Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Hochschulzentrum vonRoll Haus 8

The Institute combines conventional and complementary medicine in the sense of integrative medicine. In both research and clinical activities, it works on an interdisciplinary and interprofessional basis. By combining research, teaching, and clinical work it contributes to advances in medical knowledge and therapeutic options.

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Profile

  • Teaching students of medicine, dental medicine, and pharmaceutical sciences
  • Research profiles: (i) Patient-centered translational and clinical research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Investigating pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies and development of new methodology. (ii) Investigation of efficacy, effectiveness, and mode of action of pharmaceutical preparations used in Complementary and Integrative Medicine.

External Partners

Inselspital Bern University Hospital, e.g. Intensive Care, Reconstructive Surgery, Rheumatology, Bern, Switzerland; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (breast cancer group) SAAK, Switzerland; OST University of Applied Science Buchs, Switzerland; Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Society for Cancer Research, Arlesheim, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany; University of Tübingen, Germany, Bischoff Textil AG, St. Gallen, ISS Inc. Champaign, IL, USA; Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Phamaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA; University College London UCL, UK

Grants

  • Swiss National Science Foundation / Innosuisse
  • Software AG Foundation
  • Pemol Foundation