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Electronic Medical Record usability and patient safety – through the eyes of physicians

16.05.2025 – Despite widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs), concerns persist regarding their usability and implications for patient safety. David Schwappach from ISPM together with colleagues from Switzerland and the US developed and validated a new survey instrument that reliably captures physicians’ perceptions of EMR usability – with a focus on patient safety–relevant domains. Continue reading

We are pleased to welcome Angèle Gayet-Ageron as the new Director of ISPM

Angèle Gayet-Ageron

01.04.2025 – Angèle Gayet-Ageron has been appointed Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Bern, effective April 1, 2025, succeeding Professor Oscar Franco. She will also direct the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine. With a robust academic background, including a doctorate in medicine from University Lyon 1, a Master's in Public Health and Epidemiology from Bordeaux 2 University, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Clinical Research from Paris-Saclay University, Gayet-Ageron brings extensive expertise to her new role. Continue reading

New Leadership for IeDEA Southern Africa Collaboration

IeDEA new Leadership

01.04.2025 – After nearly two decades of leadership, Prof. Matthias Egger is stepping down as Multi-Program Director of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA). The collaboration welcomes Dr. Eliane Rohner, Dr. Gilles Wandeler, and Dr. Cleophas Chimbetete as the new leaders alongside the previous MPI Prof. Mary-Ann Davies who is based at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Continue reading

Getting Bern ready for future pandemics

04.03.2025 – Researchers at the Multidisciplinary Centre for Infectious Diseases (MCID) are preparing the canton of Bern for future pandemics with the BEready long-term study. Continue reading

Research Findings on Sports Participation and Parenthood in the Media Spotlight

03.03.2025 – Research results by Lars Lenze, a member of the research group on community health and health care systems, were recently featured in newspapers from the Tamedia group (e.g., Tagesanzeiger, Berner Zeitung). His study examines how becoming a parent influences sports and exercise behaviour, highlighting the difference between becoming a mother and a father. Continue reading

New factsheet published on vulnerability across the lifecourse and its relevance for health equity in health promotion and prevention

18.02.2025 – Annika Frahsa and her research group on community health and health care systems research had a mandate by Health Promotion Switzerland on particularly vulnerable population groups in health promotion and prevention. This mandate was to strengthen the issue of health equity in the development and implementation of the new cantonal action programs on health promotion and prevention. Continue reading

Overcoming Barriers: Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera's Journey in Climate Health Research

17.02.2025 – Environmental epidemiologist Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera discusses the challenges she faced as a young foreign woman in academia and her dedication to studying the health impacts of climate change. Continue reading

First Prize of the German Olympic Sports Confederation’s Science Award

04.02.2025 – Carina Nigg receives the first prize of the Science Award 2023/2024 of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund; DOSB) in Frankfurt. Continue reading

A new SNSF Ambizione project on droughts and health at ISPM

29.01.2025 – Coral Salvador, a postdoc researcher working at the University of Vigo, has been awarded a SNSF Ambizione on her project IGIA-SETH (unravelInG the ImpActs of droughtS on human hEalTH). The project will start in July 2025 at the Climate Epidemiology and Public Health research group at ISPM. She has been a visiting researcher of the team between 2022 and 2024. Continue reading