Vita Rovite is head of Latvian National Biobank – Genome Database of Latvian population since 2016. She is also involved in BBMRI.LV activities ensuring communication of National Node of Latvia with biobanking institutions in Latvia, organizing local conferences and seminars and introducing BBMRI-ERIC activities on national level. V. Rovite is BBMRI. Latvia […]
Bettina Ryll is the founder of the Melanoma Patient Network Europe and was member of the first EU Cancer Mission Board. A physician by training and with a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from University College London, she became a patient advocate after losing her husband to cancer. Her work focuses […]
In her capacity of the member of the Council of the State Audit Office Maija Āboliņa is responsible for financial, compliance and performance audits in public health and welfare areas. She has a broad legal background and 10+ years of professional experience at the Central Bank of Latvia in relation to […]
Iveta joined the Investment and Developments Agency of Latvia (LIAA) in 2007. She started her career as a project manager in Export Promotion Division, later headed Export Promotion Division and LIAA Representative Office in Russian Federation. Iveta has a good knowledge of market research and data analysis as she has […]
Engineering lead at healthtech startup Longenesis. Helped to onboard more than 600 thousand participants into research and health education initiatives both on national and private levels.
Jaanus has 40+ years’ experience in healthcare, from practicing surgeon, high-level public official and manager to consultant and entrepreneur. Today he is active in innovation management – health and biotech, sustainable energy technologies.
Dr. Ahmad Alawadhi is the Director of Community Outreach at G42 Healthcare, overseeing the sample collection and recruitment plan for the program. Prior to G42 Healthcare, Dr. Ahmad was a Brigadier at Abu Dhabi Police Headquarters. Earlier, he was also a lecturer at the Institute of Community Policing in Abu […]
Aiga Balode is deputy state secretary on digitalization and change management issues of the Ministry of Health. The rapid changes and the innovative perspectives in the health sector in Latvia are not merely related to digitalization and IT development. The approach taken is to build an inclusive and resilient Digital […]
Raimonds Lapiņš is a Deputy State Secretary on Economic Development, Business Competitiveness, and Innovation of the Ministry of Economics of Latvia. Mr. Lapiņš has more than 15 years of professional experience at the Ministry of Economics of Latvia and the Latvian Investment and Development Agency. His contribution has been mainly […]
Dr Brian Healey Bird FRCPI is a Consultant Medical Oncologist in Bon Secours Hospital Cork, Ireland’s largest private hospital. He is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education in the School of Medicine, University College Cork, where he was awarded the President’s Prize for Individual Excellence in teaching. He specializes in […]
Associated Professor Maija Radzina, MD, PhD is well known as a passionate educator in clinical radiology, a diligent researcher, and opinion leader in the Baltic countries and Europe. Her research has been devoted to innovative methods in imaging and furthermore computer science developments in Artificial Intelligence.
Pritha has completed her Bachelor in Biochemistry and Masters in Precision Medicine at the University of Manchester. Her key interests lie in oncology and molecular biology. Currently, she is doing a second Master’s in Biomedical sciences (specializing in infectious and tropical diseases) at Universiteit Antwerpen in Belgium.
Ivanna is studying in the master’s program of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia and works at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center in the group of Prof. Jānis Kloviņš, in the direction of genomics and bioinformatics.
Josephine Heinold is a dedicated master’s student from Uppsala University, graduating in the program molecular medicine. Her academic journey has fueled my enthusiasm for the field of precision medicine approaches and she’s looking forward to engaging in discussions at the PMNET forum.
Prof. Aija Linē is the head of the Cancer Biomarker group at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre and a professor at the University of Latvia in molecular genetics and immunology. She obtained her PhD at the University of Latvia in 2002 on the identification and characterization of tumor […]
Business and system analyst with more than 20 years’ experience working in IT sector, for the last 5 years – developing ICT systems in the field of Digital Health, having Ph.D. degree in political science, specializing in health politics and policy. Leading business analyst in the development process of the New Latvia […]
Simon Pfisterer completed his PhD at the University of Tübingen, Germany, in 2012, and established his own research group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in 2019. His research is focused on cellular processes which govern lipid physiology. Especially how cells take up lipids, transport them internally and how they […]
Vika is a 5th year medical student and a student representative on various university committees, departments and the Senate itself. As part of her personal development, she does a lot of volunteering, and internships in clinics, learns from professionals in the field, and has a lot of interest and participation […]
Since 2010, Professor, Pharmacogenetics, University of Helsinki, Finland Since 2011, Chief Physician (secondary occupation), HUS Diagnostic Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland 2010, Medical Specialist, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, Finland 2004, Title of Docent, Clinical Drug Research, University of Helsinki, Finland 2002, Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD), […]
Dr. Mirjam Blattner-Johnson is one of the core scientists behind the INFORM program. Beyond precision medicine, her research is focused on cancer predisposition and molecular characterization in pediatric high-risk CNS malignancies.
Professor Andrea Townsend-Nicholson holds a chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University College London (UCL). Andrea’s research aims to enhance our understanding of the molecular basis of health and disease using experimental and computational methodologies and she has a special interest in facilitating the introduction of personalized medicine into […]
Normunds Staňevičs is an experienced executive with over a decade of experience in leadership roles in companies in over 30 countries and across several industries. Currently, N. Staņevičs has accepted possibly the largest challenge of his life by becoming the CEO and chairman of the management board of the largest and most strategically […]
Michael Akhras, PhD, has over 15 years of experience in the Life Science industry with a focus on technology development for Precision Medicine. He spent +5 years of research at Stanford University and holds a PhD in Biotechnology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Currently a partner in Colibri Ventures […]
In 1984, while studying at the University of Latvia, Andris began work at the Institute of Solid State Physics, where he developed as a researcher mainly in the areas of photonics, nonlinear optics and quantum chemical calculations. From 1990 to 2010, Andris worked in business and public administration, where he […]
Mait Metspalu is a Professor of evolutionary genomics. He did PhD in population genetics at the University of Tartu 2006. In 2012-2013 Mait was a visiting research fellow at UC Berkeley. His research concentrates on using and developing population genetics approaches incl. ancient DNA to understand the genetic diversity and […]
Dr Vilne has more than 13 years of experience in bioinformatics and its application in biomedicine, analyzing genomic data (arrays, WES/WGS) transcriptome and microbiome data. Her major focus has been integrative multi-omics analysis for personalized medicine, starting from pair-wise integrations (e.g., expression quantitative trait loci; eQTLs) and re-construction of gene […]
Karit Reinson works as the Head of the Department of Clinical Genetics, Tartu University Hospital and as a researcher at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tartu. She defended PhD thesis in 2018 on the topic: New Diagnostic Methods for Early Detection of Inborn Errors of Metabolism […]
Emil Syundyukov is a computer scientist who uses his skills to solve problems in the healthcare industry. Ten years of experience in applied research and development of industrial and academic solutions in the healthcare industry worldwide with academic traction of numerous industrial and academic projects in population health research. He received multiple […]
Prof. Una Riekstina is the director of the pharmacy studies program at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Latvia. The development of targeted drugs and the biocompatibility of plant bioactive substances and biomaterials in the preclinical stage are her key research interests. Organ-on-chip models for targeted therapies, as […]
Sander Pajusalu, MD, PhD, is a head of the Genetics and Personalized Medicine Clinic at the Tartu University Hospital and an associate professor of clinical genetics at the Tartu University in Estonia. He graduated from Tartu University as an MD in 2013 and completed his PhD studies as well as the […]
Monta Brīvība has more than 5 years of expertise in obtaining massive parallel sequencing (e.g. metagenomics, transcriptomics, and WGS) data as the leader of the next-generation sequencing department and now as the head of the core facility Genome Center. She has been actively involved in several genome research projects, including […]
Prof. Jelena Rascon graduated from Vilnius University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1995. She completed her pediatric hematology and oncology training at Vilnius University in 1998. In 2002, she pioneered a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant program in Lithuania after completing specialized training at the Children’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of the […]
Roi Shternin is a dedicated patient advocate and influencer reshaping the landscape of modern healthcare. After years of misdiagnosis and dismissive medical treatment, he was finally diagnosed with complex chronic illnesses, including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), MCAD, cPTSD, and the very rare Solar urticaria. Motivated by his experiences, Roi has founded several […]
Päivi Östling has more than 10 years of research experience in the field of precision cancer medicine research. She has been responsible for establishing a functional precision medicine (fPM) platform at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) and Karolinska Institutet (KI) through the Olli Kallioniemi research group where she also acts […]
Dr. chem. Svetlana Vorslova is working in the Metabolic Department of the Laboratory at Children’s Clinical University Hospital in Riga, Latvia for the last thirteen years as a laboratory geneticist. She is in charge of selective screening of inborn errors of metabolism and newborn screening. Svetlana Vorslova is a member of […]
Tops (b. 1978) studied Medical Biology in Utrecht. He obtained his PhD in 2007 studying the biogenesis and regulation of small RNAs (siRNA and miRNAs) in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegens. He finished his post-doctoral training in 2013 to become the first Clinical Molecular Biologist in Pathology and is registered as […]
Alessandra Ferlini is medical geneticist and neurologist, professor in medical genetics, and director of the Medical Genetics Unit at the University of Ferrara (Italy), and also an Honorary visiting professor at the University College London. She achieved her PhD in London (1995-1999) under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Muntoni, at the […]
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Dr. Hiekkalinna is Associate professor of quantitative genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interest focuses on population genetics and the development of simulation and analysis tools for genetics epidemiology. He participates in a number of international population health projects, such as the FinnGen project, the 1+Million […]
Dr. Bhola studied engineering at the University of Toronto and received his PhD from Rockefeller University in the lab of Sandy Simon. He performed post doctoral studies at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Anthony Letai’s lab. Dr. Bhola is currently the head of the Laboratory for Functional Precision Medicine […]
As an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona, my work currently consists in developing new tools and discovering novel therapies for personalized cancer treatment, collaborating with many oncologists internationally in several exciting translational medicine projects. In my laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, we use the […]
Raimonds Lapiņš is a Deputy State Secretary on Economic Development, Business Competitiveness, and Innovation of the Ministry of Economics of Latvia. Mr. Lapiņš has more than 15 years of professional experience at the Ministry of Economics of Latvia and the Latvian Investment and Development Agency. His contribution has been mainly […]
Markus Perola, MD, PhD, Research Professor Dr. Markus Perola MD, PhD, is a Research Professor at the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland. He is leading a research team focusing on the genomics and other omics in relevance to common human traits, personalised medicine and biobanking. He is […]
She is Patient Engagement in Research Coordinator at Sant Joan de Déu Chidren’s Hospital (Spain). She has long experience in the field of the involvement of patients and families in research initiatives. She has also a personal story as a caregiver and patient advocate because is the sister of a […]
Aris holds two roles. He is a senior pharmacist based at NHS England Genomics Unit, supporting the implementation of genomics in routine care, the evaluation, implementation, and uptake of genomic tests with an impact on medicines use, upskilling the pharmacy workforce around genomics and collaborating with several national stakeholders. He […]
Dr. Letai received his MD and PhD from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at DFCI. He did his postdoctoral research training in the laboratory of Dr. Stanley Korsmeyer. Dr. Letai’s research focuses […]
Aiga Balode is deputy state secretary on digitalization and change management issues of the Ministry of Health. The rapid changes and the innovative perspectives in the health sector in Latvia are not merely related to digitalization and IT development. The approach taken is to build an inclusive and resilient Digital […]
Rob Pieters is Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and Professor of Pediatric Oncology at the University of Utrecht, both in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
David Gisselsson Nord leads the GMS Childhood Cancer Working Group, providing whole genome sequencing to all children diagnosed with cancer in Sweden.
Martin is director at Molecular Tumor Profiling Dept. of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland and a Lecturer at the University of Zurich and Postgraduate Study Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Dr. Lars O. Baumbusch is a molecular biologist working as a senior scientist and project group leader at the Dep. of Pediatric Research, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Norway.
Johanna Sandgren is the director of the Swedish Childhood Tumour Biobank, a unit at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. She is also part of the coordinating committee for GMS Childhood Cancer Working Group, providing whole genome sequencing to all children diagnosed with cancer in Sweden. Dr Sandgren has a PhD in […]
Dr. Eero Punkka is currently Director of Helsinki Biobank. Professionally, he has worked in leadership roles of R&D and business development both on the public and private side.
Mārcis Leja is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, University of Latvia, Head of the Dept. of Research, Riga East University hospital, and a consulting gastroenterologist at the Digestive Diseases Centre.
Katarina Puco is senior consultant oncologist working at Oslo University Hospital, Institute of Cancer Research as a study oncologist in IMPRESS- Norway study and as a clinician at Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital