SPARK Europe Webinar Series ǀ Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun “Commercial Use of Health Related Data”

Abstract

Are you performing clinical trials or are you planning to collect health related data from other sources? Would you like to learn more about possibilities to use health related data, besides academic purposes?

In this SPARK Europe WebinarSeries, Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun, professor of Digital Medicine and interoperability and director of the core unit of eHealth and interoperability at the Charité/BIH, will present you the hallmarks of options in using health related data.

Being both, a physician and engineer by training, Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun is working on implementation of communication standards for health care to enable an optimal use of acquired data to improve the development of diagnostics and therapies.

For her achievements and service in field of healthcare digitalization, Prof. Thun received the German cross of Merit in 2022.

After this talk, you will know about:

• What to keep in mind when collecting health related data?
• How to synchronize your data with established platforms?
• The advantages of standardized data formats from various sources.
• How can acquired data be used in a commercial way?
• How can digitalization and interoperability improve health care?

SPARK Europe Webinar Series

The webinar series is organized by the different SPARK sites all over Europe including Israel: SPARK-BIH, SPARK Finland, SPARK FLI, SPARK Norway, SPARK Poland and SPARK Tel Aviv.

The series covers topics from design thinking to challenges in selling complex high-tech products from top-quality speakers around Europe and the US.

The online lectures take place once per month on Wednesday at 4-5 pm CET, and are open for all students and employees of SPARK associated organizations.

About SPARK-BIH and SPARK Europe

SPARK is an initiative created at Stanford University, to overcome challenges associated with translation of academic discoveries.

SPARK-BIH is located in Berlin and supports academic inventors with tailored education, mentorship and funding. The purpose of the program is to de-risk projects with high potential impact and accelerate the translation of academic inventions into outstanding medical products including drugs, diagnostics and medical devices.

SPARK Europe is the joint network of SPARK sites all over Europe plus Israel: SPARK-BIH, SPARK Finland, SPARK FLI, SPARK Norway, SPARK Poland and SPARK Tel Aviv. It aims to fulfill SPARK’s mission of improving human health by uniting academics and industry experts around the globe to generate an efficient, effective and exciting pathway for the translation of academic discoveries and innovative solutions through education and project support.