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Healthy Ageing & Longevity through Physical Activity and Digital Health Innovation

Executive Director / Founder at Kinesis Innovation Center

Athens, Greece

About

KIC is a pan-European innovation hub advancing healthy ageing and longevity through physical activity research, digital health, and AI-enabled solutions. We support Horizon Europe Health 2026 consortia with interdisciplinary research, living labs, dissemination, and policy interaction focused on sustainable, scalable ageing solutions.

About

Kinesis Innovation Center (KIC) is a multidisciplinary research and innovation hub focused on physical activity, healthy ageing, longevity, and digital health, operating at the interface of biomedical research, behavioural science, digital technologies, and EU policy. KIC supports Horizon Europe Cluster Health projects by connecting research excellence with real-world implementation and cross-sector collaboration.

Our work addresses high-impact challenges related to ageing, prevention, and functional health across the life course, with particular emphasis on physical inactivity, non-communicable diseases, frailty, and lifestyle-related risk factors. We integrate physical, behavioural, digital, and environmental perspectives to support evidence-based and scalable health solutions.

Key areas of expertise include:

  • physical activity and exercise science across the life course

  • healthy ageing, longevity, and prevention of functional decline

  • digital health, wearables, and digital biomarkers

  • behavioural analytics and lifestyle-based interventions

  • AI-enabled health analytics and decision support

  • living labs, real-world evidence, and longitudinal studies

  • FAIR, EHDS- and EOSC-aligned data models and federated infrastructures

KIC has established strong collaborations with leading European universities, research institutes, healthcare providers, and policy stakeholders, and is actively involved in COST Actions and EU-funded research networks. Our team members contribute to scientific coordination, dissemination, and policy dialogue at European level, ensuring strong visibility and impact.

Within Horizon Europe Cluster Health projects, KIC can contribute as:

  • research and innovation partner

  • work package partner or leader for physical activity, ageing, digital health, or data-related tasks

  • contributor to study design, intervention development, and real-world implementation

  • partner for dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and science–policy interaction

We are particularly interested in projects addressing prevention and health promotion, healthy ageing and longevity, non-communicable diseases, digital and data-driven health solutions, and innovative care and prevention models across diverse populations.

Topic

  • DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02: Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people
  • DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-03: Building public trust and outreach in the life sciences
  • DESTINATION 2: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-01: Towards a better understanding and anticipation of the impacts of climate change on health
  • DESTINATION 2: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-04: Towards climate resilient, prepared and carbon neutral populations and healthcare systems
  • DESTINATION 2: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-05: Support for a multilateral initiative on climate change and health research
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-02: Innovative interventions to prevent the harmful effects of using digital technologies on the mental health of children and young adults
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-03: Advancing research on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of post-infection long-term conditions
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-04: Development of novel vaccines for viral pathogens with epidemic potential
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-09: Multisectoral approach to tackle chronic non-communicable diseases: implementation research maximising collaboration and coordination with sectors and in settings beyond the healthcare system (GACD)
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-11: Understanding of sex and/or gender-specific mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases: determinants, risk factors and pathways
  • DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-15: Scaling up innovation in cardiovascular health
  • DESTINATION 4: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-CARE-01: Public procurement of innovative solutions for improving citizens' access to healthcare through integrated or personalised approaches
  • DESTINATION 4: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-CARE-03: Identifying and addressing low-value care in health and care systems
  • DESTINATION 5: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-TOOL-03: Integrating New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to advance biomedical research and regulatory testing
  • DESTINATION 5: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-TOOL-05: Pilot actions for follow-on funding: Leveraging EU-funded collaborative research in regenerative medicine
  • DESTINATION 5: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-TOOL-06: Support to European Research Area (ERA) action on accelerating New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to advance biomedical research and testing of medicinal products and medical devices
  • DESTINATION 5: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-TOOL-07: Establishing a European network of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for Advanced Therapies Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
  • DESTINATION 6: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-IND-03: Regulatory science to support translational development of patient-centred health technologies

Organisation

Kinesis Innovation Center

R&D Institution

Athens, Greece

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