Workshop: Accessing and Analysing Clinical and Patient Data: Learning from Swedish Peers
December 2, 2026 @ 13:00 – 15:00 CET
A virtual workshop organized within the SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), aimed at bringing together DDLS fellows and researchers with hands-on experience in working with clinical and patient data.
The focus is on sharing practical insights, challenges, and opportunities related to accessing, managing, and analyzing clinical and patient data for data-driven research.
Topics include data sources, data access processes, ethical and legal considerations, technical challenges, data storage and movement, and computational approaches. The workshop also aims to foster networking and potential collaborations between experienced researchers and DDLS fellows.
Program
| 13:00 | Introduction | Carolina Wählby, DDLS co-director Janne Lehtiö, PMD RA leader |
| 13:10 | Real world examples 15 min + 10 min Q&A | |
| Johan Sundström, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology at Department of Medical Sciences; Uppsala University | ||
| Tove Fall, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology at Department of Medical Sciences; Uppsala University | ||
| Eric Herlenius, Professor of Pediatrics at Department of Women’s and Children’s Health Karolinska Institutet | ||
| 14:25-15:00 | Open discussion: how to promote data access for Swedish data driven clinical and translational research. | All participants |
Contact: Xenia Villalobos (xenia.villalobos.alberu@ki.se)


