HEALTH & AGEING LAW LAB
The Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is a subgroup of the Interdisciplinary Research group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), focusing on the articulations of law, science, technology, ethics & society. HALL is a team of researchers who specialise in themes linked to matters of health and ageing. In particular, its members conduct research in multi-disciplinary areas such as privacy and data protection; use of advanced technologies in healthcare, pharmaceutical development and research; e-Health and m-Health; and healthy ageing. HALL aims to explore synergies between these researchers and as a result, provide for a co-ordinated research focus and output.
The group is chaired by Professor Paul Quinn who has expertise in the use of health data in the health care setting, in matters of public health and in innovative research involving big data. The group has successfully participated in several EU H2020 projects (FASTER, PROTEIN, TECHCARE, PERSONA, VALUE-AGEING, PICASO, FACILITATE, TENDER) aimed at developing the solutions for the health and ageing issues. Currently, HALL is also engaged in several Horizon Europe Projects (CYMEDSEC, SmartCHANGE, Planet4Health, SUN). HALL researchers provide their legal expertise to the projects and thus contribute to the state of the art in these areas.
The group has an interdisciplinary focus and enjoys collaboration with healthcare professionals (including at the University Hospital, Brussels (UZ Brussel), with research scientists, software engineers and a range of societal actors.
Recent news
HELT Symposium 2025: One Health: Advancing Global Health Through Law and Technology
The VUB-HALL is excited to announce the organization of the 3rd HELT Symposium on 24 April 2025, in Brussels. This year’s theme is “One Health: Advancing Global Health Through Law and Technology”. We invite you to have a look at the website.
HALL member Anastasiya Kiseleva Successfully Defended Her PhD in Law and Computer Science
We are delighted to announce that on January 21, 2025, HALL member Anastasiya Kiseleva, successfully defended her PhD in Law and Computer Science.
Professor Paul Quinn co-authored an EU-commissioned report “Digital Health Innovation in the EU with Effective Industrial Strategy Policies- A Focus on Wearable Medical Devices”
HALL coordinator Professor Paul Quinn recently co-authored (with Richard Rak, Ph.D.) a lengthy report for the EU Commission on Enhancing “Digital Health Innovation in the EU with Effective Industrial Strategy Policies- A Focus on Wearable Medical Devices”. The goal of the report is to analyze...
Events
Practical info-Public PhD defence of Anastasiya Kiseleva
Anastasiya Kiseleva will defend her PhD in Law and Computer Science on Tuesday 21st January at 14:30, titled 'Transparent Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Multilayered Accountability Framework Integrating Law and Computer Science to Address Technologica
Practical info-ARC II final event- presenting Olivia GDPR compliance assistant
Join us as we present the results of the EU-funded project ARC II - Awareness Raising Campaign for SMEs.
Practical info-HELT TALKS - SESSION 2
We are thrilled to announce the second edition of HELT Talks, with Erik Vollebregt, partner at Axon Lawyers and Sciences and IP lawyer, to discuss the current and upcoming challenges of the Medical Devices Regulations of the European Union.
