Mission
The mission of Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE) project is to make Tuscany the “health region” by stimulating research toward applications in connections with companies and the healthcare stakeholders to develop technologies improving health and wellness.
Target
The main objective of the project is to stimulate, support the growth and consolidation of the life sciences ecosystem in Tuscany, in coherence with the strategic and smart specialization (RIS3) lines of the territory, through a multidisciplinary approach, high-level specialized skills, cross-contamination of technologies and knowledge, effective dialogue between researchers, clinicians, companies. THE aims to respond to the innovation and training needs of the sector, enabling the consolidation of the regional ecosystem and strengthening its competitiveness on a regional, national and global scale.
Topics
There are more than 1. 400 researchers involved in ecosystem projects, ranging from the development of advanced radiotherapies and diagnostics in oncology, preventive and predictive medicine, advanced technologies, methods and materials for human health and wellness, nanotechnology for diagnosis and therapy, implementation of innovation for health and wellness, precision medicine and personalized health care, translational medicine, biotechnology and imaging in neuroscience, robotics and automation for health, and population-based models of health management.
Tuscany Health Ecosystem project partners.
Partners
There are a total of 22 partners participating in the THE ecosystem, universities, public and private research organizations, and companies, coordinated by a central HUB and divided into 10 macro activities (spoke)
The 22 partners are:
- Università di Firenze
- Università di Pisa
- Università di Siena
- Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa
- Scuola Normale Superiore – Pisa
- Scuola Alti Studi – Lucca
- Università per Stranieri di Siena
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza
- Museo Galileo – Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
- Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences
- Digital Innovation Hub Toscana
- Dedalus
- Esaote
- Orthokey Italia
- Medea
- IUVO
- Wearable Robotics
- qbrobotics
- Weart
SPOKE of Tuscany Health Ecosystem
The projects developed within THE are aggregated into 10 macro areas to systematize the relevant research expertise and infrastructure.
- Advanced radiotherapies and diagnostics in oncology – Spoke 1
- Preventive and predictive medicine – Spoke 2
- Advanced technologies, methods and materials for human health and well-being – Spoke 3
- Nanotechnologies for diagnosis and therapy – Spoke 4
- Implementing innovation for healthcare and well-being – Spoke 5
- Precision medicine & personalized healthcare – Spoke 6
- Innovating translational medicine – Spoke 7
- Biotechnologies and imaging in neuroscience – Spoke 8
- Robotics and automation for health – Spoke 9
- Population health – Spoke 10
