Politecnico di Milano and Centro Cardiologico Monzino have signed a framework agreement for scientific research that will strengthen the role of the two institutions in the panorama of high-tech medical science.
The agreement will involve Profs. Alberto Redaelli, Monica Soncini, Valentina Corino and Linda Pattini from DEIB’s Bioengineering Research Area and provides for:
- carrying out scientific, technological, training and technology transfer activities of common interest, aimed at Research Programs with shared personnel;
- the creation of the new Joint Research Center “Cardio Tech-lab, Modeling and Application for Human Health”;
- the participation of Politecnico personnel in Monzino research programs funded by the Ministry of Health and the participation of Monzino personnel in Politecnico research programs funded by the Ministry of University and Research.
The agreement will make it possible to carry out joint projects with a high scientific and technological profile subject of joint publications with a high impact factor, applications for funding for competitive calls such as Horizon Europe, to attract industry investments and to obtain joint patents.
The joint research center represents the culmination of a collaboration path between the two entities consolidated over the years and extremely profitable. The rapid technological evolution in the field of diagnosis and treatment has made the collaboration between doctor and engineer a strategic element for a conscious and efficient use of new digital and data analysis tools, and of the so-called enabling technologies. The Joint Research Center sanctions this transformation and will innovate the fields of training, research and care, testifying to the priority commitment that the third millennium Politecnico places on the theme of health and well-being of people.