Development of an AI-based population health foundation model utilizing health and register data from three European countries

Description of the granted funding

We develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models to analyze health data from national databases in Europe. Inspired by language models like ChatGPT, these AI systems predict future health events and adapt to various healthcare tasks, aiming at more accurate prediction of progression of diseases like cancer, or estimation of future healthcare costs, useful in public health planning. One strength of the project is the use of representative large datasets from Finland (7 million people) and France (16 million people). With the aid of such comprehensive data, it is possible to train more accurate models for minority groups and individuals suffering from rare diseases. A key goal is protecting privacy, aiming to use AI to create synthetic, anonymous datasets that mimic real data but cannot be linked to any real person, minimizing privacy concerns. We seek to make health data AI models more versatile, and improve privacy safeguards, advancing public health and healthcare innovation.
Show more

Starting year

2025

End year

2029

Granted funding

Tuomo Hartonen Orcid -palvelun logo
750 813 €

Funder

Research Council of Finland

Funding instrument

Academy research fellows

Decision maker

Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment
16.06.2025

Other information

Funding decision number

369500

Fields of science

Public health care science, environmental and occupational health

Research fields

Kansanterveystiede

Identified topics

public health, occupational health