From Technology
to Treatment
Advancing Precision Medicine
28 & 29 August 2025
ETH Zurich, Main Building











About the Event
This two-day event will explore the latest breakthroughs in personalized medicine, with a particular focus on how cutting-edge technologies transform clinical practice and patient care. Leading experts from academia, medicine, and industry will come together to share insights, discuss challenges, and shape the future of precision medicine.
Key Highlights:
- Keynote lectures on the latest advances in personalized medicine in Switzerland and abroad.
- A panel discussion with renowned leaders from academia, healthcare, patients and industry, addressing the current state and future opportunities of personalized medicine.
- Presentations of groundbreaking projects that are translating research into real-world clinical applications.
- Opportunities to explore national and international collaborations and synergies that will advance the field.

PHRT & SPHN
The PHRT – SPHN Event 2025 brings together leading researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and industry experts to showcase the advancements in Personalized Medicine and Health in Switzerland. This event serves as a platform to highlight the impact of PHRT – Personalized Health & Related Technologies and Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), fostering collaboration and innovation in the field.
Our Speakers
Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield
Vice Principal for Health, Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre, Former Chief Scientist at Genomics England
Queen Mary University of London

Abstract:
Precision Medicine – Transforming Healthcare
The UK 100,000 Genomes Project focussed on transforming genomic medicine in the National Health Service using whole genome sequencing in rare disease, cancer and infection. Whole genome sequencing is reading as much of entire genetic code that we can today. Genomics England partnering with the NHS to establish Genomic Medicine Centres, an NHS whole genome sequencing centre and the Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership (3500 researchers from 33 countries). We sequenced the 100,000th genome on the 5th December 2018 and have returned results to the NHS. Alongside these genomes we have assembled a longitudinal life course dataset for research and diagnosis including > 4 billion clinical data points for researchers to work on to drive up the value of the genomes for direct healthcare. In parallel we have partnered the NHS to establish one of the world’s most advanced Genomic Medicine Services where we re-evaluated 300,000 genomic tests and upgraded 25% of tests to newer technologies with an annual review and 500,000 whole genomes are available for NHS care over the next 5 years.
Dr. Dean Ho
Provost’s Chair Professor, Director of the N.1 Institute for Health (N.1). Director of the Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
National University of Singapore

Abstract:
Precision Begins With One
Prof. Dean Ho and his team pioneered the development of CURATE.AI, an AI-enabled platform that dynamically optimises human drug dosing for indications ranging from hematologic and solid cancers to cardiovascular medicine and digital therapy. CURATE.AI is currently being studied across multiple first-in-kind clinical trials which have led to promising clinical outcomes. Lessons learned from AI-driven, N-of-1 healthcare has also led to new studies pertaining to Digital Longevity Medicine to address the need to extend human healthspan.
In October of 2024, Prof. Dean Ho and team launched DELTA, a first-in-kind human trial – with Prof. Dean Ho as the test subject. This N-of-1 protocol harnesses a combination of AI, digital medicine, fasting, fitness, and food to optimize metabolic health, monitored using an array of digital health platforms. Built from an unprecedented dataset, this study will culminate in a digital twin of Dean to hyper-personalise his cardiometabolic health protocol. Outcomes from this trial will create data collection frameworks to power population-scale healthspan optimisation and design regimens that do not require sustained digital monitoring to impact even larger communities.
Prof. Dr. Adam Lewandowski
Deputy Chief Scientist for UK Biobank and Associate Professor at University of Oxford
UK Biobank

Abstract:
Imaging in population science and digital twinning for precision cardiology
The talk will be held jointly with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke
Population-scale imaging studies, utilising non-invasive modalities such as MRI, provide critical insights into cardiovascular structure, function, and subclinical disease phenotypes across diverse demographics. These large datasets enable researchers to uncover novel biomarkers, model disease trajectories, and assess genetic and environmental risk factors with unprecedented granularity. By linking imaging data to clinical records, genomics, and lifestyle information, population science lays the foundation for predictive and preventive strategies in cardiovascular care as highlighted by the numerous landmark studies of the UK Imaging Biobank.
Based on the successes of the UK imaging biobank, PHRT SwissHeart is leveraging population-scale imaging to derive functional and personalized digital twin hearts, thereby boosting the capacity for disease detection and prediction based on mechanistic and statistical/ML modelling. These digital twins are tailored not only to current health status and data, but will also permit improved projections of pathways of disease progression as well as restoration of health in the individual subject. It is the dynamic integration and augmentation of patient’s data that constitutes a key element of precision medicine as it will be highlighted in the talk.
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke
Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
ETHZ

Abstract:
Imaging in population science and digital twinning for precision cardiology
The talk will be held jointly with Prof. Dr. Adam Lewandowski
Population-scale imaging studies, utilising non-invasive modalities such as MRI, provide critical insights into cardiovascular structure, function, and subclinical disease phenotypes across diverse demographics. These large datasets enable researchers to uncover novel biomarkers, model disease trajectories, and assess genetic and environmental risk factors with unprecedented granularity. By linking imaging data to clinical records, genomics, and lifestyle information, population science lays the foundation for predictive and preventive strategies in cardiovascular care as highlighted by the numerous landmark studies of the UK Imaging Biobank.
Based on the successes of the UK imaging biobank, PHRT SwissHeart is leveraging population-scale imaging to derive functional and personalized digital twin hearts, thereby boosting the capacity for disease detection and prediction based on mechanistic and statistical/ML modelling. These digital twins are tailored not only to current health status and data, but will also permit improved projections of pathways of disease progression as well as restoration of health in the individual subject. It is the dynamic integration and augmentation of patient’s data that constitutes a key element of precision medicine as it will be highlighted in the talk.
Prof. Dr. Barend Mons
Founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES)
Leiden University, the Netherlands

Abstract:
Stop data sharing
The rapid developments in the field of machine learning have also brought along some existential challenges, which are in essence all related to the broad concept of ‘trust’. Aspects of this broad concept include trust in the output of any ML process (and the prevention of black boxes, hallucinations and so forth). The very trust in science is at stake, especially now that paper mills come up that also aggravate the perverse reward systems in current research environments, which are stuck in 20th (in fact 17th) century scholarly communication. The other side of the same coin is that ML, if not properly controlled, will also break through security and privacy barriers and violate GDPR and other Ethical, Legal and Societal barriers, including equitability. In addition, the ‘existence’ of data somewhere by no means implies its actual Reusability. This includes the by now well established four elements of the FAIR principles: Much data is not even Findable, if found, not Accessible under well defined conditions, and if accessed not Interoperable (understandable by third parties and machines) and this results in the vast majority of data and information not being Reusable without violation of copyrights, privacy regulations or the basic conceptual models that implicitly or explicitly underpin the query or the deep learning algorithm. This keynote will address how ‘data visiting’ as opposed to classical ‘data sharing’, which carries the connotation of data downloads, transport and losing control, mitigates most, if not all, the unwanted side effects of classical ‘data sharing’. For federated data visiting, the data should be FAIR in an additional sense or perspective, they should be ‘Federated, AI-Ready’, so that visiting algorithms can answer questions related to Access Control, Consent, Format, and can read rich (FAIR) metadata about the data itself to determine whether they are ‘fit for purpose’ and machine actionable (i.e. FAIR digital Objects, or Machine Actionable Units). The ‘fitness for purpose’ concept goes way beyond (but includes) information about methods, quality, error bars etc. The ‘immutable logging’ of all operation of visiting algorithms is crucial, especially when self learning algorithms in ‘swarm learning’ are being used. Enough to keep us busy for a while.
Prof. Dr. Antoine Geissbühler
Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Geneva; Director, teaching and research.
Geneva University Hospitals
Prof. Dr. Andre Dekker
Professor of Clinical Data Science and board certified Medical Physicist
Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Abstract:
Federated Learning from FAIR data
Artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and data science are expected to have a major impact on day-to-day health care with the first AI products already available to the medical community. But to be successful, these innovations need lots of data to be developed and validated and getting access to sufficient data is hampered by administrative, political, ethical and technical barriers. Since 2007, Maastricht University has embarked on an R&D program to build a global federated, privacy-preserving, FAIR (Knowledge Graph / RDF-based) data infrastructure called the Personal Health Train. The rationale, challenges and results of this infrastructure will be discussed.
Abstract:
Charting cellular plasticity through multi-omics profiling and data integration
Depending on the context and stimuli they receive, immune cells can adopt a plethora of different functional states and have a decisive role in keeping healthy homeostasis or promoting disease development. In our work, we expose primary human macrophages and other immune cells to physiologically relevant stimuli and perform in-depth characterization of different cellular states using transcriptomic, mass spectrometry-based proteomic and phosphoproteomic profiling. We leverage the generated phosphoproteome profiles to infer central regulatory signalling events and highlight individual kinases based on the direct and indirect footprints of their activities. Furthermore, by studying cellular transcriptome profiles, we find instances where the generated in vitro cellular states correspond to cell populations present in the tumours of cancer patients characterized with single cell transcriptomics. Interestingly, differentially regulated genes and proteins in macrophages exposed either to signalling mediators that are abundant in tumour microenvironment or directly to media collected from tumour resections cultured in vitro frequently point to the combined presence of inflammatory and immunosuppressive molecular signatures in the same cell states. In order to integrate the generated multi-omics datasets, we construct cellular networks by mapping representative entities for each omics layer onto knowledge-based protein interactions. We use these maps to identify and describe central regulatory elements, which connect multiple entities altered in the studied phenotypes and we leverage MONET-based network decomposition to highlight functionally connected network modules. The latter approach enables identification of cell state-specific and disease-relevant modules across the plastic phenotypic landscapes. Apart from the here described application to charting regulatory routes in cellular models, we demonstrate that this approach is also of a high value for the analysis of clinical multi-omics datasets.
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Bunne
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
EPFL, Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine Laboratory (AIMM)

Abstract:
Virtual Cells and Digital Twins: AI in Personalized Oncology
The future of medicine lies in personalization – delivering treatments precisely matched to each patient’s unique biology. This talk explores how our research on artificial intelligence aims to transform this vision into reality through computational approaches that span molecular, cellular, and tissue scales. Recent breakthroughs in AI architectures have enabled the processing of complex biological data from diverse experimental technologies, leading to a future where AI systems can integrate vast amounts of biomedical data to guide clinical decisions. By creating detailed computational models of patient biology, medical teams may better understand disease mechanisms and test treatment options. The talk will address both the challenges and opportunities in developing AI systems, how to build and deploy them such that can effectively navigate the complexity of human biology and clinical constraints, ultimately contributing to a new era in personalized oncology guided by comprehensive, multi-scale analysis of patient data.
Dr. Adrien Coulet
Researcher and co-leader of the HeKA team
L’institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (Inria), France

Abstract:
Predicting clinical outcomes from patient care pathways represented with temporal knowledge graphs
Background: With the increasing availability of healthcare data, predictive modeling finds many applications in the biomedical domain, such as the evaluation of the level of risk for various conditions, which in turn can guide clinical decision making. However, it is unclear how knowledge graph data representations and their embedding, which are competitive in some settings, could be of interest in biomedical predictive modeling.
Method: We simulated synthetic but realistic data of patients with intracranial aneurysm and experimented on the task of predicting their clinical outcome. We reduced this task to the classification of a subtype of nodes, and as a baseline, we evaluated its performance on tabular data. Next, we generated various graph-based representations of the same dataset, including a representation following the schema proposed by the SPHN (Swiss Personalized Healthcare Network), and investigated how the adopted schema for representing first individual data and second temporal data impacts predictive performances.
Results: Our study illustrates that in our case, the SPHN graph representation, along with Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) embeddings reach the best performance for a predictive task from observational data. We emphasize the importance of the adopted schema and of the consideration of literal values in the representation of individual data. Our study also moderates the relative impact of various time encoding on GCN performance.
Availability: This work has been accepted for publication and presentation to the Research track of the Extended Semantic Web Conference 2025. The preprint of the article is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.21138.
Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler
Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
ETHZ

Abstract:
From Data to Decisions: Leveraging the National IICU Data Stream
Infection-related outcomes in the ICU are influenced by complex interactions between host factors, pathogens, and clinical interventions. To address this heterogeneity, the National IICU (Infection-Related Outcomes in Swiss ICUs) Data Stream has been developed, building upon the foundation of the Personalized Swiss Sepsis Study (PSSS). The scope has been extended beyond sepsis to support personalized, data-driven care for a wider range of infectious conditions. This initiative integrates high-resolution, multi-source clinical data with standardized annotation of infection phenotypes, interventions, and outcomes. It emphasizes contextual understanding—capturing not just what was done, but why—by combining expert clinical input with structured ontologies. The platform follows FAIR principles to ensure long-term usability and interoperability across institutions. In this presentation, I will introduce the structure and aims of the IICU Data Stream, report on key lessons learned, including challenges in data harmonization, clinical context capture, and balancing algorithmic and expert-based phenotype interpretation. These insights have directly informed the design of the current infrastructure. Ultimately, the IICU Data Stream seeks to enable real-time, individualized decision support, support infection-related research, and improve outcomes in critical care. It serves as a model for integrating clinical, microbiological, and data science expertise into a unified national resource.
Dr. Katrin Crameri, MPH
Co-Lead DigiSanté, Federal Department of Home Affairs
Digital Transformation Division, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)

Abstract:
DigiSanté – Transforming Swiss Healthcare Through Digitalization
The Swiss healthcare system has long been hindered by fragmented data solutions, proprietary systems, and a lack of fundamental digital transformation. DigiSanté, a federal initiative launching in 2025 with a ten-year mandate and a 392 million CHF budget, aims to address these challenges by establishing a standardized and interoperable digital infrastructure.
At the heart of DigiSanté is the Swiss Health Data Space (SwissHDS), designed to facilitate seamless, secure, and fully automated data exchange across healthcare providers, insurers, research institutions, and public health authorities. Through harmonized standards, specifications, and interfaces, SwissHDS will enable more efficient primary healthcare processes while ensuring responsible secondary use of health data for research, planning, and system management.
This presentation will explore the vision, key objectives, and strategic roadmap of DigiSanté. We will discuss how the program seeks to overcome the historical silos in Swiss healthcare, implement cross-cutting legislation for digital health infrastructure, and drive the adoption of a national strategy that balances innovation with governance.
By embracing change, fostering collaboration among stakeholders, and enforcing digital standards, DigiSanté has the potential to reshape Swiss healthcare for the future.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild
Head of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Basel
University Hospital Basel

Abstract:
Exploring the next Generation of Radiotheragnostics for metastatic Prostate Cancer
The talk will be held jointly with Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli
Radioligand therapy (RLT) has emerged as an effective treatment for patients with progressive, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Despite the success of RLT, approximately one-third of patients do not respond or experience early relapse. We hypothesize that suboptimal dose delivery to microscopic disease, including single and clustered circulating tumor cells (CTCs), may contribute to treatment resistance.
Our PROGNOSTICS Phase I study (NCT06343038) investigates the efficacy, safety, and dosimetry of [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB—a novel PSMA-targeting radioligand developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute—in comparison with the current standard RLT. Designed to overcome the limitations of existing PSMA-targeted therapies, [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB has a long blood-circulation and consequently a higher tumor uptake and delivers not only β¯-particles but also a high dose to microscopic disease through the co-emission of conversion and Auger electrons. In this ongoing Phase Ia/b trial, mCRPC patients receive test injections with [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB and the current standard compound [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T in a randomized cross-over design to compare tumor and organ dosimetry. The results are supported by quantitative SPECT/CT imaging, liquid biopsy analyses of CTCs, and molecular marker profiling. Preliminary results from the Phase Ia study show that [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB delivers more than twice the dose to tumors and exhibits a longer tumor half-life compared to [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T, with favorable tumor-to-organ dose ratios and no relevant adverse effects. Early Phase Ib findings from the first three-patient cohort receiving therapeutic doses (3 GBq × 4 cycles) indicate a good safety profile. The study continues to evaluate optimal dosing, efficacy markers, and personalized predictors of response, aiming to establish [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB as a next-generation radioligand therapy for mCRPC. This project exemplifies how the combined expertise within the ETH Domain and its clinical partners can deepen our molecular understanding of disease and contribute to improved treatment outcomes for cancer patients in the future.
Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli
Head of Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
PSI, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Abstract:
Exploring the next Generation of Radiotheragnostics for metastatic Prostate Cancer
The talk will be held jointly with Prof. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild
Radioligand therapy (RLT) has emerged as an effective treatment for patients with progressive, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Despite the success of RLT, approximately one-third of patients do not respond or experience early relapse. We hypothesize that suboptimal dose delivery to microscopic disease, including single and clustered circulating tumor cells (CTCs), may contribute to treatment resistance.
Our PROGNOSTICS Phase I study (NCT06343038) investigates the efficacy, safety, and dosimetry of [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB—a novel PSMA-targeting radioligand developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute—in comparison with the current standard RLT. Designed to overcome the limitations of existing PSMA-targeted therapies, [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB has a long blood-circulation and consequently a higher tumor uptake and delivers not only β¯-particles but also a high dose to microscopic disease through the co-emission of conversion and Auger electrons. In this ongoing Phase Ia/b trial, mCRPC patients receive test injections with [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB and the current standard compound [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T in a randomized cross-over design to compare tumor and organ dosimetry. The results are supported by quantitative SPECT/CT imaging, liquid biopsy analyses of CTCs, and molecular marker profiling. Preliminary results from the Phase Ia study show that [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB delivers more than twice the dose to tumors and exhibits a longer tumor half-life compared to [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T, with favorable tumor-to-organ dose ratios and no relevant adverse effects. Early Phase Ib findings from the first three-patient cohort receiving therapeutic doses (3 GBq × 4 cycles) indicate a good safety profile. The study continues to evaluate optimal dosing, efficacy markers, and personalized predictors of response, aiming to establish [¹⁶¹Tb]Tb-SibuDAB as a next-generation radioligand therapy for mCRPC. This project exemplifies how the combined expertise within the ETH Domain and its clinical partners can deepen our molecular understanding of disease and contribute to improved treatment outcomes for cancer patients in the future.
A. Chirindel1, G.P. Nicolas1, F. Westerbergh1, D. Schmid2, N. Ahmadsei1, L. McDougall1, A. Bauman8, S. Geistlich2, A. Fokkema3, M. Saini3, N.P. van der Meulen2,5, C. Müller2,7, P. Bernhardt2,6, N. Aceto3, D. Wild1, R. Schibli2,7
1 Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
2 Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
3 Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
4 Department of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
5 Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
6 Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
7 Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
8 Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Abstract:
Advancing Precision Medicine with Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches
The Swiss Multi-Omics Center (SMOC) is a platform of the ETH Personalized Health and Related Technologies (PHRT) initiative that pioneers precision medicine by offering integrated multi-omics analysis of clinical samples. SMOC acts as a central hub, providing researchers and clinicians access to cutting-edge technologies and expert data interpretation to decipher the complex molecular basis of health and disease.
SMOC’s mission is to empower clinical research by generating molecular data, encompassing multiple omics layers, to facilitate a deeper understanding of disease mechanisms, enable biomarker discovery, targeted therapy development, and improved treatment response prediction. Capabilities of SMOC span genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Services include ISO 15189-accredited Clinical Grade Sequencing, comprehensive quantitative and targeted proteomics, as well as targeted and untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics. SMOC is also developing computational algorithms and pipelines to extract meaningful insights from these vast multi-omics data collections. The mission of SMOC is further supported by strategic partnerships with the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), which advances ethical data infrastructure, and the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), which enhances predictive analytics across multi-dimensional datasets.
SMOC is actively involved in key research initiatives, including RAINDROP (Inborn Errors of Metabolism diagnosis), RAPIDS (pediatric sepsis diagnosis), and the tumor profiler. It contributes to the SwissPedHealth network’s pediatric research data stream and the “Genome of Switzerland” project, creating a national genomic reference dataset.
By facilitating access to advanced technologies and fostering collaboration, SMOC helps bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. It aims to ensure that multi-omics insights are both useful and practical for healthcare professionals thereby supporting a paradigm shift that tailors medical decisions to an individual’s unique molecular profile.
Event Agenda
Day 1: August 28, 2025
07:30 – 08:30
Arrival, Coffee, Registration
08:30 – 08:45
Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Arnaud Perrier
President SAMS
Bernd Wollscheid
PHRT EC Chair
Prof. Dr. Elisa Oricchio
PHRT EC member
08:45 – 09:30
Precision Medicine – Transforming Healthcare
Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield (abstract)
Vice Principal for Health, Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical
Research Centre at Queen Mary University of London & Former
Chief Scientist at Genomics England
Reflecting on 8 Years of Progress: An Overview of the PHRT and SPHN Initiatives
Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner
SPHN National Steering Board Chair
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollscheid
PHRT EC Chair
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Multi-Omics: Mapping the Complexities of Life
10:30 – 11:00
Enhancing rare disease diagnosis through multi-omics
PD Dr. Sean Froese
Head of Research Metabolic diseases at University Children’s Hospital Zurich
11:00 – 11:15
Advancing Precision Medicine with Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches
Dr. Sandra Goetze (abstract)
SMOC Coordinator
11:15 – 11:30
Charting cellular plasticity through multi-omics profiling and data integration
Dr. Marija Buljan (abstract)
Research Group Lead, Group Multi-omics for healthcare materials at Empa
11:30 – 12:00
Poster Pitches
60 min – Lunch Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Innovating PM: Systematic Data Generation for Impact
13:00 – 13:20
SPO-NDS: Fueling Precision Oncology in Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Olivier Michielin
Head of Oncology Department at Geneva University Hospital
13:20 – 13:40
From Data to Decisions: Leveraging the National IICU Data Stream
Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler (abstract)
Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich
13:40 – 14:00
DigiSanté – Transforming Swiss Healthcare Through Digitalization
Dr. Katrin Crameri (abstract)
Co-Lead DigiSanté at the Federal Department of Home Affairs
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Next Generation Technology: Redefining Possibilities
14:30 – 15:30
The RAPID-01 Trial: Personalized therapy for acute myeloid leukemia patients
Prof. Dr. Berend Snijder
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology at ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Theocharides
Head of Clinical Studies CCCZ at the Clinic for Medical Oncology and Haematology, University Hospital Zurich
15:30 – 16:15
Imaging in population science and digital twinning for precision cardiology
Prof. Dr. Adam Lewandowski (abstract)
Deputy Chief Scientist for the UK Biobank and Associate Professor at University of Oxford
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke (abstract)
Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich
16:15 – 18:00
Apéro, Exhibition & Networking
Day 2: August 29, 2025
08:00 – 08:45
Arrival, Coffee
08:45 – 09:00
Welcome Address
Dr. Davide Chiarugi
Technical Director SPHN
Dr. Daniel Vonder Mühll
Executive Director PHRT
09:00 – 10:00
Panel: From Discovery to Application: Navigating the Future of Personalized Medicine
Jasmin Barman-Aksözen
Scientist and patient advocate for rare diseases
Dr. Katrin Crameri
Co-Lead DigiSanté at the Federal Department of Home Affairs
Prof. Dr. Antoine Geissbühler
Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Geneva; Director, teaching and research at Geneva University Hospitals
Dr. Monika Jänicke
CEO & Chairwoman of the Hospital Management Board at University Hospital Zurich
Prof. Dr. Annette Oxenius
Full Professor at the Department of Biology & Vice-President for Research (as of August 2025) at ETH Zurich
Dr. Michael Rebhan
Scientist at NIBR Basel, Novartis
Prof. Dr. Christian Rüegg
Director of PSI, Member of the ETH Board
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
FAIR Principles: Overcoming Challenges in Data Accessibility and Integration
10:30 – 11:00
Stop data sharing
Prof. Dr. Barend Mons (abstract)
Founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES), Leiden University, the Netherlands
11:00 – 11:30
Predicting clinical outcomes from patient care pathways represented with temporal knowledge graphs
Dr. Adrien Coulet (abstract)
Researcher and co-leader of the HeKA team at Inria, France
11:30 – 12:00
Poster Pitches
60 min – Lunch Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Radiotheragnostics: Transforming Precision Medicine with Targeted Therapies
13:00 – 14:00
Exploring the Next Generation of Radiotheragnostics for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli (abstract)
Head of Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences at PSI
Prof. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild (abstract)
Head of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Basel
20 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Shaping Tomorrow: The Power of AI and Federated Computing
14:20 – 14:30
Appreciation
14:30 – 15:15
Precision Begins With One
Dr. Dean Ho (abstract)
Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore
15:15 – 16:00
Federated Learning from FAIR data
Prof. Dr. Andre Dekker (abstract)
Professor of Clinical Data Science at Maastricht University, the Netherlands
16:00 – 16:30
Virtual Cells and Digital Twins: AI in Personalized Oncology
Dr. Charlotte Bunne (abstract)
Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL
16:30 – 17:00
Closing Remarks / Acknowledgements / Poster Award
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollscheid
EC Chair PHRT
Dr. Thomas Geiger
Managing Director SPHN
Day 1: August 28, 2025
07:30 – 08:30 | Arrival, Coffee, Registration |
08:30 – 08:45 | Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Arnaud Perrier |
08:45 – 09:30 | Precision Medicine – Transforming Healthcare Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield |
09:30 – 10:00 | Reflecting on 8 Years of Progress: An Overview of the PHRT and SPHN Initiatives Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner |
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Multi-Omics: Mapping the Complexities of Life |
10:30 – 11:00 | Enhancing rare disease diagnosis through multi-omics PD Dr. Sean Froese |
11:00 – 11:15 | Advancing Precision Medicine with Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches Dr. Sandra Goetze |
11:15 – 11:30 | Charting cellular plasticity through multi-omics profiling and data integration Dr. Marija Buljan |
11:30 – 12:00 | Poster Pitches |
60 min – Lunch Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Innovating PM: Systematic Data Generation for Impact |
13:00 – 13:20 | SPO-NDS: Fueling Precision Oncology in Switzerland Prof. Dr. Olivier Michielin |
13:20 – 13:40 | From Data to Decisions: Leveraging the National IICU Data Stream Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler |
13:40 – 14:00 | DigiSanté – Transforming Swiss Healthcare Through Digitalization Dr. Katrin Crameri |
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Next Generation Technology: Redefining Possibilities |
14:30 – 15:30 | The RAPID-01 Trial: Personalized therapy for acute myeloid leukemia patients Prof. Dr. Berend Snijder |
15:30 – 16:15 | Imaging in population science and digital twinning for precision cardiology Prof. Dr. Adam Lewandoswki |
16:15 – 18:00 | Apéro, Exhibition & Networking |
Day 2: August 29, 2025
08:00 – 08:45 | Arrival, Coffee |
08:45 – 09:00 | Welcome Address,
Dr. Davide Chiarugi Technical Director SPHNDr. Daniel Vonder Mühll Executive Director PHRT |
09:00 – 10:00 | Panel: From Discovery to Application: Navigating the Future of Personalized Medicine
Jasmin Barman-Aksözen Scientist and patient advocate for rare diseasesDr. Katrin Crameri Co-Lead DigiSanté at the Federal Department of Home AffairsProf. Dr. Antoine Geissbühler Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Geneva; Director, teaching and research at Geneva University HospitalsDr. Monika Jänicke CEO & Chairwoman of the Hospital Management Board at University Hospital ZurichProf. Dr. Anette Oxenius Full Professor at the Department of Biology & Vice-President for Research (as of August 2025) at ETH ZurichDr. Michael Rebhan Scientist at NIBR Basel, NovartisProf. Dr. Christian Rüegg Director of PSI, Member of the ETH Board |
30 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
FAIR Principles: Overcoming Challenges in Data Accessibility and Integration |
10:30 – 11:00 | Stop data sharing
Prof. Dr. Barend Mons Founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES), Leiden University, the Netherlands |
11:00 – 11:30 | Predicting clinical outcomes from patient care pathways represented with temporal knowledge graphs
Dr. Adrien Coulet Researcher and co-leader of the HeKA team at L’institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (Inria), France |
11:30 – 12:00 | Poster Pitches |
60 min – Lunch Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Radiotheragnostics: Transforming Precision Medicine with Targeted Therapies |
13:00 – 14:00 | Exploring the Next Generation of Radiotheragnostics for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli Head of Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences at PSIProf. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild Head of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Basel |
20 min – Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths
Shaping Tomorrow: The Power of AI and Federated Computing |
14:20 – 14:30 | Appreciation |
14:30 – 15:15 | Precision Begins With One
Dr. Dean Ho Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore |
15:15 – 16:00 | Federated Learning from FAIR data
Prof. Dr. Andre Dekker Professor of Clinical Data Science at Maastricht University, the Netherlands |
16:00 – 16:30 | Virtual Cells and Digital Twins: AI in Personalized Oncology
Dr. Charlotte Bunne Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine Laboratory, EPFL |
16:30 – 17:00 | Closing Remarks / Acknowledgements / Poster Award
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollscheid EC Chair PHRTDr. Thomas Geiger Managing Director SPHN |
Achievements of PHRT & SPHN
500+ Researchers
A growing community
700,000+ Patients
Gave general consent
250+ Projects
Funded to advance precision medicine.
40+ Hospitals
Collaborating on research
Ethical & Legal Support
For multicenter studies
BioMedIT Platform
Trusted research environment
Location
ETH Zürich, Main Building, Switzerland