Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism

Inselspital Bern

The Department is a university service provider in the fields of classic hormonal and metabolic diseases, in particular all forms of diabetes mellitus, thyroid diseases, obesity, and nutritional medicine. It makes an important contribution to the training of medical students and is involved in clinical and biomedical research.

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Profile

  • Ten research groups in the areas of Diabetes Technology, Metabolic Science/Modelling, Nutritional Profiling, Food Science, Artificial Intelligence/Data Science and Decision Support, Peptide Analytics
  • Undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate education in Metabolic Science
  • Postgraduate education (CAS in Sex and Gender-specific Medicine, Certificate Course Clinical Nutrition)

External Partners

University of Bern, ETH Zurich and Lausanne, CHUV, University Hospital and University of Zurich, University of Basel, University of St. Gallen, CSEM, Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, Swansea (UK), Lyon, Rotterdam, Padova, Cologne, Munich, Nürnberg, Tübingen, Graz, Toronto, Duke, Yale, Berkeley, McGill, Industry Partners

Grants

  • SNSF project grants: Decipher the glp-1 estradiol crosstalk to tackle postmenopausal diabetes (Prof. L. Bally), Brain Aging in Patients with Phenylketonuria - a Longitudinal Study (Prof. R. Everts, PD Dr. R. Trepp), Porphyrin-based Aggregation-induced Emission Generating Molecules for Continuous Multi-Metabolite Monitoring (Prof. L. Witthauer)
  • InnoSuisse Projects: Clinical AI Companion for Diabetes Optimisation using Digital Data from Continuous Glucose Monitoring. (Prof. L. Bally), Revolutionizing Swine Monitoring with Radar Technology and AI (Prof. L. Witthauer), Bern Medtech Collaboration Call Projects (Prof. C. Stettler)
  • SF Board Call Projects: Towards a FemTech Digital Twin approach to improve Women’s Health (Prof. L. Bally), Precision Metabolic Medicine Network by the Medical Faculty (Prof. J. Garcia)
  • Further funding sources: Bangerter Rhyner Foundation, Bernischer Hilfsbund, Boehringer Ingelheim ISS, Dexcom Inc ISS, DLF, Diabetes Center Berne DCB, Foundation Johanna Dürmüller-Boll, Foundation Rolf Gaillard, Fondation Pierre Mercier, Frieda Locher-Hofmann Foundation, Helmut Horten Foundation, Nestlé Health Science ISS, NovoNordisk ISS, Nutricia ISS, Swiss Diabetes Foundation, Swiss Heart Foundation, UniBern Forschungsstiftung, VonTobel Foundation, Walter Fuchs Foundation