20 million euros for Dresden digital medicine centre

Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation wants to strengthen research at the interface of medicine and technology

Dresden, 10 October 2023. To enable doctors and engineers to expand their health research at the interface between medicine and technology in Saxony, the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Centre for Digital Health (EKFZ) in Dresden will receive a further 20 million euros from the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation. This was announced by the TU Dresden and the EKFZ 

Bet on an up-and-coming topic at an up-and-coming location

With the establishment of the EKFZ Dresden four years ago, the foundation has focused on an up-and-coming field in an up-and-coming location,

said Prof Michael Madeja, Chairman of the Foundation. This decision was „absolutely right“. „With the new funding, we now want to further strengthen the international relevance of the research centre.“

Focus on interdisciplinary projects

The centre was established on the Dresden University Hospital campus in 2019 and is docked to the TU Dresden. It specialises in interdisciplinary research and training projects in which scientists, doctors, engineers and other specialists work closely together. These include, for example, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for diagnoses, the care of intensive care patients and the semi-automated certification of new medical software, but also highly secure medical microsystems 

Centre to train new generation of female doctors and engineers

The medical technology training of doctors is also part of the profile. The aim is to train a new generation of female doctors and engineers who internalise interdisciplinary cooperation right from the start," explained EKFZ researcher Dr Nora Martens. In this way, we are building a bridge from medicine to the technical disciplines, which is essential for future medical research.

Article from the "Oiger" of 10 October 2023