Is knowledge enough to create better life conditions for everyone? I remember the PhD proposal I wrote three years ago: I stated in that proposal that I did not want to do science just for the sake of knowledge. I wanted to do science to make better healthcare possible in the real world – here and now – and make it inclusive, centered around an individual. I did not get the PhD position. Instead, life blessed me with this:
On January 28, 2026 I traveled to Linköping University Hospital to join my colleagues – visionaries – not only one of a kind experts in their respective fields but also revolutionists who are building the future of healthcare – the healthcare that each and every one of us, no doubt, has wished for at least once when we have dealt with healthcare systems: A health ecosystem that treats each and every one of us as humans whose unique health journeys are formed through equally uniquely intertwined factors – information that current healthcare system does not have the capacity to gather, not to mention the capacity to help individuals or healthcare professionals use it as actionable data for disease prevention.
I was there as the Press Officer of the world-unique Medical Digital Twin which allows individuals to gather their physiological and cognitive health data – from the intracellular level to the whole-body response – to account for all major functionalities in the body, make informed lifestyle decisions now and predict how one’s health state will develop over years.
So why did we gather in January? With Medical Digital Twin at its heart, we have built M4-HEALTH – an excellence cluster bringing together an even larger pool of experts in healthcare, drug development, defense, forensics, elderly care, AI and data handling as well as food and textile industries to transform our current reactive and hospital-centric healthcare system into a preventive, personalized, ecosystem-based approach.
To go back to my rhetorical question at the beginning – Is knowledge enough to create better life conditions for everyone? It takes more than knowledge. In M4-HEALTH we have world-class knowledge and expertise. We have hearts that beat for change. And we have a vision that we are all fiercely dedicated to, no matter what role we are currently playing in the excellence cluster. I believe that is that foundation of using knowledge for the best for everyone.
And if you want one more hint of a personal touch… When I was a little girl and breathed books like one breathes air, I always envisioned myself doing revolutionary things. But I had no idea this is where my life would take me.
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Speaking of visionaries, here are two people that inspire me: Gunnar Cedersund that has united so many of us around his vision of what the future of health can look like, and Johan Holmsäter that has revolutionized our perspective on physical health once and is on his second round.
