The Synthetic hEalthcare dAta goveRnanCe Hub (SEARCH)
The Synthetic hEalthcare dAta goveRnanCe Hub (SEARCH) drives advancements in digital health and AI-powered diagnostics through cutting-edge synthetic data generation and federated learning approaches. SEARCH will address critical challenges in healthcare data access by creating a platform that enables secure, privacy-preserving searching, sharing and analysis of multimodal healthcare data. This initiative brings together a consortium of 26 cross-sectoral partners, including synthetic data experts, healthcare providers, and solution developers, to unlock new opportunities in data-driven healthcare innovation.
SimulaMet is one of the partners in the hub, and the work from SimulaMet and Simula Research Laboratory is lead by Research Scientist Vajira Thambawita.
Key Objectives and Innovations:
- Next-Generation Synthetic Data: SEARCH leverages deep generative models to create realistic synthetic replicas of healthcare data (EHRs, genomics, medical signals, and radiological imaging), replicating the performance of real-world data while maintaining privacy.
- Federated Learning for Privacy & Scale: By keeping patient data securely in its original location, SEARCH’s federated learning framework enhances collaboration across healthcare sectors while protecting sensitive information. This fosters AI model development and the wider adoption of new healthcare tools.
- Accelerating AI Innovation: SEARCH will enable the development of cutting-edge AI-powered decision-support tools by providing gold-standard synthetic datasets for benchmarking biomedical AI solutions, fueling faster diagnostic tools, and creating new personalised healthcare approaches.
See project website for more information about SEARCH.
Funding source
The Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU), co-funded by the European Union, represented by the European Commission, and the life science industries, including COCIR, EFPIA/Vaccines Europe, EuropaBio, and MedTech Europe.
Consortium members
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (project leader)
IQVIA RDS Ireland Ltd
DQ TECHNOLOGIES AG
MEDICALVALUES GMBH
CORSANO HEALTH BV
SYNTHETICUS AG
IBM IRELAND LIMITED
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL AG
PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY
SIMULA METROPOLITAN CENTRE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, REGION OF SOUTHERN DENMARK
SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
MAGGIOLI SPA
UBITECH LIMITED
FUNDACIO TIC SALUT I SOCIAL
GERMAN ONCOLOGY CENTER
MOTILENT LIMITED
AMGEN N.V.
HEMEX BENELUX
SANT PAU HOSPITAL
HELLENIC HEALTHCARE GROUP
BYTE SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED
ADAPTIT GMBH