Research in Biomedical Engineering

to Improve Health and Wealth of European Citizens

David SimpsonGeneral Secretary EAMBES

Challenges

• Improve Healthcare– especially Active and Healthy Ageing

• Empower patients• Reduce healthcare costs• Integrate healthcare and research across

professional divides• Create wealth

Better healthcare needs smarter methods

Recommendations• Recognition of Biomedical Engineering as major

contributor to Health and Wealth– Grand vision– Cross-cutting technologies

• Adequate and focussed funding– Appropriate assessment– Proportionate admin.

• Extend support from lab to market – Renewal mechanisms– Start-ups → SMEs– Missing mile

• Priority settingEAMBES offers partnership and advice