FUTURE WEBINAR - 2025, Tuesday January 14th - Prof. Marco Viceconti: "In Silico Medicine: The Story So Far"
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Abstract:
In this webinar, we will review the story of in silico medicine, and in particular of the use of computer modelling and simulation in the development and derisking of medical products, what is sometimes referred to as “In Silico Trials”. From the origins in the ‘60s to the Physiome project, we will review the birth of the VPH Institute and the Avicenna Alliance and how the visionary idea has developed in a thriving research subject and, more recently, in an emerging industrial sector. We will close by illustrating the SWOT analysis for the adoption of In Silico Trials by biomedical industries, recently finalised by the In Silico World consortium.
Short Bio:
Marco Viceconti is a full professor of industrial bioengineering in the department of industrial engineering at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Before that, he was at the University of Sheffield, UK, where he founded and led for seven years the prestigious Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine. Prof Viceconti is an expert in In Silico Trials, the use of subject-specific modelling to test new medical products. He founded the VPH Institute, an international non-profit organisation that coordinates this research community. He drove the creation of the Avicenna Alliance, which represents the biomedical industry’s interests in this domain. He served as President of the European Society of Biomechanics and the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science. He is currently one of 25 members of the World Council of Biomechanics. In 2018, he became a Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering; in 2021, he received the Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics. According to SCOPUS, he published 407 papers (H-index = 59).
