David Schwappach honored with Patient Safety Leadership Award – The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) is proud to announce that Professor David Schwappach has been awarded the Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award in February 2026. bit.ly/4lD6nHQ

uniAKTUELL: Interview with BEready Project Manager Eva Maria Hodel – After 18 intensive months, enrollment for the 'Bern, get ready' (BEready) study has been completed. This globally unique collection of data on infectious diseases in humans and pets is intended to help... bit.ly/3O4L2up

ISPM participation in NCCR on Climate Extremes and Society – Prof. Ana Vicedo Cabrera and the Climate Epidemiology and Public Health research group participate in the new National Centre of Competence in Research on «Climate Extremes and Society» in highlighting the human health... bit.ly/4bErA1m

uniAKTUELL: Interview with ISPM Director – Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Director of the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), explains why sex and gender need to be systematically taken into account in medical research. bit.ly/4qUJodt

Prize for Best Poster in Clinical Studies – Anna Lange has been awarded the Prize for Best Poster in Clinical Studies at the Day of Clinical Research 2025 (DCR), organized by the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU). bit.ly/3KZXGcW

Swiss National MD-PhD Fellowship granted to ISPM researcher – Severin Fankhauser, PhD student at ISPM Bern, has been awarded a Swiss National MD-PhD Fellowship by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW). The national fellowship supports talented young physicians in pursuing... bit.ly/4oTmAbV

Oral Presentation Prize at the Kinderklinik Research Day 2025 – Tiara Greber received the prize for the best oral presentation on clinical research at the Kinderklinik Research Day 2025 organised by the Kinderklinik of the University Hospital Bern. bit.ly/48MR89x

Highly Cited Researchers – Two of our researchers at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) and Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin (BIHAM), Georgia Salanti and Orestis Efthimiou, have been recognised by Clarivate Analytics as «Highly Cited Researchers». bit.ly/47YXRwp

Keynote talk and new publication on participatory approaches in community health research – At the DGSMP Annual Conference 2025 in Berlin, hosted by Charite and Berlin School of Public Health, Annika Frahsa delivered a keynote on «Rethinking Participation» bit.ly/42WdenB

SNSF grant: nutritional status in childhood cancer patients and survivors – Fabiën Belle (Principal Investigator) and Christina Schindera (Principal Investigator) have received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation for their project. bit.ly/48D1qdF

Ewald Weibel Award for Lung Research on rare disease primary ciliary dyskinesia – PD Dr Myrofora Goutaki (ISPM) and PD Dr Loretta Müller (University Children’s hospital) will receive the Ewald Weibel Award 2025 for their outstanding research in the field of Lung and Respiration... bit.ly/4pLwBtl

Local research with a global perspective – Science knows no boundaries, yet it is often rooted in local communities. The BEready cohort study is an example from Bern that illustrates this point, as featured in the latest edition of uniFOKUS. bit.ly/3InzvE9

Grippenet.ch hosted by ISPM – Grippenet.ch a participatory surveillance system presented at the «Nacht der Forschung». Grippenet.ch is a participatory surveillance system that monitors influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) in Switzerland to improve the understanding of infection... bit.ly/4gjJ6Z7

Swiss Epidemiology Winter School 2026: Open registration – The 2026 Winter School features a diverse range of engaging courses led by experienced teachers. Whether you want to strengthen your methodological skills or advance your knowledge in... bit.ly/4meVACJ

ISPM Survey in 13 Languages Seeks Out Perceptions on Smoking Paths – A new national survey on Perspectives and Attitudes Towards Health and Smoking (PATHS) is reaching underrepresented people across Switzerland in 13 different languages... bit.ly/4lA7pCZ

ISPM will host a new SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellow – Hicham Achebak, a postdoctoral researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), has been awarded the highly competitive SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship (SPF) on his project TEMPO... bit.ly/4kMH2t0

Christina Schindera receives the venia docendi – We are delighted to announce that Christina Schindera has been awarded the venia docendi (habilitation) for her research on cardiovascular health in survivors of childhood cancer. bit.ly/4o3eEpA

Participatory study on health behaviours in childhood cancer survivors – Claudia Kuehni and Carina Nigg received funding from Swiss Cancer Research to investigate and improve health behaviours among long-term survivors of childhood cancer. bit.ly/4nzKUjJ

Grant Swiss Cancer Research – Fabiën Belle (Principal Investigator) and Christina Schindera (Co-Applicant) have received funding from Swiss Cancer Research for their project “Trajectories of Growth and Weight of Childhood Cancer Patients: From Birth to Late Adulthood”. bit.ly/46fw0cr

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 bit.ly/3HxOrPc

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. bit.ly/4dpg7BF

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. bit.ly/41lValj

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 (Tagesanzeiger, Berner Zeitung). bit.ly/3D6IW8i

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 Promotion Switzerland... bit.ly/3QnP12Y

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 impacts of climate change. bit.ly/41kIgFs

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. bit.ly/3WLymdq

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). The project will start in July 2025... bit.ly/40xVqxj

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 and around 26,100 follow-up... bit.ly/3P5OORr

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 Professor in Climate Impact... bit.ly/4fmOcS6

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 Registry (KiKR). bit.ly/4iuZ8zL