The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern provides undergraduate and postgraduate education and carries out interdisciplinary research in the fields of social and behavioural health, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, and international and environmental health. Eminent speakers from Switzerland and abroad give presentations at monthly lectures where researchers from other institutes and members of the public are welcome to attend.
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National Fellowship
Severin Fankhauser, PhD student at ISPM Bern, has been awarded a Swiss National MD-PhD Fellowship by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW). The national fellowship supports talented young physicians in pursuing research careers as clinician-scientists.
News, 16.12.2025
Presentation Prize
Tiara Greber received the prize for the best oral presentation on clinical research at the Kinderklinik Research Day 2025 organised by the Kinderklinik of the University Hospital Bern.
Annual Report
Looking back on 2024, the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine once again can be proud of its many successful and interesting projects and teaching activities. Of course, it is not ISPM that conducts these activities, it is the many dedicated persons at ISPM in all activity domains.
News, 26.11.2025
Award
Two of our researchers at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) and Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin (BIHAM)— Georgia Salanti and Orestis Efthimiou — have been recognised by Clarivate Analytics as «Highly Cited Researchers», an honour awarded to scientists whose publications rank among the top 1 % by citations in their field. ISPM/BIHAM host two out of a total of seven highly cited researchers at the University of Bern.
News, 14.11.2025
The University of Bern’s Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) contributes to study programs in Human Medicine (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and Biomedical Sciences (Master’s).
The ISPM consists of 14 research groups that engage in a broad range of topics related to health and disease across the lifespan, in communities, in the environment, and data science.
The ISPM consists of 14 research groups that engage in a broad range of topics.
ISPM Bern provides a wide range of postgraduate education to train students to become excellent public health researchers and to work as public health specialists.
ISPM Bern provides a wide range of postgraduate education.
ISPM is dedicated to preserving and improving the health of the population – from local to planetary levels by educating students, professionals, and the public, conducting high-quality researchc putting research results into practice.
ISPM is dedicated to preserving and improving the health of the population – from local to planetary levels.
Mittelstrasse 43 3012 Bern
Phone: +41 31 684 35 11 info.ispm@unibe.ch
