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Academic Research Management

The Academic Research Manager is instrumental in coordinating and facilitating DIGICORE's research initiatives. His/Her key responsibilities include:

  • Establishing and overseeing research groups - forming cohesive teams and launching promising working groups.
  • Catalyzing collaborative discussions - creating environments that encourage knowledge exchange and innovation.
  • Ensuring strategic alignment - guiding research applications and projects to align with DIGICORE's objectives while advancing knowledge in their respective fields.
  • Organizing knowledge-sharing events - coordinating virtual seminars and other platforms that inspire researchers, promote interdisciplinary collaboration, and attract potential member institutions.
  • Building strategic partnerships - working in synergy with the Commercial Research Manager and Board of Directors to establish a European federation on Real World Evidence in cancer research.

Through these efforts, the Academic Research Manager helps DIGICORE create a robust, collaborative research ecosystem that drives meaningful progress in cancer research across Europe.

Dr Alberto Traverso

Alberto Traverso is an assistant professor and group leader at the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the Faculty of Medicine at San Raffaele Hospital (Milan) and at the Maastricht Comprehensive Cancer Centre (The Netherlands).

He is medical physicist with a PhD in medical oncology and his research interest focuses on bridging AI and medical informatics technologies with unmet clinical needs in oncology.

He is part of the major medical physicist and oncology international societies, where he has been awarded several early investigator prizes and leads working groups. He holds an appointment as scientific director at one of the Innovation Centres for AI labs in the Netherlands, working to speed up academic and industrial partnerships for personalized medicine.

He is a visiting researcher at the Moffitt Cancer Centre (Florida), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Toronto), and the MD Anderson Cancer Centre (Texas)