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Virtual Physiological Human on TEDxSheffield
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".
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Policy Affair Work Group established
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.
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FP7 2013 Work programme promotes funding for imaging technologies
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”!
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European Commission to set up independent health expert panel
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”.
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European Parliament workshop on eHealth held
On 7 June 2012, a workshop was held in the European Parliament on eHealth.
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Cypriot Presidency highlights benefits of Virtual Clinical Trials
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.
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