Elina Drakvik works as a Senior Lead at Sitra’s Future Wellbeing Solutions Programme. She leads the joint action on the secondary use of health data, TEHDAS2, which supports the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation. Driving digital health, innovations and impact through cooperation with international partners and ecosystems as well as creation of new collaboration opportunities are at the core of her work.

Elina has around 15 years of experience in European cooperation in the field of health and she has led various European multistakeholder projects. She has also gathered experience in research funding, societal impact and innovations from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and Research Council of Finland. Her professional interests include a broader concept of health, systems change and societal impact of research and innovation activities.