The official launch of the Virtual Human Twin initiative has arrived! You can join us online for the hybrid event taking place on December 21st 2023 from 3.30-5.30pm CET. Please register to receive the zoom link here. The agenda is available at this link.
The European Virtual Human Twins (VHT) Initiative is a flagship initiative of the European Commission to foster and accelerate the development of integrated, validated digital representations of the human body. These VHTs hold substantial potential for medical research and healthcare delivery, contributing to a deeper understanding of human physiology, pathology, and disease aetiology, as well as facilitating personalised, patient-centric medicine. This Initiative includes the envisaged European VHT platform, enabling the pooling of resources, assets to further develop the science and technology required for building advanced VHT-based solutions in health and care.
An essential element of the Initiative is the Virtual Human Twins Manifesto, a Statement of Intent on development, evidence, and adoption in healthcare systems. This Statement of Intent serves the purpose of promoting collaboration in the current VHT ecosystem, by bringing together various ecosystem stakeholders to demonstrate their support for the European VHT Initiative, while also facilitating the context for further collaboration. The VHT Manifesto will officially launched alongside the announcement of the European VHT Initiative.
The EDITH Coordination and Support action has been tasked by the European Commission to bring together the VHT ecosystem and produce the roadmap towards the realization of the Virtual Human Twin. You can find a first draft of said roadmap on the EDITH Zenodo community page (here) and additional information on the EDITH project, including a call for resources and use cases, via the contact page on the EDITH website (here).
Looking forward to meeting you online!
Best wishes,
Liesbet Geris
EDITH-CSA coordinator
