Biodesign Finland

Enjoying the diverse health innovation ecosystem in the capital region. This week we had a chance to partake in a Business Finland and CleverHealth Network organised Co-Innovation workshop. At the workshop we started to plan joint collaboration projects between hospitals, research organisations and companies working with Data/AI, Robotics and Sustainability. The other highlight was the Terkko Health Hub community event that reminded us that a thriving innovation ecosystem needs openness, enabling facilitators, active students, engaged researchers, bold startups and leading corporate players. Here is to collaboration! 👏 We aim to boost this type of collaboration in our new project: Health innovations across silos, that is coordinated together with University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Biodesign Finland and SPARK Finland. Otto Olavinen, Salla Keränen, Johanna Reiman, Anu Meerwaldt, Otto Kari, Risto Renkonen, Heli Johanna Salminen #HEVi #HEVinnovations #Kasvuyritykset #Startup #Helsinki #Espoo #Vantaa

What an inspiring visit to Lumoral by Koite Health , the very first project and company that came from Biodesign Finland ✨ Our alumni Sakari Nikinmaa gave us a master class on how to take a new healthtech product to the market! 1. You need to do great science while addressing a clinical need to convince the professionals. Then they can help you to communicate your product's value to end customers and the wider public. 2. You need to invest in great design and vision early on so you can get the right people and investors on board. 3. You need to sell and market to your idea in the right channels and with the right opinion leaders, while experimenting on what works in each market. Thanks to the Lumoral team for your insights and the office tour!

🎉 Our Biodesign program alumna Hanna Castrén-Niemi led INGA team at Aalto University, has been awarded a €3,2M grant from the Biden-Harris Administration's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health. The grant will support her groundbreaking project, Home-Based Safe & Intelligent Labor Inductions, aimed at revolutionizing labor induction. ✨ Remarkably, the project was the only one in Europe and one of just two outside the United States to receive this funding. 🤝 Huge congratulations to Hanna and the INGA team, and all who contributed towards the success! Heidi Kruit, MD, PhD., Leena Rahkonen, MD, Doc. Aki Laakso, Lauri Parkkonen "Our incredible team aims to address the critical challenges of labor induction, especially for women in rural areas who face limited access to obstetric care. We believe that high-quality birth healthcare should be accessible to every woman globally. With the unwavering support of our partners in Finland, we’ve been able to make significant progress in our research. Now, with additional ARPA-H funding from the U.S., our team will continue to build a better future for prenatal health for all women—regardless of their shape, size, or color."  – Hanna Castrén Niemi Salla Keränen, Otto Olavinen, Heikki Nieminen, Anu Honkalinna https://lnkd.in/drXa7-R6

CoDesignSPORT-hanke käynnistyi marraskuun lopulla aloitustilaisuudella, jossa kokoonnuimme yhdessä sidosryhmien kanssa hankkeen tavoitteiden äärelle. Hankkeen ytimessä on uudenlaisen tarvelähtöisen yhteistyön kehittäminen huippu-urheilun ja valmennuksen, terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin sekä digitalisaation ja teknologian TKI-toiminnassa. Tilaisuuden aikana kuulimme inspiroivia puheenvuoroja hankkeen teemoista: Timi Lahti (Jalkapallon Pelaajayhdistys - Football Players' Association of Finland) jakoi pelaajien aivoterveyteen liittyviä tarpeita kentältä. Mira Kaikkonen (Urheilumehiläinen) valotti joukkuelääkärin näkökulman päävammojen hoidon nykytilasta. Kati Peltonen (Helsingin yliopisto) esitteli SUCCESS-hanketta, jossa edistetään kestävää uraa kontaktiurheilun huipulla. Otto Olavinen (Biodesign Finland) kertoi Stanfordin yliopistossa kehitetystä Biodesign-konseptista, joka toimii CoDesignSPORT-hankkeen toimintamallin pohjana. Kolmivuotisen EAKR-hankkeen aikana tulemme pilotoimaan uusia ratkaisuja, joilla edistetään mm. kontaktilajien pelaajien aivoterveyttä, valmennuksen digitalisaatiota, sekä fysiologiseen seurantaan ja hyvinvointiin liittyviä palveluja. Tavoitteena on parantaa yritysten TKI-valmiuksia sekä avata uusia liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia. Tilaisuudessa käytiin vilkasta keskustelua, ja painotettiin mm. erilaisen mittausdatan tehokkaan hyödyntämisen tuomia mahdollisuuksia sekä tarvetta konkreettisiin ratkaisuihin, jotka tuovat todellista muutosta arkeen. Järjestäjät Tiina Parviainen, Henri Louste & Mihaly Szerovay kiittävät kaikkia osallistujia inspiroivista keskusteluista ja arvokkaista näkökulmista! CoDesignSPORTista lisätietoja: https://lnkd.in/d7fVDYHy #keskisuomi #EUnTuella University of Jyväskylä

🌟 Announcing the first ever PHEMS Hackathon 🌟 Help us save lives and improve care through this online hackathon to predict sepsis in patients in pediatric intensive care units. 🎯  Development of machine learning algorithms to predict sepsis 📅 January 13th-31st, 2025 on Kaggle website 🙋🏽 Open to all with knowledge of machine learning or healthcare analytics 🏆 Earn cash prizes and see how your work impacts real-world research 📝 Online: https://t.ly/95Ksv Share this invitation with your colleagues and students looking to gain experience with real-world data! European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) #kaggle, #PediatricInnovation #DataScience #PHEMS #fundedbyEU #UKRI #PediatricHealthDataSpace #UKRI

Kiitos Bonnier Business Forum Ltd. ja kumppanit #suurisoteseminaari järjestämisestä. Hyvinvointialueiden toiminta kehittyy lupaavasti, mutta rahoitus ja budjettirajat alkavat tulla vastaan. Itselle jäi mieleen kysymys: kuinka tasapainoilla itsenäisen kehitystyön ja yhdenvertaisten palveluiden välillä? Ehkä näkökulma voisi lähteä kansalaisten/käyttäjien tarpeista ei vaan keskitetyn johdon hyödyistä tai seinistä. Positiivinen fiilis jäi haasteista huolimatta. Kohti entistä vaikuttavampia palveluita, yhdessä toisiamne sopivasti haastaen! Otto Olavinen & Salla Keränen

Thank you Ella Mikkola for giving us an illuminating view to International IP & IP Contracts at EY. Including insightful discussion on patents and other forms of protection with our Biodesign Fellows. Our take home message was that good preparation, well timed communication and professional support are key factors in succesfull negotiations, contracts and defence of IP rights. This knowledge also comes handy in creating new IP and business opportunities. The other takeaway was to to understand that you need multidiclipinary knowledge when you face a new obstacle in the complex legal landscape. Ville Pitkänen, Taneli Tikkakoski, Erika Gröhn, Miikkael Salmi, Salla Keränen, Otto Olavinen

Ideation with Biodesign Finland Innovation Fellows. Great ideas, innovative prototyping, reflecting on innovation cards & future trends and most of all inspiring conversations 👏🏻 Thank you to the co-facilitator Otto Olavinen and Fellows Erika Gröhn Miikkael Salmi Ville Pitkänen Taneli Tikkakoski & Alpo Keinänen.

Last week we had a pleasure to co-organise RDI Growth workshop at Health Design with Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö and Aalto Design Factory. The workshop gave the participants an opportunity to innovate together in multidisciplinary teams, around national development challenges and clinical needs from Biodesign. Big thanks to the attendees for active and creative workshop participation. Special thanks to Pauliina Hyrkäs, Outi Forsström, Jukka Lähesmaa, Vikki Eriksson and Sushant Passi for the joint workshop organisation. And Erika Gröhn, Taneli Tikkakoski, Miikkael Salmi, Ville Pitkänen, Alpo Keinänen, Annika Järvelin, Oguz Tanzer, Heikki Nieminen for facilitating the differrent teams. Salla Keränen, Otto Olavinen, Heikki Nieminen Photography by: Jan Ahlstedt

✨ One of the best outcomes from past events is hearing how the connections made at our event sparked new hires and joint projects. 👋 Say hello to our speakers and learn how to innovate through partnerships. And be ready start new connections with people you might just meet for the first time, as the space for innovation opens with the relationships we build. Katariina Rouvinen Development Manager at HUS Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala, Roeen Roashan Director of Innovation at Novo Nordisk, Timo Alalääkkölä Head of Testing and Innovations at Pohjois-Pohjanmaan hyvinvointialue Pohde. Pinja Krook Healthcare Partnership Director at Novartis Finland and Martin Magelund Rasmussen Director of the Centre of Head and Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet. 🗓️ There still a chance to join this years program on 15th-16th of October at Aalto University and connect with the people you might or might not know. Links in the comments.