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21.09.2021

New Junior Research Group in the field of Medical Informatics at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf starts work

At the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, a new Junior Research Group on the secondary use of health data was created at the beginning of September. Under the leadership of Dr. Sylvia Nürnberg, three young scientists will focus on improving research opportunities and patient care through...

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16.09.2021

Interprofessional Master’s Program in Medical Data Science at RWTH Aachen enters second round

On September 14, 2021, the part-time master's program in Medical Data Science (M.Sc.) started for the second time at RWTH Aachen University under the scientific direction of Prof.Dr. Rainer Röhrig, Director of the Institute for Medical Informatics. While students from the first cohort are...

27.08.2021

New Junior Research Group headed by Dr. Alexandr Uciteli launched at the University of Leipzig

At Leipzig University, a new Junior Research Group started its work at the beginning of August. Four scientists are working on the development and application of knowledge-based software for determining and analyzing phenotypes. Phenotyping, i.e. the bundling of human characteristics, plays an important role in...

26.08.2021

SMITH Online Closed Meeting | August 2021

On August 25/26, 2021, this year's third SMITH Consortium quarterly closed meeting took place with over 100 participants. One of the main topics was the transparent participation of patients in the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), to...

30.07.2021

Digital Hub DISTANCE of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) successfully launched

Since the middle of the year, the Digital ProgressHubs Health of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research have been continuing the pioneering work of the Medical Informatics Initiative. Since July 2021, the project team of the DISTANCE ProgressHub has been working on improving preventive...

21.07.2021

Welcome to the new website of the SMITH Consortium!

The website of the medical informatics consortium SMITH has been given a new look. After intensive conception and planning, the website presents itself with new visualization and revised content. ...

02.06.2021

SMITH Online Closed Meeting | May 2021

Again as web meeting, the SMITH quarterly closed meeting was held on the 26 - 27 May, 2021 with more than 100 participants. The head of the consortium, Prof. Dr. Markus Löffler and the SMITH office provided information on the current status of the consortium....

25.05.2021

SMITH at DMEA 2021

The Corona crisis has highlighted yet again the great potential of digital healthcare. Digital technologies, from telemedical applications to cross-practice and cross-clinic networking, are opportunities to provide patients with more comprehensive and effective care even beyond times of crisis. This year, DMEA - Europe's largest...

09.04.2021

Doctors advocate the use of routine clinical data for medical research for the practical use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) and adaptive learning systems are creating completely new treatment methods in medicine. May it evaluating data, recognizing patterns or comparing symptoms. The increasing development goes hand in hand with enormous expectations for the progress of medical care. The University Hospital RWTH Aachen,...

05.03.2021

New scholarships for the Master’s program in Medical Data Science at the RWTH Aachen International Academy

This year, the RWTH Aachen International Academy announces the following scholarship offers for the postgraduate, part-time and interprofessional Master's program "Medical Data Science (M.Sc.)" for the winter semester 2021/22....

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