To create an artificial intelligence (AI) reference hub for healthcare and neuromodulation1 with its inauguration set for the second half of the year. The aim of this partnership is to significantly improve the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders.This artificial intelligence hub will be created in a 1,000 m2 space at the entrance of Campus Biotech on the Sécheron site. Its mission is to develop and provide the most advanced treatments for patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The HUG will provide the general management of the hub.

Robert Mardini, Director general of the HUG, explains, “The hub will provide a tailored environment to bring together AI-related hospital and technological expertise, in collaboration with the HUG Innovation Center. Campus Biotech fosters synergies between experts in emerging technologies and those who need them.

This hub will have four missions:

Admission of patients, follow-up consultations and medical investigations (HUG and Wyss Center) performed by HUG staff assigned mainly by the Department of psychiatry of Professor Stefan Kaiser and the Department of clinical neurosciences of Professor Karl Schaller, in coordination with the Wyss Center’s innovative AI-guided neuromodulation programme.

Translational research2 and development (Wyss Center): focused on AIguided neuromodulation with the aim of supporting the emergence of innovative start-ups in this field. One such example is the dEEGtal start-up, which develops AI-based diagnostic software designed to respond to the urgent need for an early detection of epilepsy. This project was notably an award-winner at the HUG Innovation Day.

AI integrated into care and prevention (HUG): applied research and innovation to develop AI-based solutions in the healthcare sector, specifically in relation to prevention and mental health. Projects linked to the simplification of medical administrative tasks (admission, discharge letters, etc.), the optimisation of patient flows and the improvement of company management functions (human resources, invoicing, accounting) will also be developed.

Training and dialogue (DSM): a meeting place for health professionals (care network), AI experts and citizens, to raise awareness, reflect and receive training on the ethical, scientific and social challenges relating to AI in healthcare. Participatory activities are planned including training sessions, townhall discussions and demonstrations. Furthermore, as Campus Biotech is located in the heart of international Geneva, links with international stakeholders active in healthcare, and the on-site presence of the Institute of Global Health and the Geneva Digital Health Hub of the Faculty of Medicine, mean that global issues linked to AI and digital health will also be examined within the hub framework.

Source: https://www.hug.ch/en/medias/press-release/artificial-intelligence-health-hub-set-open-campus-biotech