PANEL: Balancing Innovation and Regulation: Building Trusted Research Infrastructures Passed
Wednesday May 21, 2025 13:30 - 14:00 Vitalis Plaza
Moderator: Maria HasselPanelists: Michael Bouzinier, Päivi Östling, Rikard Lövström
Track: Health data
Michael Bouzinier (Harvard Research Center), Rikard Lövström (Karolinska Hospital), and Päivi Östling (SciLifeLab) will share insights from their work developing secure data platforms, trusted research infrastructures that enable health data collection and availability while maintaining essential safeguards. The discussion, moderated by Maria Hassel, will address the perceived trade-off between regulation and innovation, examining whether these goals are inherently contradictory or potentially complementary when approached strategically. Drawing from their experiences with ethical secondary use frameworks, data strategy for innovation, and research infrastructure development, panelists will offer concrete examples of successful models that have maintained innovation velocity despite regulatory constraints. Attendees will gain practical insights into building future-proof research data ecosystems that remain compliant and innovative even as regulatory frameworks continue to evolve worldwide.
Topic
Data and Information
Seminar type
Live + On site
Lecture type
Panel
Objective of lecture
Orientation
Level of knowledge
Intermediate
Target audience
Organizational development
Technicians/IT/Developers
Researchers
Healthcare professionals
Keyword
Actual examples (good/bad)
Lecturers
Maria Hassel Moderator
Internationell samordnare
E-hälsomyndigheten
Michael Bouzinier Panelist
AI Data Architect
IDEXX Laboratories / Harvard University
Michael (Misha) Bouzinier is an AI Data Architect with IDEXX Labrotories. He has over 30 years of diverse experience in software research and development and 10 years as a professional educator. Misha’s intellectual interests include semiotics, natural language processing and text analytics, data visualization, evolutionary and medical genetics, computer simulations, and explainable AI. Throughout his career, he has worked and led diverse international teams, successfully collaborating with developers and researchers from within the US, UK, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Japan. In his free time, Misha loves to enjoy the outdoors, travel, and interact with people from diverse backgrounds.
Päivi Östling Panelist
Senior Researcher, Group Leader , SciLifeLab,Dept of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska CCC project unit, Karolinska University Hospital
SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet
Päivi Östling, Associate Professor, has extensive research experience in precision cancer medicine (PCM) and established a functional precision medicine (fPM) platform at SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet. The research team generates individualized drug profiles for solid and hematological cancers. She has been a Scientific Lead of Precision Medicine at SciLifeLab, with the aim to enable next-generation precision medicine infrastructure. She is part of the Swedish node for the European DIGITAL-project TEF-Health, supporting Health AI providers. Päivi holds key positions in Swedish Life Science, including SWELife, Cancer Research KI, and Genomic Medicine Sweden. Her research and leadership roles provide valuable insights into precision medicine, health data, and AI.
Rikard Lövström Panelist
Läkare, senior hälsodataexpert
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Rikard har en bred bakgrund inom hälsodataarbete som specialist i allmänmedicin med 20 års kliniskt arbete samt 15 års arbete med hälsodata på nationell nivå som erfarenhet. Sedan oktober 2023 arbetar Rikard på informatikteamet på Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset samt med brobyggande mellan klinik och forskning samt mellan KUH och KI, SciLifeLab och Swelife. Rikard brinner för singeldokumentation, informationscentrerad design, individens egna hälsodata, datadriven innovation och en effektivare kunskapscykel som återkopplar till det kliniska mötet.