I was happy to participate on the panel for an engaging event hosted by the Inselgruppe to educate about common health issues and current research. The themes of the discussion were reproductive medicine and health impacts of hormonal changes later in life, with a focus on menopause. Reproductive health affects all genders, and all women eventually […]
While the hype around AI is ubiquitous, there is a spectrum of cases demonstrating utility. Industry-wide across the life sciences the potential gains from applying AI to bring new medical products to market faster and improve patient care are recognized. This congress brought together pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech, academic, and other health care interests to present and […]
The Intelligent Health Congress once again brought together stakeholders from industry, health services, academia, patient advocacy groups, government agencies, and non-profit organisations to share and discuss experiences applying digital technologies to advance the health and life sciences. Some of the recurrent themes and take-home messages included: Date: September 11-12, 2024Location: Basel, Switzerland […]
Tailored application of digital and technological advancements can generate novel solutions for gender-specific medical and health issues. The Tech4Eva event in Bern, Switzerland on the 13th of May, 2024, hosted by the EPFL Innovation Park and GroupeMutuel highlighted promising examples of how solutions to often-overlooked problems could have a transformative impact for individuals’ health and in […]
I attended the Avoiding Bias in AI Symposium hosted by the Center for AI in Medicine at the University of Bern on the 7th of March. In recognition of International Women’s Day, I am devoting this blog to highlighting the gender biases embedded in society and the vast quantities of data which are used to train advanced […]
The Basel Chamber of Commerce Life Sciences Cluster organised a tremendous forum hosted by Novartis in Basel on November 13, 2023 to discuss progress on collaborative initiatives to promote the digitisation and standardisation of health and medical data across Switzerland. All parties are in agreement that a standardised framework of documenting medical information is an important […]
I was pleased to be invited to present QuadraticMed at the “Bern Takes Off!” startup event hosted by Helvetia. It was a pleasure to connect with a diverse range of companies operating in and around Bern. The event provided the opportunity to discuss with them how they process and handle information and derive decisions within […]
It was an interesting and packed two days at Intelligent Health Sept 13-14, 2023 in Basel! The conference brought together stakeholders across pharma, biotech, medtech, consulting, academia, health-tech organisations, and health care administration to exchange perspectives, insights, and examples in the digital transformation and AI-powered advancement of health and life sciences. One consensus view was […]
The Basel Chamber of Commerce and the Basel Life Sciences Technology Park organised this event to bring together a range of participants from biotech, pharmaceutical, and start-up companies as well as academia. The tech hub has recognised the fruitfulness of collaboration within and beyond their technology park. Tackling the major challenges of digitising health care […]
We are happy to be a part of a great community of inspiring women and men applying artificial intelligence to advance medical understanding. Happy 1-year anniversary, DAIM and here’s to an exciting year ahead! Date: June 6, 2023Event: Diversity for AI in Medicine 1-year anniversary get-togetherLocation: Bern, Switzerland […]