Subject: VPH newsletter: Summer 2015



Monthly newsletter
Summer 2015
This webinar kicks off the VPHi keynote webinar series, a quarterly event organized 
by the VPHi Student Committee to provide a forum for access to senior community members and their expert competence for chiefly young scientists, but also to the 
VPH community as a whole. Register now!
Are you a student interested 
VPHi will support your acquisition of new professional skills, further your career development, and offer access to interesting networking opportunities. Read more
POLICY NEWS
ERC 2016 budget to be 1.6 billion euro
The European Research Council (ERC) which funds basic or “high risk” research in the EU has published its 2016 budget. Read more
European Parliament in recess
The European Parliament is currently in recess until September 2015
VPH COMMUNITY
Finalized the candidate list for the election 
of the VPHi Board of Trustees
In September 2015, the mandate of the current members of the Board of Trustees will expire and the General Assembly will elect a new Board. Read more
The call for supporting members closes at the end of August
Still few days left to apply for a seat in the Board of Directors of the Institute
A new interview series highlights AirPROM’s innovative approach to airways modelling 
MD-Paedigree: Alfa-Prototype
The consortium has delivered the first version of the MD-Paedigree infostructure platform to be tested.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
PhD Studentship at UCL: Investigation of the haemodynamics of dissected aortas - an in vitro, in-vivo and in-silico study
Closing Date: 1 Oct 2015 Read more

Avicenna
A Strategy for insilico medicine
Monthy updates
10 Days and Counting
There are now 10 days to go until the deadline for contributions to the Avicenna Roadmap closes. Read more
First Avicenna Alliance temp Board meeting to be held
On the 1st week of September 2015, Members of the Avicenna Alliance – the Association for Predictive Medicine will meet to discuss the composition and format of the association. Read more
Download the latest version of the roadmap
VPH EVENTS
§ The 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB2015)
18-21 August, Shanghai, China
§ IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2015)
11-14 August 2015, Singapore
1-3 September 2015, Valecia (Spain)
21-25 September 2015, Saarland University (Germany)
§ VPH2016
26-28 September 2016, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
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