH we’re proud to have played our part!

In the literature: september 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:12:19 GMT

Targeted revision of eu rules for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:24:08 GMT

The European Commission has launched a public call for evidence on a targeted revision of EU rules for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics. The initiative aims to simplify regulatory requirements while ensuring patient safety, public health, and the availability of innovative devices

Phd and postdoc opportunities - september 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:23:37 GMT

New calls with deadlines in October

Vph executive committee interview series: dr. finn catling on clinical engagement

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:08:33 GMT

The new VPH Executive Committee Interview Series continues with Dr. Finn Catling, Academic Intensive Care Doctor, PhD Fellow at Imperial College London, and newly elected VPH Executive Committee member for Clinical Engagement. He reflects on how in silico medicine and AI can move closer to the bedside, how to foster stronger clinician–researcher collaboration, and the importance of clinical success stories.

Bias by design: how ai risks reinforcing global health inequity

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:07:16 GMT

The promise of artificial intelligence in global health is grand — but will it deliver for the many, or just the privileged few?

Tehdas2 opens a public consultation on guidelines for effective secondary use of health data ...

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:08:02 GMT

TEHDAS2 invites stakeholders to provide feedback on draft documents that will inform the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

Vph thematic network proposal on ai and virtual human twins in healthcare shortlisted

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:41:41 GMT

Help us move forward in this selection phase by voting for the VPH proposal on the EU Health Policy Platform (HPP) Agora portal before 12 November 2025.

European commission publishes study on ai deployment in healthcare

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:07:32 GMT

The European Commission released a study on the deployment of AI in healthcare, highlighting barriers such as data, regulatory, and organisational challenges, and outlining actions to support the responsible and sustainable integration of AI in health systems

Virtual human twins: from research to bedside

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:20:39 GMT

From Barcelona to Brussels, Europe’s collective effort to bring Virtual Human Twins (VHTs) into real-world healthcare took a major step forward.

Commission work programme 2026

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:41:27 GMT

The European Commission Work Programme 2026 was released on October 21, 2025, setting out the key strategies, action plans and legislative initiatives that will lay the foundation for the work ahead.

In the literature: october 2025 highlights

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:24:13 GMT

Phd and postdoc opportunities - october 2025

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:50:11 GMT

New calls with deadlines in October-November

Vph at systemic policy framework on innovation procurement

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:41:35 GMT

On 21 October 2025. prof. Liesbet Geris, VPH Executive Director, delivered a key note in the context of High-level policy forum on systemic transformation and value-procurement of innovation.

Unlocking innovation: vph attended the nobocap summit on eu mdr & ai act

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:50:49 GMT

As a partner of the NoBoCap community, VPH actively participated in the Annual NoBoCap Summit held in Brussels on 15-16 October 2025.

Oncology digital twins workshop – presentation video archive now available

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:57:58 GMT

Helen Byrne (University of Oxford) and Steven Niederer (King's College London) recently hosted a workshop on "The Mathematical Foundations of Oncology Digital Twins" at the Isaac Newton Institute.

The trouble with “ai beats doctors” stories

manager@vph-institute.org (www.vph-institute.org) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:15:24 GMT

AI is reshaping healthcare, but headlines often outpace reality. Behind the “AI beats doctors” hype lies a complex story of limited evidence, clinical needs, and human trust. Real progress will come from collaboration, not competition.