Elin Nyman and Henrik Podéus both participated in the 2025 Systems Biology of Human Disease (SBHD) conference, held in Berlin and hosted by the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Elin Nyman presented “Machine Learning for Forensic Predictions of Time and Cause of Death”, showcasing how metabolomics data combined with machine learning models can support forensic investigations.
Henrik Podéus presented hiw work on “Enhancing Disease Screening Through Alcohol Consumption Markers and Digital Monitoring Tools”, highlighting the use of our digital twin models in innovative approaches to monitor alcohol consumption.
Both Elin’s and Henrik’s contributions added valuable perspectives to the interdisciplinary agenda of the conference, which this year placed particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, cancer, infectious diseases, and aging.
Gunnar Cedersund held a presentation at the workshop “Public healthcare under change – Conditions, expectations and requirements”. This event is a part of the MultiHelix Think Tank in Lund, and was held on May 8. The event included presentations from a variety of different actors related to health, and the health ecosystem. I, Katja Woxell, was there as well, and some of my main takeaways from the event included:
Climate change is the world’s biggest health risk;
1,2 million Swedes take antidepressants, and this is made into an individual problem rather than a societal problem;
Oral healthcare is characterized by extreme inequity both world-wide and nationally;
Existential healthcare tools for mindful everyday living as well as national efforts for result- and value-driven healthcare systems are in place.
A promising national and world-wide preventive healthcare project, presented at this event, is our Medical Digital Twin, developed by Gunnar Cedersund and his colleagues. The project gives each user access to his/her own physiological digital twin that shows what is happening in the user’s body and organs now and what those processes will look like in the future, depending on the user’s lifestyle choices. The project has a potential for educating and empowering individuals to make smarter lifestyle choices that positively impact their long-term state of health. Apart from me, Gunnar Cedersund was accompanied by his colleagues – Johan Holmäster and Mats Janson. Johan and Mats are involved both in the development of eHealth solutions and health programs, and in the newer – cognitive – part of Medical Digital Twin, concerning sound lifestyle based on a triangulation of individuals’ emotions, thoughts and physical and mental healthcare practices.
