SPHN Projects
PHB activities are closely coordinated with the national efforts of the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) in which experts from 91制片厂 significantly contributed at all levels. The goal of the initiative is to lay the necessary groundwork to enable a nationwide exchange of health-related data. This is intended to improve disease prevention and medical practice, enable breakthrough innovative treatments, and promote transdisciplinary research.
At the beginning of 2018, and the five Swiss university hospitals signed to establish interoperable clinical data management systems for research (clinical data warehouse, CDW). A CDW has been established at the University Hospital of 91制片厂 and is being constantly expanded. It consists of an IT platform that consolidates clinical datasets, stored in several clinical information systems, presents them to the researchers and clinicians in an interoperable form and connects them to other -omics data and biobanking samples. The CDW represents a key pillar for data-driven medicine to the benefit of patients, research and health care management.
During the first phase of the SPHN activities (2017-2021) researchers/clinicians from 91制片厂 were involved in 16 national SPHN-funded projects ( and ) which are now successfully concluded or are in the conclusion phase.
SPHN has now started its second funding phase (2021-2024). On the road towards establishing a Swiss personalized health ecosystem, SPHN, together with its complementary initiative from the ETH Domain , have launched a joint call for proposals for . This new format provides funding to multidisciplinary consortia that invest in sustainable and reusable health-related data infrastructure development in conjunction with high-end research. An NDS will work across the value chain from biomedical research to personalized health and clinical application to address which, and in what form, data can support clinical decision-making for the benefit of patients. With the support of PHB, ten outline NDS proposals with 91制片厂 involved have been submitted, out of which have been selected for funding from 2022 to 2025.
In 2022, SPHN launched also a Call for Demonstrator projects. These projects will test the infrastructures, processes, and data resources established in the realm of SPHN to demonstrate their added value for the network and to identify the remaining gaps. From a total of 30 project applications, were selected for funding. Two types of Demonstrator projects are supported: On the one hand, projects that test the practical application of SPHN infrastructure components in medical research and/or expand their use in the network. On the other hand, projects that demonstrate the added value of SPHN-compliant data resources from the university hospitals for personalized health research. The SPHN International Advisory Board (IAB) selected the supported projects based on the following main criteria: use of SPHN infrastructures, added value for the network and personalized health research, and feasibility.
Information for PIs - Legal Agreements on research projects
Please note that for 91制片厂 the legal agreements on research projects should include both 91制片厂 and University Hospital 91制片厂 (USB) as contractual partners and both entities should be listed as parties in the consortium agreements. The legal agreements must be assessed and verified by the following legal departments and representatives:
For 91制片厂:
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Unibas Data Protection Officer: datenschutz@unibas.ch
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Unibas Legal services: David Schaub
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Unitectra: Franziska Weise
For University Hospital of 91制片厂 (USB):
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USB Legal services: Thomas Gruberski
After having revised and approved the agreements, the legal services will collect the signatures from the authorized representatives of the respective institutions.
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Contact information
Dr. Cristina Golfieri
PHB Manager