Highlights from the HALL-EKFZ Summer School 2025
Following on the success of the first edition in 2024, the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health of Technische Universität (TU) Dresden organized the second edition from June 2 to June 6, 2025.
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HALL Researchers Publish Legal Analysis on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices in Springer Nature’s EICC 2025 Proceedings
We’re thrilled to share that our latest publication, "Strengthening the MDCG Guidance on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices: A Legal Approach," has been published by Springer Nature as part of the book "Cybersecurity. EICC 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science".
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HALL Member Ashwinee Kumar Contributes to OECD Health Data Report
HALL member Ashwinee Kumar recently contributed to an OECD report titled “Facilitating the Secondary Use of Health Data for Public Interest Purposes Across Borders.” The report explores challenges and opportunities in cross-border health data sharing, focusing on governance frameworks, regulatory ha...
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HALL to Host Panel on Global Perspectives of Genetic Data Regulation at CPDP.ai 2025 Conference
We are pleased to share that HALL will organize a panel at CPDP.ai 2025 conference (21-23 May, Brussels, Belgium), titled “Global Perspectives of Regulating Genetic Data in Scientific Research: What Else Beyond Privacy?”.
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New Publication: Prof. Paul Quinn on Challenges Facing Health Data Access Bodies
Professor Paul Quinn’s latest article, “Health Data Access Bodies under the European Health Data Space – A Technocratic Colossus or Rubber Stamp Forum?”, has been accepted by Technology and Regulation.
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HALL Members Will Present Cutting-Edge Work at the 2nd European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Young Scholars Workshop
We are excited to announce that three of HALL researchers—Danaja Fabcic Povse, Oguzhan Yesiltuna, and Wenkai Li—will be presenting their work at the upcoming European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Young Scholars Workshop.
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HALL member Paul Quinn and Ruoxin Su attended the kick-off meeting of the MAGENDA project
On 16-17 March, HALL members Prof. Paul Quinn and Ruoxin Su attended the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project MAGENDA (MAinstreaming GENDer equality in Academia) in Pokhara, Nepal.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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HALL researcher Oğuzhan Yeşiltuna was recently interviewed by the Turkish Psychiatry Association about online disinformation, freedom of expression and health
HALL researcher Oğuzhan Yeşiltuna was recently interviewed by the Turkish Psychiatry Association (Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği) about online disinformation, freedom of expression and health.
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Final event in ARC2 project for SMEs: Meet Olivia, your GDPR compliance assistant
On October 28, 2024, project partners of the ARC II (Awareness Raising Campaign for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) project held a hybrid wrap-up meeting in Florence, Italy. The event was graciously hosted by the University of Florence.
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