ERC Starting Grant
Award year: 2022
Category: Scholarship / Grant
Type: ERC Starting Grant
Awarding organization: Europäischer Forschungsrat (ERC)
Braun wants to use the ERC Starting Grant to investigate the effects of digitalization in the healthcare sector on people in more detail. “Part of the technologies that are emerging are something known as digital twins”, says ethics specialist Braun. These digital twins are simulations of certain bodily functions, for example of organs, that are generated using artificial intelligence. They can make predictions in real time about health risks and the progression of diseases and provide individual feedback and warnings. The digital twin could also be used for tests to determine if and which methods of treatment could be promising for a specific patient. It could also be used for training and testing purposes for surgery.