Introduction
Bogi Eliasen is the Director of Health at the Institute. He was born in the Faroe Islands and is educated in Political Science and International Law from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He was previously employed by the Faroe Business Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked as a consultant over the last 20 years for politicians, the public sector and private companies.
Bogi was initiator of the first population genome project FarGen to sequence the genomes of the entire population of the Faroe Islands. As Director of Health at the Institute, Bogi sets the stage diving into topics such as the future of genomics, data, digital functions, and their integration with health. This is based on a holistic vision of shaping the future personalized health paradigm as a part of ambitious projects and networks around the world. He received the HIMSS Future 50 global award for his work in 2019. He is also the Chair of the Danish UNESCO Bioethical Committee. He initiated the Nordic Health 2030 process and has a key role in both the global Future Proofing Health Index and Movimiento Salud 2030 that aspires to improve Latin American health by applying the new health paradigm.
His next big focus is facilitating the shift and building bridges between the fields of personal and public health.
He calls himself a knowledge broker whose expertise lies in combining various fields of knowledge.
Current activities and projects:
5 health moonshots – Canadian initiative to solve big health challenges
Developing the Healthy Society, applying known knowledge and technology
Improving health budget execution in Peru
Canada Health 2030 Pan- Canadian scenario process
WHO Digital Health Roadmap
Leapfrog Thailand & Philippines, chair of Wisdom Council and mentoring leaders
World Scenarios 2040, health in 2040 in all regions of the world
Health data in Denmark, Innovationsfonden
European Health Research Infrastructures in the emerging health landscape
Nordic Innovation: The Nordic Health Area
Personalized Health in Bulgaria and Eastern European
Standing Committee of European Doctors: Courses in Future of Health for doctors
The Personal – Public Health convergence
The coherent health model / integrated care
BEAGLE, activating behavioral data for health, quality of life and well-being
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