EIT Health RIS Innovation Call

Brain and Mental Health

Addressing brain health challenges and focusing on mental health in the workplace is mainly essential. We aim to help people worldwide achieve the best possible.

Brain health is broader than the absence of disease. It includes improving overall cognitive functioning, resilience, and the state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her abilities can cope with the everyday stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to his or her community. Brain conditions account for a large portion of the global disease burden, a challenge substantially worsened by the COVID-19 crisis, especially since the mental health of manyemployees was at risk.

Infectious Diseases

We need to consider how to reduce the threat of infectious diseases more broadly over the next decade.

Humanity has made enormous progress in fighting infectious diseases over the last century by improving hygiene and developing highly successful vaccines and therapeutics. At the same time, effective prevention and treatment of infectious diseases remain a major challenge across geographies. Equitably and consistently applying proven strategies, novel approaches, and collaborations across countries, populations, and systems to reduce suffering and death from infectious diseases.

Fostering Healthier Lives

We want to change lifestyle behaviours by creating the tools and incentives for patients that help protect their health, prevent early ageing, reducing disease and disability.

The global disease burden is strongly related to behavioural factors, including dietary choices, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, alcohol, and poor medication adherence. Creating awareness about and changing these behaviours also represents a major opportunity to improve health and well-being.

Harnessing Real-World Data

We want to exhaust the wealth of healthcare data available across Europe to improve the lives of patients and citizens.

Healthcare data provides rich insight into diseases and, when used efficiently, will open new possibilities. It will deliver prediction models for early diagnosis, enhance treatment, and inform how we can lead healthier lives. We want to exhaust the wealth of healthcare data available across Europe to improve the lives of patients and citizens.