Department of Rheumatology and Immunology

Inselspital Bern

The Department covers the entire field of rheumatology and immunology. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system, systemic autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory syndromes, unclear systemic inflammatory diseases, and immunodeficiencies.

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Profile

  • Participating in University and University Hospital Teaching programs for students of human medicine, biomedicine and biology; master students of biology are also coming from foreign universities
  • Four basic research groups and five clinically and/or translationally oriented research groups
  • Clinical research focuses on pregnancy in rheumatic diseases, arthritis, musculoskeletal rheumatology and pain as well as vasculitis, osteoimmunology, Sjögren’s syndrome and myositis/systemic sclerosis/ILD
  • Basic research focuses on understanding immune regulation and the development of potential new biomarkers and therapies for infectious and inflammatory diseases

External Partners

In rheumatology: SCQM, EUSTAR, Euromyositis, EULAR, ESR, Swiss Sjögren`s Disease Registry, ERS CRC PROFILE.net; Prof. H. Schiller, Helmholtz Center, Munich; Prof. M. Kreuter, Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Prof. I. Lundberg, Karolinska Institute, Dr. A. M. Hoffmann-Vold, University Hospital Oslo, Prof. V. V., ETHZ; PD Dr. M. Behe, PSI, Prof. C. Ospelt, and Prof. O. Distler, University Hospital Zurich; Prof. M. Hoffmann, University of Lübeck; Dr. Polona Žigon, University Medical Centre Ljubljana; Prof. Stijn Verleden, University of Antwerp; Prof. Wim Wuyts/Dr. Laurens de Sadeleer, KU Leuven; Prof. Mareike Lehmann, University of Marburg;  Prof. Phil Hansbro/Dr. Alen Faiz, Centenary Institute, University of Technology Sydney; Dr. Laurent Boyer, IMRB Paris

In immunology: The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford; Allergy Therapeutics (UK); BRSC (Latvia); Anhui Agricultural University (China); ATANIS Biotech AG; Excellergy, Inc.; Saiba AG; Saiba Animal Health AG; DeepVax AG; Kings College (UK); Prof. Theodore Jardetzky, Stanford University, USA; Prof. Thomas Eiwegger, SickKids Hospital, Toronto, CA

Grants

  • NIH Grant to PD Dr.  Mona Mohsen (USD 448,891 / 4 years)
  • SNSF project grant to Prof. Alexander Eggel (CHF 796,244 / 4 years)
  • SF project grant to Prof. Britta Maurer (Co-PI; CHF 750,000 / 3 years)
  • SF project grant to PD Dr. Kerstin Klein (CHF 750,000 / 3 years)
  • SNSF SPARK grant to PD Dr. Kerstin Klein (CHF 100,000 / 1 year)