Driving Innovation in Life Sciences through Strategic Collaboration
Eurolife is a network of nine leading academic institutions and renowned research centers across Europe, known for their excellence in Biomedicine and Medicine. Our mission is to advance research and education in the life sciences by fostering collaborative partnerships, joint postgraduate training, researcher and student exchange programs, and the development of shared research initiatives. In 2020, Eurolife launched DATAETHICS, a groundbreaking transnational initiative focused on addressing the ethical and conceptual challenges posed by the collection and use of Biomedical Big Data (BBD).
More on DATAETHICS, please read HERE.
Eurolife is currently chaired by the Medical University of Innsbruck, with the general coordination at the University Medical Center Göttingen.
Together, the partners bring:
- Nine world class research institutions, with enormous depth and breadth of biomedical research expertise
- More than 100,000 students each year, employ about 10,000 academics and researchers, and have a combined operating budget that exceeds €2,4 billion
- Over 85 Nobel Prize have studied or worked at Eurolife universities
- Comprehensive research support, with a sound understanding of EU funding mechanisms
- More than 90 FP7 and H2020 research projects with at least 2 Eurolife institutions have been awarded from 2007
- Well established inter-institutional links, through years of staff and postgraduate student exchanges and collaborations
- A willingness to work together to achieve success
Eurolife members are based in nine European countries. This interactive map below gives a geographic overview of the partners.
Partnership members are listed below.
Universitat de Barcelona
Spain
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
Amanda Fillat 
Semmelweis University
Hungary
Steering Committee
Miklós Kellermayer
Education Alliance
Csaba Bödör
Network Liaison Officer
temporary – Csaba Bödör
Trinity College Dublin – School of Medicine
Ireland
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
University of Edinburgh – College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
United Kingdom
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
Ellen MacRae
University Medical Center Göttingen
Germany
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Eurolife General Coordinator
Agnieszka Buelens
Medical University of Innsbruck
Austria
EUROLIFE Chair
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
Sabine de Haan
Leiden University Medical Center
The Netherlands
Steering Committee
Prof. dr. Marlies Reinders
Education Alliance
Network Liason Officer
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
University of Strasbourg
France
Steering Committee
Education Alliance
Network Liaison Officer
Camille Dieudonne