#SRDD2018 Speakers

Speaker

Full name

Ernst Hafen

Affiliation

Professor of Systems Genetics at ETH Zurich and president of MIDATA.coop

Biography

Ernst Hafen, PhD, is a Professor of Systems Genetics at ETH Zurich and former President of ETH. In addition to over 30 years of academic research, he has founded and advised several biotechnology companies. He is the president of the BIO-TECHNOPARK Schlieren-Zurich. Ernst Hafen endeavors to assist scientific discovery and its efficient translation into products that help society and the economy. As a trained geneticist, he has a strong interest in human genetics and personalized medicine. He posits, that an individual’s control over his or her personal health data, will be a key asset for better and more effective health care. In 2012 he acted as a founding member of the Association Data and Health and is the president of MIDATA.coop (https://www.midata.coop) which he co-founded in 2015. Citizen-owned personal data cooperatives enable citizens to securely store, manage and control access to their personal data and form the basis for a fair and sustainable personal data economy.

Session

Data to the People – The Power of Citizen Science in Healthcare