Profile
- Comprehensive teaching of medical students in Infectious Diseases (ID): Clinical skills training, problem-based learning modules, practical training. Teaching students of Dental Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- Accredited for postgraduate education in Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention, and Tropical and Travel Medicine.
- Broad expertise and activities in clinical-epidemiological research and longitudinal cohort studies (e.g. Swiss HIV Cohort Study, NIH-IeDEA, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, Swissnoso).
- Translational research collaborating with core facilities of the Faculty of Medicine of Bern and institutes of the University of Bern, including the Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK).
- Clinical aspects and epidemiology of infectious diseases with clinical partners Insel Group and Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK).
- Research collaboration and implementation science in Sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Guinea-Conakry; Harare, Zimbabwe)
- Publications
External Partners
In Switzerland
Swissnoso; Fungal Infections Network of Switzerland; Swiss HIV Cohort Study; Swiss Transplant Cohort Study; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel; Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance, Anresis, Ruedi Lüthy Foundation, AFRAVIH
International
NIH-IeDEA; EUROSIDA; Kirby Institute Sydney, Australia; Centre Hospitalier Macenta Guinée-Conakry, Newlands Clinic Harare, Zimbabwe, AFRAVIH; HEPSANET; SMIT Dakar, Sénégal
Grants
- SNSF grants: B-free trail IICT, #205829 (PI G. Wandeler), Swiss HIV Cohort Study, #229621 (PI: A. Rauch), SNSF Professorship #PP00P3_211025 (to G. Wandeler)
- SHCS nested projects
- Krebsliga Schweiz KLS-4879-08-2019 (G. Wandeler)
- SNSF SPARK 221410 (PI L. Salazar-Vizcaya)
- SPHN Personalized Swiss Sepsis Study (PSSS), C. Thurnheer (co-applicant)
- Federal Quality Commission: Implementation of the Swiss National Sepsis Action Plan, C. Thurnheer (co-applicant)
- SF Board Grants: “Immune responses and inflammation following vaccination in immuno-suppressed persons: A prospective translational multi-cohort study”, director C. Thurnheer, “Towards reducing infections after healthcare associated interventions”, co-director P. Jent
- Bangerter-Stiftung “Effects of electronic health record EHR transitioning on antibiotic ordering errors in an academic hospital setting (ABOXER)”, Co-applicant P. Jent
- Roche Diagnostics and Gilead Sciences: Investigator-Initiated Studies
- MCID Grants: BE-READY, One-health influenza, COVID-19 and influenza in schools, HBV and malaria (Research: MCID-funded projects - Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases MCID)