EIT Health Hub
RSU joined the Regional Innovation Scheme in the area of health in 2018, which is managed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's Health Knowledge and Innovation Community (EIT Health). The University currently serves as the EIT Health RIS Hub in Latvia.
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The goal of the hub is to enhance health innovation capacity in Latvia. Its activities seek to engage various regional stakeholders in EIT Health programmes and develop regional innovation eco-system through the integrated knowledge triangle model.
EIT Health, a European public-private partnership in the area of healthcare, was established by more than 150 partners representing the leading European companies, universities, research and development centres, hospitals and other organizations. The role of this partnership is to build a future healthcare eco-system that will enable European citizens to live longer and healthier lives. EIT Health upgrades the skills of healthcare professionals throughout Europe by investing in Europe's best talents and facilitates the commercialisation of innovative health products/solutions within the EU.
News
Applications for EIT Jumpsterter can be submitted until April 2, 2025 via the EIT Jumpstarter page. The selected 190 teams will join the online bootcamps and the Pitch Days. Only 80 teams will advance to local trainings, build their business plan and register their start-up. In November 48 teams will enter the final pitching competition with the chance to win cash prizes (150,000 EUR in total) and get exposure to the largest innovators network in Europe.
The RSU Innovation Centre and the RTU Science and Innovation Centre invite science and business leaders, as well as representatives of the deep technology community and startups, to the informative event Life Sciences Breakfast on 5 February. The aim is to strengthen the connection between science and business, promoting the development of the next generation of biotechnology leaders.
The second event of this year's EIT Health Morning Health Talks series took place on 14 November 2024. As in the first event, we continued to focus on Open Innovation: Collaborative Pathways, Alliances and Networks, getting an insight into open innovation alliances and how these alliances can contribute to data sharing in sandbox environments.
On 25 October, Rīga 1st Hospital hosted the hackathon 'The Big Four: from Space to Patient', which challenged teams to find uses for the four buildings of the hospital. The aim was to develop the scope of the hospital's services and improve the patient experience in the hospital.
The EIT Health i-Days health innovation event for Latvian university students took place in Riga on 10 - 11 October 2024, inspiring them to get involved in healthcare innovation and start-ups. The winning team, team Linky, are students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and Riga Technical University (RTU) who have been looking for a solution to a challenge from the Children's Hospital to provide effective palliative care for children.
On 8 October 2024, UniLab, in collaboration with Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and EIT Health RIS Hub in Latvia, invites everyone to explore the creation and behind-the-scenes of the Med Tech business at the Entrepreneurial Gene event "How to Build a Successful Med Tech Business", where experienced Med Tech entrepreneurs will share their success secrets and provide practical sales skills.
On 29 August 2024, the EIT Health RIS Hub in Latvia will participate in the Startup Community Forum organised by the Latvian start-up association Startin.LV. The presentation will outline the opportunities for start-ups that EIT Health offers.
With the aim to promote the development of digital skills in the healthcare sector, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in partnership with Riga TechGirls will provide a free digital skills and innovations masterclass programme Cilvēcīgi par tehnoloģijām (Technology Made Human). The masterclass is meant for healthcare professionals, representatives of start-ups, and anyone who wants to work in this sector in the future. The online programme consists of 24 theoretical sessions and 4 practical sessions over the course of three months and is an opportunity to improve knowledge of the use of different tools and technologies in healthcare and to gain useful skills for everyday use.
The first EIT Health Morning Health Talks of the year took place on 6 June 2024. The event focused on Open Innovation Journeys: Collaborative Pathways, Alliances and Networks, getting an insight into open innovation alliances and how these alliances can contribute to the secondary usage of healthcare data: data sharing in open innovation.
The Workshop on Health Development Projects took place in Valmiera at the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences on 5 April 2024 with the aim to promote the development and implementation of interdisciplinary research and innovation projects in the regions.
- Past events
Monitoring of various health indicators, personalised nutrition plans and reminders about the most important health checks-ups - these are just some of the solutions created by students to improve public health. Students from all over Latvia met at the i-Days event in Riga on 26-27 October 2023 organised by the health community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Health), at which they searched for ideas for preventive health.
The second event of this year's EIT Health Morning Health Talks series took place on 21 September 2023 in collaboration with the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Latvia. The theme of the event was innovation as an engine for longevity.
The EIT Health RIS Hub participated in the Startup Community Forum organised by the Latvian Startup Association Startin.LV on 29 August 2023.
The first EIT Health Morning Health Talks of the year took place on 14 June 2023. The topic of this talk was medical professional training for smart healthcare practice.
On September 9 2022, the EIT Health Hub participated in the Startup Day forum organised by the Latvian startup association Startin.LV. The presentations outlined the opportunities for start-ups that EIT Health offers.
On 30 June 2022, the first of the EIT Health Morning Health Talks of 2022 took place. The topic of this talk was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital health care.
