Jens Wiehler
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Extbase Variable Dump'Dr. Jens Wiehler' (16 chars)
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Extbase Variable Dump'Digital Health Lead, BioM Biotech Cluster Development | Managing Director Di
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Extbase Variable Dump'Jens Wiehler is a Molecular Biologist with background in population genetics
(Diploma, CAU Kiel) and protein engineering (PhD, Gene Center of the LMU Mu
nich). In 2001 he joined the bioinformatics company Biomax Informatics AG as
Key Account Manager. From 2006 to 2016 at the Eurofins Group, finally as He
ad of Business Development, he was building up diverse applied genomics serv
ice lines to European top 1-3 positions. From 2016 to 2018 as Business Unit
Manager, Jens founded and managed a Eurofins-internal startup for consumer g
enomics.<br />In 2018, he joined BioM to help setting up the Bavarian flagsh
ip research program for P4 medicine, DigiMed Bayern, for which he is since t
hen Managing Director. DigiMed Bayern aims to implement data and digitally d
riven medicine of the future, exemplified by the widespread disease atherosc
lerosis. DigiMed Bayern is being funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Health w
ith a total of €24.5 million until the end of 2024. It includes clinical and
epidemiological studies with deep multi-omics approaches, the development o
f the “HerzFit” prevention app with >130.000 downloads so far, and progre
ssive fundamental development of health data IT infrastructure. Jens is also
involved in the areas of innovation, biotech clusters, and policy advice. A
current central field of activity is contributing to the development of a c
ollaborative Bavarian-based “trusted research environment” in the context of
the emerging European Health Data Space, EHDS. ' (1493 chars)