Subject: VPH Newsletter: June 2022

Register now to the VPH2022 conference the only conference exclusively dedicated to in silico medicine! Discounted fees are available for VPHi members. See you in Porto (Portugal) on 6-9 September 2022!
POLICY NEWS
0n 15 June 2022 the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) announced the selection of five new sites which will host the next generation of European supercomputers, including the first European exascale supercomputer, JUPITER. These new systems will power new applications in a wide range of areas, from designing medicines and new materials to fighting climate change.
In 2020, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) funded, through its Exploratory Research programme, the project “MyDigitalTwin –Trusted Personal Digital Twins in a Transformed Society”.
On 14 June 2022, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council held a meeting to discuss the European Health Data Space proposal published on 3 May 2022.
European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.
VPH COMMUNITY
SIMCor is a 3-year (1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023), Research and Innovation Action funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The project is developing a computational platform for in-silico testing and validation of cardiovascular implantable devices.
The workshop has been held in Rome in AIFA headquarters and streamed online on YouTube
On 27 May 2022 in the afternoon, the 6th VPH Summer School hosted a Roundtable which gathered internationally renowned experts from the public and private sector, as well as, patients’ representatives, to discuss good practices and ethics in in silico medicine and e-Health
Application deadline 4 July 2022
The oncNGS project will launch a new Call for Tender soon and organises a Suppliers Information Day on 29 June 2022
Click here to read some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will include it in this section of the newsletter!
STUDENT COMMITTEE
With this series of interviews, we want to help VPHi's members get to know one another and involve more and more students in this group, contributing significantly to the Institute's life and the in silico community!
Every year during the VPH Summer School, one of our student members has the opportunity to get recognized for their research with the Best Poster award, just as PhD student Sofia Tseranidou has been awarded during the 2022 edition for her poster on “Nucleus pulposus cell network modelling in early intervertebral disc degeneration”.
Application deadline 20 July 2022
The VPHi is very happy to announce that the computational model developed by our student committee member, Mojtaba Barzegari (KU Leuven), during his PhD is now a stand-alone software! Our congratulations!
The luncheon offers trainees a special opportunity to meet and network with senior members of the community and receive career advice and insights. Check out the mentor list!
VPH EVENTS
27 - 28 June 2022 - Online
5 July 2022 - Online
7 July 2022 - Brussels
6 - 9 September 2022 - Porto, Portugal 
9 September 2022 - Porto, Portugal 
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 European Commission
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