In a move to transform Ukraine’s medical landscape, the
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) has signed a significant memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with the charitable foundations Genesis for Ukraine and KOLO. This partnership provides for the achievement of a common ambitious goal: to develop technologies in the field of biomedicine, prosthetics, and rehabilitation, as well as to apply the practical solutions that save and improve lives.
Through their cooperation, partners plan a plethora of promising initiatives and projects, including:
· Implementation of innovations in biomedicine, biosafety and biosecurity;
· Development of medical biotechnologies, diagnosis and treatment systems, and innovative medical devices;
· Higher level of professional training and education within this sector;
· Research in prosthetics and rehabilitation, and the improvement of service quality;
· Certification of specialists, as well as of prosthetic materials and components;
· Search for and support of startups and new products in the area of medical engineering;
· Development and modernisation of the university clinic.
More importantly, this cooperation signals a strategic step forward in the evolution of high-tech medical engineering in Ukraine. By working together, the partners will contribute to the systematic transformation of the sector – where science, technology, and empathy meet at the forefront of human health.