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 […]
We had the opportunity to network and exchange feedback with pharmaceutical, med-tech, and healthcare service provider companies from around Switzerland and beyond. A stand-out dialog revolved around how to determine the highest impact targets from the multitude of factors that likely impact illnesses such as obesity, which probably represent a collection of pathologies rather than one single entity. […]
This event provided interesting perspectives from industry players in North America and Europe on the advent of quantum computing. We are excited about the prospects of higher computational power applied to drug discovery and personalised medicine. Quantum computing is, however, just as dependent on accurate, scalable solutions to produce high quality data as classical computing, if […]
This event hosted by the Center for AI in Medicine CAIM as part of the “Women Who Start Up” series brought together several women and men who have founded companies in the med-tech and AI health science space. A recurring theme highlighted how essential strategy is—not just for business development—but a robust plan for product […]