Department of Pediatrics

Inselspital Bern

As one of the leading children's hospitals in Switzerland, the Department not only offers outstanding medical care, but also conducts internationally recognized, cutting-edge research. Research teams from a wide range of disciplines are committed to advancing pediatric medicine.

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Profile

  • Academic title of Associate Professor achieved by Thomas Riedel, André Kidszun; PD-Title achieved by Elisabeth Kieninger-Latzin and Christoph Saner
  • 10 leading research groups in the field of Pediatric Pneumology (P. Latzin), Pediatric Allergology (M. Kopp), Endocrinology/Diabetology and Metabolism (C. Flück), Neuropediatrics (A. Klein), Hematology/Oncology (R. Furtwängler), Infectious Diseases (C. Aebi), Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Education (I. Steiner), Neonatology (A. Kidszun), Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (T. Riedel)
  • Research groups are involved in basic & clinical as well as translational research projects. Central to the department's research is the collaboration and leading role in multiple existing birth cohorts and clinical registries (e.g. BILD), the SCILD, Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry (Swiss-CP-Reg); Swiss registry for neuromuscular disorders’ (Swiss-Reg-NMD); Swiss Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disease Registry (Swiss-Ped-IBrainD); Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-Up Group (SwissNeoNet); Swiss Neuropediatric Stroke Registry (SNPSR); Swiss IBD Cohort Study; Swiss Autoimmune Hepatitis Cohort Study (SASL3), I-DSD registry, Swiss DSD Cohort Study
  • Training of PhD students in programs of the Graduate Schools, MD students, postgraduate training in pediatrics
  • Clinical research is supported by PedNet Bern, a clinical pediatric hub of the SwissPedNet
  • Publications

External Partners

Universities and large hospitals in Switzerland and abroad, national and international research institutions. International: Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Luebeck, Germany; International SDM registry studies, Glasgow, UK

Grants

  • SNSF Projects (ongoing): 193694 (J. Rössler), 193039 (M. Steinlin), 197725, 207893 (C. Flück), 204518, 229294 (A. Pandey), 212587 (S. Grunt), 10002244 (R. Everts), 10002556 (P. Latzin) EU Horizon2020: DIAMONDS, Partner (2020-2024) (Ongoing: C. Aebi)
  • SPHN & PHRT: NDS SwissPedHealth (Ongoing: P. Latzin)
  • Young investigator grants for patient-oriented and for translational research (with protected research time) (C. Hamman, C. König, J. Brandenberger, E. Kieninger-Latzin, I. Korten, S. Cornaz Buros)
  • SERI, Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships: 2023_0011, 2023_0441, 2022_0470, 2020_0557 (A. Pandey)
  • UniBE: Initiator Grant (Ongoing: S. Cornaz Buros), MCID funding (Ongoing: E. Seydoux)
  • IFCAH-ESPE grant (Ongoing: C. Böttcher)
  • KinderInsel Grants (Awarded in 2024: E. Seydoux, L. Bünte, M. Gautschi, I Steiner, B. Wenger Lanz)
  • Grants from various foundations: Phospholipid Res. Center, Lungenliga, Swiss Cancer League, SAMW KZS-Fund, Stiftung für Experimentelle Tumorforschung, Krebsforschung Schweiz, Krebsstiftung Schweiz, Stiftung zur Krebsbekämpfung, Fondation Zoé4Life, Anna Müller Grocholski Stiftung, Mach Gaesslen Stiftung, Stiftung Vinetum, Stiftung Walter und Anne Marie Boveri, Palatin Foundation