Precision Health in Schleswig-Holstein (PHSH)

TheuniversitiesinKielandLbeck,togetherwiththeUniversityMedicalCenterSchleswig-Holstein(UKSH),foundedthegovernancestructurePrecisionHealthinSchleswig-Holstein(PHSH).PHSHprovidestheorganizationalframeworktoprofessionalizeandacceleratepatient-centeredresearchinprecisionmedicine.ThebasisforPHSHisthelong-standingcooperationbetweentheuniversitiesinKielandLbeckandtheUKSH,throughtheClusterofExcellenceInflammationatInterfaces.

ThePHSHmodeliscurrentlyuniqueinGermany.Inthisstructure,outstandingscientistswhohavebeenselectedbyexternalevaluationwithintheSchleswig-HolsteinExcellenceChair"-program,directlycontroltheclinicalresearchopportunitiesattheUKSH.They,forexample,haveaninfluenceonthedecisionswhichstructuresarerequiredforscience-drivenclinicalstudies,andwhichinfrastructuresmustbeexpanded.

ThemissionofPHSHistoresearch,developandapplyindividually-customized,molecular-orientedprecisionmedicine.Therearethreemajorworkareas:

  • educationandtrainingofclinicianscientists,supportforsenior"ClinicianScientistsaswellasselectionoftheSH-Chairs 
  • establishment,expansionandmanagementoftherelevanttranslatoryinfrastructureattheUKSH,suchasmolecularplatforms,imagingmethods,patientcohortsandmedicalITinfrastructure
  • clinicalstudiesandprojectsinprecisionmedicine,initiallywithafocusoninflammation,butopentoallareasofmedicine

ThehostinstitutionsofthePHSHareKielUniversity,theUniversityofLbeckandtheUniversityMedicalCenterSchleswig-Holstein(UKSH).AssociatedpartnersaretheResearchCenterBorstel-LeibnizLungCenter,theMaxPlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryBiologyinPlnandtheMuthesiusUniversityinKiel.

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