Jochen Klucken

Jochen Klucken, MD

Professor and Chair of Digital Medicine, University of Luxembourg

Jochen Klucken is a neurologist and neuroscientist with an interest in medical technologies and digital applications in neurodegenerative diseases. As a full professor and Chair of Digital Medicine and head of the Digital Medicine research group (dMed) at the University of Luxembourg and the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg his research focuses on I) shaping and innovating personalized digital healthcare solutions, II) evaluating the medico-socio-economic benefit of new digital medical devices and services, and III) assessing the societal impact of AI driven health technologies on patients with Parkinson disease, their healthcare professionals, related researchers, regulators and policy makers. This implementation research approach targets all healthcare stakeholder needs: patient empowerment, healthcare provider quality, payers’ efficiency, social transformation and acceptance, as well as regulatory and policy changes. His professional focus lies on conducting translational research on the development of digital medical devices/services and their integration into healthcare procedures, as well as the evidence generation for their clinical impact. Prof. Klucken is also co-leading as a rapporteur a task force of European governmental HTA bodies and healthcare policy makers to harmonize European healthcare technology assessment frameworks in the light of the EHDS, DGA, HTAR and AI act. He has a broad interdisciplinary experience in health technology development and deployment, including start-ups, public and private clinical research requirements for innovative healthcare technologies, business cases, and sustainable data-driven healthcare services.