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Petra Holmberg serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher at Lund University's Department of Law within the Health Law Research Centre, Faculty of Law. She concurrently holds Profile Area Member roles for Human Rights and Public Law at Lund University, focusing on European legal frameworks governing digital health innovation and patient rights protection.
Her academic journey includes a joint PhD in European law from University Capitole of Toulouse and Charles University in Prague, where she specialized in cross-border telemedicine, interoperability, and health data governance. This foundation drives her current interdisciplinary work at the intersection of law, technology, and healthcare policy.
Dr. Holmberg's research centers on regulatory gaps in emerging health technologies, particularly analyzing interactions between the European Health Data Space (EHDS), AI Act, Data Act, and GDPR. She investigates legal blind spots in connected health objects and algorithmic decision-making, emphasizing tensions between innovation acceleration and legal certainty. Her work consistently addresses how fragmented regulations impact patient autonomy, data control, and trust in digital healthcare systems across EU Member States.
Recent publications reveal a cohesive analytical thread examining EHDS implementation challenges in Sweden and the Czech Republic, AI liability vacuums, and user control mechanisms in wellness applications. These works collectively underscore systemic weaknesses in current regulatory architectures and advocate for integrated frameworks that prioritize patient-centric digital rights without stifling innovation.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Speaker price on the Annual Student Research Conference on e-Health (2022)
Dr. Holmberg actively supervises master's students while leading and contributing to major research initiatives. As Principal Investigator for the pandemic-era medical device regulation project and researcher in EU collaborations (EUGLOHRIA, AIR Lund, SANTECH), she drives work on AI-supported diagnosis, real-time fairness auditing, and cross-border health data access. Her projects consistently bridge legal scholarship with empirical implementation insights through interdisciplinary teams spanning law, computer science, and clinical practice.
Embedded within Lund's Health Law Research Centre, she cultivates collaborations with regulatory bodies and institutions across Europe, positioning herself at the forefront of policy-shaping discourse on trustworthy AI in healthcare and sustainable digital health governance.
