Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher
Dean’s Professor of systems medicine at the University of Florida. A mathematician and mathematics historian by training, his research focuses on the applications of mathematics to medicine. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Mathematical Society and the Society for Mathematical Biology, which he also serves as president-elect.
Medical ‘Digital Twins’ Will Lead the Way to Personalized Medicine.
A digital twin of you or me or even parts of us, based on such computer simulations, could help drug developers design, test and monitor, and aid doctors in applying, the safest and most effective treatments or therapies that are specific and tailored to our genetics or biochemistry.