Adapter’s Health and Food Network operates in fields that help people be healthier and live longer. The network connects the value chain from raw materials, food, and health data through to clinical validation, artificial intelligence, design, and market entry. With the help of network members, collaborations can be launched that bring research into companies and innovation to market.
The goal is to make research collaboration simple, fast, and practical for companies, building partnerships that take ideas all the way from concept to application and market.
The network is aimed at companies that want to:
- develop new products or services
- engage research partners
- apply science-based solutions
- find funding opportunities for development projects
The network helps:
- launch new research and business collaborations
- bring research into companies’ development processes
- accelerate the path of health and food innovation to market
- help companies find suitable research partners and funding opportunities
- share information on trends and developments in the field
- increase the international visibility of Estonia’s health and food sector
The network offers:
- expertise in genomics and personalised medicine
- e-health solutions and impact assessment
- health data analysis and applied artificial intelligence
- biomedical and biomarker research
- food science and functional food development
- biotechnology and fermentation technologies
- clinical research capacity
- development of biosensors and health technologies
- laboratories and testing infrastructure
- research on food raw materials, food security, food hygiene, and food safety
- research on health behaviour and prevention, and impact assessment of health interventions
- expertise in design, user experience, and service design
- health promotion and prevention, health management
- calibration, measurement, certification, and laboratory services
Priority thematic areas:
Personalised nutrition – Genetics, microbiome, biomarkers, and data-driven nutrition solutions.
Functional food – Bioactive compounds, evidence of health effects, and new health-supporting products.
Prevention-focused services – Health behaviour, digital health services, and data-driven interventions.
Home health monitoring – Sensors, tests, health data, and personalised recommendations.
Digital health twin – Artificial intelligence, health technologies, health data, and personal health management.
Food as Medicine – Nutrition as a means of maintaining health and preventing disease.
Food security and food supply – Food supply and food value addition.
Supporting food producers’ innovation capacity – through collaboration and science-based solutions.
Network Coordinators
Mall Maasik
TalTech
mall.maasik@taltech.ee
Piia Pääso
Estonian University of Life Sciences
piia.paaso@emu.ee
Irina Tamme
Tartu University
irina.tamme@ut.ee
