Ross Stiven Presents on PHEMS and Data Federation at the DataShield Conference

by Claudia Ibabe | Uncategorized

Ross Stiven delivered the closing keynote at the recent DataShield Conference, hosted by the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, where he represented both Aridhia and PHEMS.

In his keynote, Ross provided a comprehensive overview of the PHEMS initiative, highlighting its pivotal role in advancing secure, cross-border health data collaboration. His talk covered several key areas:

- The PHEMS federated network and node.
- The challenges of data federation.
- Solutions through federation within a Trusted Research Environment (TRE).
- Future opportunities for federated collaboration.

You can find a copy of Ross’s presentation slides here.

Ross’s participation underscored Aridhia’s ongoing commitment to building trustworthy, privacy-preserving solutions for health data use. Through its collaboration with PHEMS, Aridhia is helping establish a robust network of European hospitals that can securely share, analyze, and learn from each other’s data – all while maintaining compliance with data protection obligations.

The PHEMS project represents a major step forward in how healthcare institutions can collaborate responsibly, using federated approaches to drive better patient outcomes and advance medical research.

A huge thank you to Ross for sharing his expertise and helping to raise awareness about PHEMS, data federation, and the future of PHDS!

Upcoming Sessions

January 27th, 15.00-15.50 CET

The PHEMS Federated Network: How We Are Enabling Clinical Benchmarking

The PHEMS Federated Network has reached an important milestone in its initial implementation phase. All four founding members are now fully connected to the network and are technically capable of running Use Case 1, laying the groundwork for effective clinical benchmarking.

Speaker:

Ross Stiven, Senior Product Manager at Aridhia

February 17th, 15.00-15.50 CET

Improving Benchmarking Capacity Via Federated Netoworks: Pediatric Cardiology

This meet-up explores how federated data approaches – where insights are shared without moving sensitive patient data – can strengthen benchmarking capacity, improve quality comparisons, and ultimately advance care for children with heart diseases.

Speaker:

Andrew Taylor, Director of Innovation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

March 24th, 15.00-15.50 CET

Federated Learning in Rare Diseases: Generating Larger Data Sets to Overcome Limitations of Single-Centre Studies

Following our previous meet-up, “Improving Treatment for Pediatrich Patients with Hemophilia Through Machine Learning”, this session will provide an update on recent progress and key developments within the project.

This meet-up will present the latest advances in the application of machine learning to pediatric hemophilia care, including insights gained since the last discussion, ongoing work, and preliminary outcomes.

Speakers:

Alexander Janssen, Postdoctoral Researcher and University Lecturer in Artifical Intelligence, Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital
Prof. Dr. Marjon H. Cnossen, Pediatric Hematologist at Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital