Department of Clinical Research

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The Department provides the central organization for expertise, innovation, leadership, contemporary pedagogy, and centralized facilities for supporting clinical researchers. It works across multiple collaborations at the Faculty of Medicine and the university hospitals of Bern.

To the DCR website

Profile:

Structure

  • Three units: the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU Bern), the Clinical Investigation Unit (CIU), and the Medical Data Science Unit (MDS), the latter being actively developed

Research Keywords

  • Scientific, regulatory, and technical expertise to conduct patient-oriented clinical research at all stages, from conception to completion and dissemination
  • Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)

Teaching

  • Organization & conduct of several courses and programs to teach the DCR’s expertise on clinical research
  • Contribution and teaching of several CAS programs relevant in the field of clinical research

External Partners:

  • All clinical departments and institutes of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bern, the university hospitals, cantonal and private hospitals
  • Members of the Swiss Clinical Trial Organization Network (SCTO)
  • The World Health Organization & the private sector