Contact Us
Email and phone
location
Busan Inje University Cardiovascular Metabolic Disease Center
- 75 Bokji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan
Kimhae Inje University Biomedical Center
- 197 Inje-ro, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
What is BIG LIFE Digital Twin Cohort?
The BIG LIFE Digital Twin Cohort is a multi-omics-based precision health data cohort centered around Gimhae City.
It is a next-generation healthcare infrastructure based on digital twins that can be utilized in various fields such as personalized disease prediction and prevention, precision medical technology development, and public health policy establishment by integrating and analyzing various personal health information such as biological data such as genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome as well as diet, exercise, lifestyle, and environmental information.
Big Life Digital Twin Cohort
Brilliant Invention of Gimhae for Longevity and Improved Future Evolution
- Collecting Precision Health Data: Multi-Omics Data Incorporating Genomics, Lifestyle, Clinical Information, and Environmental Factors
- Building a Digital Twin: Developing a Digital Health Twin Model that predicts, monitors, and simulates health conditions by virtualizing each individual
- Realizing Customized Preventive Healthcare: Early Prediction of Disease and Derivation of Intervention Strategies
- Regional-Based Healthcare Innovation: Establishing Regional Customized Public Health Strategies for Gimhae Citizens
- Fostering the Healthcare Industry: Practical Expansion to Precision Medical, AI, and New Drug Development
BIG LIFE DIGITAL TWIN
Purpose of the cohort
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Who is participating?
What data do you collect?
How is it used?
What are the benefits for participants?
The value we aim for, extending healthy life span
The BIG LIFE Digital Twin Cohort is created by a variety of experts and citizens.
■ Participation target: Any citizen residing in Gimhae City
■ How to participate: Health questionnaire, provision of biological samples (blood, saliva, etc.), consent to periodic health monitoring
■ Guarantee: All data is thoroughly anonymized and safely managed in accordance with personal information protection laws.
- Genomic data (whole genome sequence, SNP, etc.)
- Omics information such as transcriptome/proteome/metabolome
- Lifestyle information (diet, exercise, sleep, smoking/drinking, etc.)
- Clinical information (basic health checkup, disease history, etc.)
- Environmental and social indicators (local climate, income level, access to healthcare, etc.)
Inje University Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center | Global University Biomedical Center
- Provides a detailed analysis report on your personal health status
- Provides early warning of future disease risks and guides for improving lifestyle habits
- The reward of contributing to the establishment of future public health policies
- Accurate data-based medical innovation
- Citizen-centered health care
- Sustainable regional-national-global scalability
supervise
Inje University Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center | Global University Biomedical Center
cooperation
Gimhae City ㅣ Silk Longevity ㅣ AI MEDIC ㅣ Rexsoft ㅣ Local hospitals and healthcare companies, etc.
2024 ~ 2025
1st pilot
cohort Collection
and Analysis
2,000 people
2026 ~ 2029
Obtaining digital
twin data and
Expanding precision
medicine infrastructure
10,000 people
2030
Expanding
international
cooperation
Who is participating?
The BIG LIFE Digital Twin Cohort is created by a variety of experts and citizens.
■ Participation target: Any citizen residing in Gimhae City
■ How to participate: Health questionnaire, provision of biological samples (blood, saliva, etc.), consent to periodic health monitoring
■ Guarantee: All data is thoroughly anonymized and safely managed in accordance with personal information protection laws.
What data do you collect?
- Genomic data (whole genome sequence, SNP, etc.)
- Omics information such as transcriptome/proteome/metabolome
- Lifestyle information (diet, exercise, sleep, smoking/drinking, etc.)
- Clinical information (basic health checkup, disease history, etc.)
- Environmental and social indicators (local climate, income level, access to healthcare, etc.)
How is it used?
Inje University Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center | Global University Biomedical Center
What are the benefits to participants?
- Provides a detailed analysis report on your personal health status
- Provides early warning of future disease risks and guides for improving lifestyle habits
- The reward of contributing to the establishment of future public health policies
The value we aim for, extending healthy life span
Longevity
- Accurate data-based medical innovation
- Citizen-centered health care
- Sustainable regional-national-global scalability