Subject: VPH Newsletter: March 2023

In silico technologies are being increasingly used at every step of the cardiac therapy life-cycle, and SimCardioTest consortium is making a point to engage all relevant stakeholders in tailored ways to involve, raise awareness and eventually realise the potential of in silico approaches in cardiovascular health product development.
EDITH public discussion meeting
The EDITH consortium published a first draft of the vision for the Virtual Human Twin. Join us for one of the upcoming discussing meetings to learn more and give your input.

POLICY NEWS
The 2022 EURL ECVAM Status Report describes research, dissemination and promotion activities undertaken by the Joint Research Centre’s EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) to further the uptake and use of non-animal methods and approaches in science and regulation.
The Swedish Presidency, which started its term in January 2023, has published the priorities for the ongoing semester.
The Swedish Presidency, which started its term in January 2023, has published the priorities for the ongoing semester.
The report, co-drafted by the ENVI rapporteur, Tomislav Sokol (EPP – Croatia), and LIBE rapporteur Annalisa Tardino (ID – Italy), emphasises several key topics within the EHDS, such as funding and the make-up of the EHDS board.
VPH COMMUNITY
For the first time, five EU-funded projects - SimCardioTest, SIMCor, SimInSitu, the CSA EDITH and the EIT Health project inEurHeart - joint their forces to bring together the different actors of the in silico cardiovascular ecosystem at the one-day InnovaHeart workshop
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery company, has integrated advanced AI chat functionality based on recent advances in large language models into its PandaOmics platform.
This competition on inference in complex physiological models is organised as part of the SofTMech Statistical Emulation and Translation Hub.
The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) has announced its 2023 Refinement Prize. Application deadline: 18 September 2023
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!
YOUNG SCIENTISTS COMMITTEE
26 April, 2023 Online Register now!
The recordings of the webinar are now available on YouTube 
June 5 - 9, 2023 in Barcelona. Full programme now available!
From the 20th to the 24th of February 2023, it combined the internal activities of the Disc4All consortium with a series of workshops about Business strategy, Communication, Personal Development and Business Innovation.
New calls with deadlines end March-mid April.
VPH EVENTS
17 - 20 April 2023, Bonn - Germany 
24 - 26 April 2023, Irvine CA - USA 
24 - 27 April 2023, Seattle - USA 
1 - 4 May 2023, Bangalore - India 
1 - 5 May 2023, Melbourne - Australia 
3 - 5 May 2023, Paris - France 
24 - 25 May 2023, Karlsruhe - Germany Registration is free and limited to 60 participants
19 - 21 June 2023, Berlin - Germany Posters submission deadline: 19 April 2023
24 - 28 July 2023, Sydney - Australia One-page papers submission deadline: 15 April 2023
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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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