Mission, Vision and Strategy

Medical Delta is a transdisciplinary collaboration involving more than 1,000 participants from Erasmus University, Erasmus MC, TU Delft, LUMC, Leiden University, and four universities of applied sciences in Zuid-Holland (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Leiden University of Applied Sciences, and Inholland University of Applied Sciences). Together with businesses, healthcare institutions, and governments, they work on innovative solutions for sustainable healthcare. Medical Delta achieves this through transdisciplinary research programs and practice-oriented living labs. In doing so, Medical Delta serves as the central hub of the healthcare & innovation ecosystem in the province of Zuid-Holland and beyond.

Medical Delta was founded in 2006 by the three universities (TU Delft, Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam) and the two UMCs (LUMC and Erasmus MC) in the province of Zuid-Holland. Since 2016, four universities of applied sciences from the province (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool InHolland, Hogeschool Rotterdam and Hogeschool Leiden) joined as well.

Mission

The regional collaboration Medical Delta contributes to keeping healthcare accessible, staffed, and affordable through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Vision

Strategy

Governance

In the governance model, implementation and supervision are separated. In addition, there are two advisory councils: a Scientific Council and a Social Council.

Members of the Scientific Council contribute to the creation of the Scientific Program and thus to the vision of Medical Delta. They also support each other in shaping the research programs and act as an ambassador for Medical Delta.

The Social Council serves as a discussion table for the Life Sciences & Health and Medical Technology clusters, holds a mirror from an ‘outside in’ perspective for the Medical Delta Board and advises on the content and course of Medical Delta. This Council also advises how technological solutions for sustainable care can actually be applied (valorisation). The Council aims to put the region on the map as a strong innovative engine through cooperation. Governments, Innovation Quarter, top sectors, health funds and healthcare institutions are represented in the Social Council.