Faculty of Medicine

University Clinics Inselspital

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, Graz, Munich, Nürnberg, Toronto, Duke, Yale, Berkeley

Grants

  • SNSF Eccellenza Grant (PI Prof. L. Bally), SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (PI Prof. M. Balmer)
  • SNSF Sinergia Program (PI Prof. C. Stettler)
  • SNSF Project Grants (PIs Prof. M. Laimer, Prof. C. Stettler, Prof. R. Everts, PD Dr. R. Trepp)
  • InnoSuisse Projects (PIs Prof. L. Bally, Prof. C. Stettler, Prof. L. Witthauer)
  • Bern Medtech Collaboration Call Projects (PI Prof. C. Stettler)
  • SF Board Call Project (PI Prof. L. Bally)
  • Further Funding Sources: Swiss Diabetes Foundation, VonTobel Foundation, DLF, Diabetes Center Berne DCB, Dexcom Inc ISS, Nestlé Health Science ISS, Helmut Horten Foundation, Swiss Heart Foundation, NovoNordisk ISS, Boehringer Ingelheim ISS, Bangerter Rhyner Foundation, Nutritica ISS, Foundation Rolf Gaillard, Foundation Johanna Dürmüller-Boll, Fondation Pierre Mercier, UniBern Forschungsstiftung, Frieda Locher-Hofmann Foundation, Walter Fuchs Foundation