{"id":29158,"date":"2021-04-06T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/?post_type=new&#038;p=29158"},"modified":"2021-04-06T08:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:59:46","slug":"meet-our-experts-peter-varnai","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/de\/new\/meet-our-experts-peter-varnai\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our experts: Peter Varnai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-red-color\"><strong>Dr Peter Varnai is a Partner leading Technopolis Group\u2019s Health &amp; Life Sciences team. He has over 20 years of experience in research, education and consulting. He is passionate about linking research and innovation to policy and business. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Disaster waiting to happen<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Human history is littered with pandemics. So, the\nlatest one wasn\u2019t entirely unexpected. Peter remembers he and his team were\njust preparing to evaluate a major research programme on epidemic preparedness\nand response, when news started trickling in from China that a new coronavirus was\nspreading at an alarming rate. \u201cIt emphasised the relevance and impetus for our\nwork,\u201d Peter says, \u201cWe had to provide evidence on assessing effective ways to\nprioritise and release research funding.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick on our feet<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile scientists were preparing quietly for a global\npandemic for decades\u201d, Peter says, \u201cpolicy and decision-makers were caught\nsomewhat unprepared\u201d. The European Commission charged Technopolis Group with\nconducting an urgent foresight exercise to understand how the situation might\nevolve. Peter and his colleagues illustrated plausible scenarios for Europe for\nthe near future. \u201cWhile these were not predictions exactly, the analysis\nprovided a clearer understanding of risks and opportunities\u201d, Peter explains. &nbsp;\u201cOur work can thus help decision-makers take strategic\nactions for our future health and wealth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of the pandemic, some of the health team\u2019s\nprevious work has also taken on new relevance. &nbsp;In 2019, for instance, some of our experts\nconducted an early scoping study for the European Centre for Disease Prevention\nand Control (ECDC) to draw up a content strategy for a new European Vaccine\nInformation Portal. Following the COVID outbreak, the ECDC has turned to our\nexperts to develop case studies on countering online misinformation about vaccines,\nwhich is proving a significant hurdle in the EU\u2019s COVID response strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Passionate experts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Technopolis Group is fortunate to have a group of people that are truly passionate about health policy. They don\u2019t just have the knowledge needed to run their current projects but keep abreast of the latest developments in their fields for future work. This broad and deep expertise allows them to react quickly and effectively, even when faced with an unprecedented global health crisis. Our health team always ensures that our support to policymakers is timely, evidence-based and independent. This allows us to truly make a difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-red-color has-light-gray-background-color\">Research and innovation in health and life sciences can improve the health and well-being of people everywhere and at all ages. \u201cMuch of the health team\u2019s work supports decision-makers in leveraging the latest health research and insights,\u201d Peter says. In \u2018normal\u2019 times, our work contributes to better decisions on health research programmes, infrastructures and systems. We also link health and life sciences research with Technopolis Group\u2019s other areas of expertise. For example, we recently conducted impact assessments of the European Partnership for Innovative Health and the EU-Africa Global Health Partnership for the European Commission. This lay the groundwork for diverse actors and organisations to cooperate under the new Horizon Europe research programme. The possibility to collaborate with colleagues across thematic fields provides us with a know-how that is quite unique and very valuable, to our core topics as well as theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-296x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-296x369.jpg 296w, https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-1234x1536.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2019-04-19-15.27.08-copy-1-1645x2048.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>While scientists were preparing quietly for a global pandemic for decades, policy and decision-makers were caught somewhat unprepared.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Varnai<\/strong>, Partner leading Health &amp; Life Sciences activities<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","solution":[139,112],"sector":[75],"class_list":["post-29158","new","type-new","status-publish","hentry","solution-evaluation-de","solution-strategic-studies-de","sector-health-life-sciences-de"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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