Subject: VPH Newsletter: January 2020

POLICY NEWS
Officially opened on 19 Nov 2019, the EC call SC1-DTH-06-2020 is a great opportunity for funding for the VPHi community. The VPHi is available to join project consortia that will respond to this call. 
On 18 December 2020 the European Parliament adopted in plenary a motion for resolution entitled “Enabling the digital transformation of health and care”.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) opened a call for expressions of interest on digital technologies for public health key functions.
On 17 December 2020, DG CONNECT published the reports and conclusions of 10 workshops on ‘common European data spaces’ that took place from July to November 2019 in the EU.
This event took place on 10 December 2020 at the European Parliament, organised by the EU40, the platform of young Pro-European Members. In the news full details on the presentation give by the new Health Commissioner Kyriakides.
VPH COMMUNITY
Interested to organise the next VPH Conference. The call for bid is now open. Send your proposal by 28 February 2020.
in silico trials have become a concrete and important option to predict drug efficacy and optimize time and costs of clinical development.
The Avicenna Alliance member Dassault 3DS and Dr. Tina Morrison from the FDA contributed to an interesting article on the latest simulation model of the heart developed as part of the Living Heart Project.
Those interested to contribute to ESB2020 (12- 15 July 2020, Milan - Italy) should send their abstract by 31 Jan 2020
- SERVICE COMMUNICATION: Issue with VPH institute's email accounts
In the past weeks we experienced severe problems with the VPHi email accounts. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused you. Please don't hesitate to contact us again in case any of your your emails have been unanswered!
STUDENT COMMITTEE
24 January 2020 16 CET - register now!
We are thrilled to confirm the keynotes of Laura Soucek - VHIO, Laoise Mcnamara - NUI Galway and Irene Vignon-Clementel - Inria. A great programme is being built for June 8-12. Stay tuned!
Application deadline: 14 Feb 2020
VPH EVENTS
The VPH conference offers a unique mix of research, clinics, industry, regulatory and policy! Send your contribute to the most important event of our community. The deadline is approaching!
20 Feb 2020 - 10 May 2020 - Web-based course
8 - 12 June 2020,Barcelona - Spain
22 - 25 June 2020, Pula - Italy - Application deadline: 22 April 2020
26 - 28 August 2019, Paris - France - The abstract submission is now open (deadline 7 Feb 2020)
7 - 9 September 2020, Bologna - Italy
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"The Virtual Physiological Human will revolutionise the way health knowledge is produced stored and managed as well as the way in which healthcare is currently delivered."
 European Commission
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