News

• OraMod Project: Helping clinicians predict oral cavity cancer reoccurrence

  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.

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• VPH and ESMO collaborate on Data Protection

  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).

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• EU Research Budget Safe

  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.

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• Data Protection Regulation in jeopardy?

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

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• Commission 2015 Work Programme to focus on employment

  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.

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• TBIcare project: Smart treatment planning for brain trauma

  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.

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