The colloquium will explore the latest findings and developments in digital health research with a special focus on the challenges of multimorbidity, as well as pioneering research projects in Luxembourg and abroad to enhance integrated care delivery. This event is organised by the ALGG – Association luxembourgeoise de Géronto-Gériatrie and the Société des Sciences Médicales du Grand Duché de Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Digital Medicine group at the LCSB and Zitha.
Participants will be welcomed by Carine Federspiel (President ALGG), Stéphanie Obertin (Minister of Research and Higher Education) and Martine Deprez, (Minister of Health and Social Security).
Programme
Keynotes
- Telemedicine in geriatric care: Clemens Becker (Head of Geriatrics Department, Heidelberg University Hospital)
- Geriatric rehabilitation: David Benninger (Head of Parkinson Rehabilitation Unit, Reha Hospital Rheinfelden, University Basel)
Presentations
- Digital medicine and ageing: Jochen Klucken (FNR-PEARL Chair of Digital Medicine, LCSB, University of Luxembourg, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg)
- “DigiTrack” – development of a digital geriatric score: Alan Castro Mejia (PhD researcher, Digital Medicine group, LCSB, University of Luxembourg)
- Fall forecast in nursing homes: Frederic Dierick (Researcher, Centre National de Rééducation Fonctionnelle et de Réadaptation – Rehazenter)
- Vertigo in elderly population: Alex Bisdorff (Neurologist, CHEM)
- Public health and ageing: Anja Leist (Vice-head of the Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI), Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg)
- Healthcare for dementia and movement disorders: Rejko Krüger (Director Department Transversal Translational Medicine, Luxembourg Institute of Health, LCSB University of Luxembourg, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg)