Conference on innovation in health sciences

Do you want to participate in a conference on innovation in health sciences?

The University of Iceland School of Health Sciences is hosting their fifth conference on innovation on Friday 19th of November in Veröld - Vigdís' house. 

The conference is for everyone, within or outside of the UI, who wants to present a project or an idea on innovation in health sciences.

Innovation may be new solutions and ideas in progress, new products, new methods and ways of service, diagnosis and treatment. The projects must be useful for society and/or business or lead to added value and benefits.

The conference will also stream live: https://livestream.com/hi/nyskopunheilbrigdisvisindi

Abstracts

The deadline for abstracts has passed and the agenda is set. You can read the submitted abstracts here (mostly in Icelandic).

Registration

Participation is free of charge but everyone must register on the event page, in Ugla (limited access), including authors and co-authors planning to attend.

Agenda

• 12:30 – The 2021 Conference on Innovation in Health Sciences opens – Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir, assoc. president of Scientific Studies
• 12:35 – "Sagan af kennslutölvuleiknum Mínu og Draumalandinu: Nýsköpun í sjúklingafræðslu" – Brynja Ingadóttir
• 13:05 – Innovation in health
  • "Bragðlaukaþjálfun: Rannsókn á árangri nýs inngrips á matvendni barna með og án taugaþroskaraskana" – Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir.
  • "Er það bara ég eða stekkur súkkulaðið sjálft ofan í innkaupakerruna? Fæðuumhverfi í matvöruverslunum á höfuðborgarsvæðinu haustið 2021" – Birna Þórisdóttir.
  • "RED-Í rannsóknarverkefnið: þróun matstækja og ráðlegginga fyrir íslenskt íþróttafólk" – Birna Varðardóttir.
• 13:55 – Innovation in treatments
  • "Retínósýruplástrar til meðhöndlunar á slitgigt í höndum" – Helena Hamzehpour.
  • 3D printing a patch for hand osteoarthritis – Bergþóra S. Snorradóttir.
  • Telehealth versus “Treatment as Usual” for Patients with Whiplash – Associated Disorders. A Randomized Controlled Trial – Harpa Söring Ragnarsdóttir.
• 14:40 – Break
• 15:00 – Innovation in pharmaceutical development
  • "Meðgöngueitrun og fylgjuprótein 13 (PP13)" – Helga Helgadóttir.
  • Improving stability of biopharmaceuticals via spray drying – Pall Thor Ingvarsson.
  • Development of new phenazine 5,10-dioxides derived from natural products to target acute myeloid leukemia and resistant infectious diseases – Elvar Örn Viktorsson.
  • Production method development for a bioactive chitosan derivative – Vivien Nagy.
• 16:00 – Event finishes

More information with hvs@hi.is

We look forward to seeing you there!