Future Proof Health and Wellbeing

What is Future Proof Health and Wellbeing innovation hub?

The Future Proof Health and Wellbeing innovation hub collaborates with businesses, research institutes, cities, wellbeing services counties, organizations, residents and students to tackle global challenges.

We create and develop solutions to promote equal possibilities for a meaningful and good life with focusing on multidisciplinary thinking, which looks at phenomena from different angles.

We are a positive counterforce to global challenges
We foresight future by promoting planetary health and holistic wellbeing.
We want to strengthen humanity and justice.
We appreciate diversity, creativity and nature connection as a resource and working method.
We develop sustainable future in transdisciplinary ecosystems.

We invite You to join us to develop Future Proof solutions with us!

Research and Development Programs

Collaboration with our partners we implement dozens of national and international projects in our research and development programs.

Reformatting Humanity and Diversity

We are reformatting humanity and humaneness while strengthening society's capabilities and equity across all stages and structures of life. We are building a more human-centered, sustainable future through value-based interactions, supporting a multicultural society, the inclusion of immigrants, and the empowerment of multilingual communities.

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Co-creating Child and Youth Wellbeing

We promote holistic wellbeing by building impactful solutions for a desirable future. At the heart of sustainable transformation are the participation, collaboration, and partnership of children, young people, families, and professionals.

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Embracing Future of Health and Aging

We develop value-based solutions to promote health and functional capacity, diagnostics, and care pathways. We explore ways to enable healthy and meaningful aging and age-friendliness, seeking modern solutions for smart care and creating wellness-enhancing and memory-friendly environments.

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Ongoing national projects

AgeTechNet - Age Technology Continuous educastion through Multidischiplinary Networking (implementation period 1.4.2025-31.5.2027)
Kiertotalouden TKI-boosteri (site in Finnish) implementation period 1.11.2024-31.8.2027)
Ability and will to work(site in Finnish) implementation period 1.3.2025-30.11.2027)
Movement laboratory research projects
MPH - HPH prosessin asiakaslähtöisyyden kehittäminen (in Finnish) implementation period 1.5.2025-28.2.2027
Olo-Tila - osallisuutta, osaamista ja toiminnallisuutta (site in Finnish) implementation period 1.9.2023-30.6.2026
Path to a diverse worklife implementation period 1.9.2023-31.8.2025
Sharing cafe - strenghtening migrant women's participation and ability to work (implementation period 1.9.2024-30.11.2026)
Simulaatio, TestBed ja AI palvelut uusmaalaisille yrityksille (in Finnish) implementation period 1.10.2023-30.9.2025)
TraumaSkills (implementation period 1.3.2025-30.9.2027)
Tulevaisuuden monipuolinen etähoito (site in Finnish) implementation period 1.11.2023-30.11.2026
Career55+ (implementation period 1.5.2025-30.4.2028)

Ongoing international projects

COMHOM - A comprehensive approach to Combating Homelessness through monitoring and evaluation, data-driven solutions and digitalisation (implementation period 1.1.2025-31.12.2027)
HoloSurge-Medical Holography for pre-surgical planning (implementation period 1.1.2024-31.12.2027)
Movement laboratory research projects
METAHEFO: The Metaverse as a clinical simulation tool for Higher Education in Health Sciences within the foot field (implementation period 1.9.2023-31.8.2026)
MIMIN - Good Hygiene - Improving Skills and Hospital Practices Prevent Maternal and Neonatal Infections in Benin (implementation period 1.1.2023-31.12.2025)
MOVEment analysis ONline (implementation period 1.11.2024-31.10.2027)
NEST - Co-Creating a New Form of Governance in Societal Transition for Healthy Living (implementation period 1.9.2023-31.8.2026)
PALLIAKID - Comprehensive Paediatric Palliative Care (implementation period 1.12.2023-31.5.2028)
SAFE - Solutions for age-friendly employer (implementation period 1.4.2024-31.3.2027)
Urban Age Ethics and Social Inclusion (implementation period 1.11.2023-31.10.2026)

Completed projects

Lempeä hoiva: Hyvinvointia hoivakotien henkilökunnalle ja asukkaille (site in Finnish) completed 31.5.2025
App-Nea Transforming Sleep Apnea diagnosis and treatment access (completed 30.4.2025)
Uraohjain + (site in Finnish) completed 28.2.2025
KuDiHub - Kuntoutuksen digitaalinen yhteistoiminta-alusta (site in Finnish) completed 31.12.2024
Breaking Barriers - Improving the role and approaches of the Support system and improving its availability in educational institutions. (completed 31.8.2024)

Collaboration platforms

Our Collaboration platforms are offering the framework for quick experimentation, testing and piloting and for active cooperation between public entities, businesses, organizations and citizens. Platforms also play a key role in speeding up learning.

Health Proof Helsinki

Health Proof Helsinki provides Testing Environments and Expert Services for Companies in the Fields of Health Technology and Medical Technology. Health Proof Helsinki combines testing services of the three largest Finnish RDI entities. Together we are in the forefront of European research, innovation and development. With us companies are able to access modern simulation environments, get expert services from seasoned healthcare and other professionals in the field of AI, 5G, IoT and more.

Metropolia Proof Health

Metropolia Proof Health® provides companies, research institutes and public sector organizations with a modern environment, flexible processes and extensive expertise in preclinical testing, piloting, validation and verification. The facilities also enable other research in the health care and social services sector. We also offer product development and research partnerships as well as regulatory guidance. Metropolia's extensive business networks and cooperation between students, researchers and experts enable partnerships both on the national and international levels, connected to teaching activities.

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Research and Testing Manager Eija Raussi-Lehto, see profile in PeopleFinder

Metropolia Smart Care

Metropolia Smart Care is a transdisciplinary and international collaboration and development platform based on an ecosystem approach.

The goal, in collaboration with citizens, wellbeing service counties, research and development organizations, companies, and other stakeholders, is to:

foster the development, research, innovation, and learning of futureproof and user-friendly digital solutions.
enable the enhanced utilization of multidisciplinary expertise in promoting health and wellbeing.

The current focus areas for co-creation are:

smart environments and construction
user-friendly tech development
healthcare professionals workflow
client path and services

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Development Manager Anita Ahlstrand, see profile in PeopleFinder

Other Key Activities

CuWeRE - Cultural Wellbeing Research and Education Centre

CuWeRE is a research ecosystem focused on creativity and participation as forces for change. Its goal is to enhance transdisciplinary understanding of how imagination, creativity, and art can expand the ways people exist and think, guiding them towards landscapes of potential solutions. Cultural Wellbeing Research and Education Center is founded by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and the University of Jyväskylä.

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Principal Lecturer Laura Huhtinen-Hildén, see profile in PeopleFinder

Onboard Metropolia Gerontechnology

Onboard Metropolia Gerontechnology offers user-driven co-development for companies developing age technology solutions. We arrange testing and user trials for digital products and services in genuine environments and in Metropolia’s versatile simulation premises. We produce services for companies in a multidisciplinary manner in collaboration with students, service providers and seniors.