Made of Genes has been awarded Best Women's Football Paper at the Isokinetic Conference 2026 for its research on "A Multimodal Digital Twin for Injury Risk Prediction in Elite Female Football."
The recognition highlights a key shift in precision sports medicine: moving beyond isolated biomarkers toward integrated, actionable models capable of supporting real-world decision-making in elite environments.
A multimodal digital twin for injury risk management
At the core of this work is the development of a multimodal digital twin, integrating genetics, biomarkers, workload data, and contextual factors into a single framework. This approach enables actionable decision support for injury risk management, training load optimization, and recovery strategies.
The award also reinforces two fundamental pillars of the Made of Genes approach: a strong commitment to scientific rigor, ensuring models are grounded in validated evidence, and a gender-aware perspective, integrating female-specific variables from the design stage.
Addressing the gender gap in sports science
Historically underrepresented in sports science, female athletes require models that reflect their physiology and context. This work directly addresses that gap through sex-specific modeling and dedicated data domains.
The study has been developed using multicohort longitudinal data from elite football teams and was deployed prospectively during the 2025/26 season.
Toward a scientific publication
As part of the award, the research will be further developed into a scientific publication in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
This milestone marks another step forward in Made of Genes' mission to redefine performance through precision health, transforming complex, multimodal data into actionable insights for elite sport.
