i3health

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3h) is dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge and developing educational programs to foster innovation within the healthcare sector. A primary focus of the institute is pediatric cancer, where it collaborates on new business models and innovative approaches to improve patient outcomes. I3h organizes various events, including reading seminars, to engage the academic and professional community. For instance, a reading seminar was scheduled for April 20, from 12:30 to 14:00, at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Solbosch Campus, building R42, room R42.2.110. These seminars often provide lunch upon registration and serve as platforms for discussing recent advancements and research in healthcare innovation. The institute appoints senior fellows based on their collaboration with I3h. These fellows support various I3h activities, including educational programs, seminars, and research projects. Notable senior fellows include: Antonio Estache : A member of the European Center for Advanced Research of Economics (ECARES), he retired as a professor of economics at ULB, where he taught from 2008 to 2022. He advises governments and international organizations on public services regulation, privatization, environmental regulation, public sector management, and tax reforms. Prior to that, he spent 25 years at the World Bank (1982–2007) working on various dimensions of public sector reform, procurement, financing, regulation, and project evaluation. He has published extensively in these fields. Georges Siotis : Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He earned his Masters of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges) and his Ph.D. from ULB (ECARES). He teaches Competition Policy (undergraduate) and Empirical Industrial Organization (graduate). His current research focuses on competitive dynamics in the pharmaceutical industry. He has written numerous papers on competition policy and industrial organization published in peer-reviewed academic journals. He joined I3h as a Senior Fellow on June 1st, 2023, due to his collaboration with the team on a research project on Rare Diseases. Gani Aldashev : Professor of Economics at ULB and research fellow at ECARES. He received his B.A. in International Economics from the American University of Paris and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Bocconi University (Milan). Sofia Amaral-Garcia : Research fellow at I3h. She obtained her Ph.D. in Law & Economics from the European Doctorate in Law & Economics (University of Bologna and Erasmus University of Rotterdam). Before joining I3h, she held research positions at ETH Zurich, New York University, DIW Berlin, and Hasselt University. She is an external affiliate of the Health Econometrics and Data Group (York University) and affiliated with KU Leuven. Professor Antoine Bondue : Received his medical degree from ULB in 2001. During his fellowship in cardiology, he studied the molecular mechanisms governing early cardiovascular development in the laboratory of Cédric Blanpain (Interdisciplinary Research Institute – ULB) from 2005 to 2012. He acquired his Ph.D. degree in 2009 and performed a postdoctoral fellowship thereafter, supported by the Belgian FRS/FNRS. His work addressed the role of the early mesodermal transcription factor Mesp1 as a key regulator of cardiovascular progenitor specification and characterized the cellular and molecular hierarchy acting during the initial steps of cardiovascular development. Through this work, Professor Bondue acquired expertise in cardiovascular development and stem cell biology. Giovanni Briganti : A physician from ULB, he holds a doctorate in medical sciences from the University of Mons and a master's specialization in total quality management from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Mons. After conducting research at Harvard, he accepted academic positions at three French-speaking universities. He is a lecturer at the faculties of medicine at the University of Mons and the University of Liège and a senior lecturer at the faculty of medicine at ULB. Specializing in Artificial Intelligence in health, he coordinates the federal AI4Health working group within AI4Belgium and leads numerous research and innovation projects in artificial intelligence and digital health. At the University of Mons, he holds the Chair of AI and Digital Medicine, offering the world's first mandatory AI courses in the medical curriculum. Ruben Casado Arroyo, MD, PhD, MSc : Professor and director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at CUB Hopital Erasme, ULB. Bruno Flamion, MD/PhD : Holds a medical degree from the University of Brussels, specializing in Internal Medicine. Since 2016, he has been Senior Vice-President, Head of Strategic Development at Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, an innovative biotech company near Basel, Switzerland, where he actively participates in the development and regulatory approval of several novel chemical compounds in different fields (insomnia, resistant hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.). Professor Pietro Ghezzi : Holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Mario Negri Institute in Milan and a Post-graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the University of Sussex. Victor Ginsburgh : Obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at ULB. He was a professor at ULB, teaching mainly economic topics, as well as financial and cost accounting. He became emeritus in 2004 but remains a research fellow at ECARES (which he joined in 2000 and co-directed from 2002 to 2009). He has also been a faculty member at CORE, Université catholique de Louvain since 1972. He was invited as a visiting researcher/professor at Yale University, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, University of Louvain, Université de Liège, as well as in Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg,