From diabetes to obesity, personalised treatments rely on vital work behind the scenes: making sense of the data. Scattered across countries and institutions, and drawn from multiple sources, this data must be able to be compared, linked and analysed securely by researchers and doctors, in order to improve everyone’s health.

As a patient and researcher into a rare condition that, amongst other things, prevented me from being out in the sun, I went undiagnosed for a long time. Sharing my data and cross-referencing it with that of other patients brought my condition to light and led to a diagnosis. Now, I can finally enjoy the good weather!

During anaesthesia, smart glasses could provide doctors with an additional indicator to better assess pain – a key factor in personalising care and speeding up post-operative recovery. Our project, supported by Innosuisse, is developing these glasses and draws on cutting-edge expertise in French-speaking Switzerland.