SwissPedNet NextGen Research Podcast Session prize at the paediatrics Switzerland 2025 annual congress Franco Romero, PhD student at ISPM Bern, won the Best Podcast-Format Research

Electronic Medical Record usability and patient safety – through the eyes of physicians – Despite widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs), concerns persist regarding their usability and implications for patient safety.

Getting Bern ready for future pandemics – Researchers at the Multidisciplinary Centre for Infectious Diseases (MCID) are preparing the canton of Bern for future pandemics with the BEready long-term study.

Research Findings on Sports Participation and Parenthood in the Media Spotlight – Research results by Lars Lenze, a member of the research group on community health and health care systems, were recently featured in newspapers from the Tamedia group.

New factsheet published on vulnerability across the lifecourse and its relevance for health equity in health promotion and prevention – Annika Frahsa and her research group on community health and health care systems research had a mandate by Health.

Overcoming Barriers: Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera's Journey in Climate Health Research – Environmental epidemiologist Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera discusses the challenges she faced as a young foreign woman in academia and her dedication to studying the health.

First Prize of the German Olympic Sports Confederation’s Science Award – Carina Nigg receives the first prize of the Science Award 2023/2024 of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund; DOSB) in Frankfurt.

A new SNSF Ambizione project on droughts and health at ISPM – Coral Salvador, a postdoc researcher working at the University of Vigo, has been awarded a SNSF Ambizione on her project IGIA-SETH (unravelInG the ImpActs of droughtS on human hEalTH).

SIRIS annual report 2024 – The SIRIS Foundation and the ANQ have once again published the University of Bern's annual analyses of the SIRIS hip and knee implant registry. The evaluations are based on almost 458,600 primary hip and knee implantations.

New Professor in Climate Impact and Public Health in the Built Environment appointed – Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, the current head of the climate change and health team at ISPM, has been recently appointed by the Executive Board of the University of Bern as.

Increased Risk of Second Tumors Among Cancer Survivors in Switzerland – Cancer survivors face a heightened risk of developing second tumors, according to the first-ever national cancer report, with major contributions from the Swiss Childhood Cancer.

Carole Metekoua won the Prize for Best Talk at the 16th GHS Symposium – Carole Metekoua Temdemnou received the prize for the best talk at the 16th symposium of the Graduate School for Health Sciences, held at Studienzentrum Gerzensee on 31st October.

Swiss-CP-Reg secures 5-year funding from Foundation Cerebral for core work – The Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry (Swiss-CP-Reg) has received a five-year funding commitment from Foundation Cerebral. The funding will support the continuation and.

Delegation from Singapore’s Agency for Integrated Care visits ISPM teams – The Community Health and Healthcare Systems Research Group at ISPM welcomed a delegation from the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) Singapore for a learning exchange about a range.

Cancer registration in Switzerland explained – The Confederation and cantons are constantly working to improve the understanding of cancer and ensure the best possible care for all patients. In order to obtain an overall picture of cancer in Switzerland.

Recommendations for Pulmonary Care After Childhood Cancer take Center Stage at ERS Congress 2024 – New recommendations for monitoring lung health in childhood cancer survivors were presented to the global respiratory community at the 2024 European.

SNSF project grant on unmet research needs in primary ciliary dyskinesia – Myrofora Goutaki has been awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation project grant to tackle two important and clinically relevant aspects of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD).

Join now the Swiss Rare Disease Registry using the new online portal – Approximately 580,000 individuals in Switzerland live with a rare disease. The Swiss Rare Diseases Registry was established to address the issue of limited data on rare diseases.

Prize for the Best Research Highlight Presentation at the PCD Annual Research Meeting 2024 in Vienna – Leonie Schreck received the prize for the Best Research Highlight Presentation at the primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) Annual Research Meeting 2024.

Swiss Public Health Doctors Award 2024 for best medical Master’s thesis – We congratulate Michelle Hauser from ISPM Bern for winning the Swiss Public Health Doctors (SPHD) Award 2024 and presenting her work at the Swiss Public Health Conference.