News 2018

5 day course «Applied Logistic Regression» with Prof. Stanley Lemeshow and Dr. Ben Spycher

We are pleased to announce the 5day-course Applied Logistic Regression by Stanley Lemeshow and Ben Spycher taking place March 11-15, 2019 here in Bern.

Open Day Uni Mittelstrasse

Impressions of the Open Day at the Uni Mittelstrasse

Preventing preterm birth and neonatal infections in Papua New Guinea

ISPM Professor Nicola Low has been visiting the WANTAIM project in Papua New Guinea. «Wantaim» means «once» or «together» in Tok Pisin creole. It is a perfect fit for the research project, «Women and Newborns Trial of Antenatal Intervention and Management».

Chlamydia screening trial prompts rethink about control strategy

Opportunistic testing for the sexually transmitted infection, chlamydia, amongst young adults attending general practices, did not reduce prevalence after three years.

New seminar podcast: Dementia - the burden on societies, challenges for research

New ISPM presentation video

The new ISPM presentation video is online.

Open Day Uni Mittelstrasse

The Uni Mittelstrasse will open its doors on Saturday, 27 October 2018, 10-18 pm.

Interview on digital transformation in the healthcare sector in Primary Care and Hospital

The digital transformation is fundamentally changing the professional world of health workers. Prof. David Schwappach explains the risks and opportunities of technological trends in the healthcare sector and explains the advantages and disadvantages of electronic patient records.

Thomas C Chalmers award for ISPM’s Adriani Nikolakopoulou

Adriani Nikolakopoulou of ISPM’s Evidence Synthesis Methods research group won the Thomas C Chalmers award for the best oral presentation at the Cochrane Colloquium in 16-18 September 2018 in Edinburgh.

Better understanding, research and treatment of childhood cancer

The Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry (SCCR) at the University of Bern has been collecting data on children and adolescents suffering from cancer in Switzerland for over 40 years. Now, on behalf of the Confederation, the registry will be converted into a Federal Childhood Cancer Registry, which will further improve the documentation, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children and adolescents.

SRF Tagesgespräch: Matthias Egger and Michael Hagner on Open Access

Open Access aims to make scientific research freely accessible to all and thus to counteract the major publishers and their business model. In the SRF «Tagesgespräch», Matthias Egger of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the science historian Michael Hagner discuss Open Access.

Workshop on Open Science and Biomedical Research

The Biomedical section of Bern university library, on behalf of the Swiss biomedical libraries commission, would like to invite you to a workshop on Open Science and biomedical research on Friday, Sep 28th, 2018.

New Ambizione grant to be funded by the SNF

Orestis Efthimiou has been awarded an Ambizione grant to develop methods for personalizing treatment choices.

The Federal Council submitted a draft legislation article for cannabis pilot trials for consultation

The Federal Council submitted a draft legislation article for cannabis pilot trials for consultation.

Epidemiology Winter School 2019 in Wengen - registration now open!

The next Winter School will take place from January 21st to 26th 2019, during the week following the International Lauberhorn ski race, when Wengen is calm, with few people on the slopes. Continue reading

Federal Council appoints Martina Hirayama as new SERI State Secretary

The Federal Council has appointed Martina Hirayama as the new State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, effective 1 January 2019, to replace retiring Mauro Dell’Ambrogio.

SSPH+ Global PhD Program in Public Health Sciences (GlobalP3HS)

Doctoral fellowships in public health sciences available for talented students from all over the world: first call will be launched on July 2, 2018.

Doug Altman of Oxford University has died

Doug Altman, founder of the Centre for Statistics in Medicine at Oxford University, the EQUATOR Network and driving force behind CONSORT, sadly passed away on Sunday 3 June 2018.

Julia Bohlius Teacher of the Year for the fourth year in a row

For the fourth year in a row Julia Bohlius has been selected as «Teacher of the Year» in the three University MPH program.

Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Matthias Egger in the Sonntagszeitung

Ebola vaccination was begun last month as part of the swift international response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ISPM PhD student Eva Pedersen wins prize for best oral presentation

Eva Pedersen won the prize for best oral presentation in the Swiss PedNet Sessions for Clinical Research in Paediatrics with her talk “The 10-item PARC tool to predict childhood asthma—an external validation.”

Interview with Myrofora Goutaki and Rahel Kasteler for the Lung League Bern

Myrofora Goutaki and Rahel Kasteler were interviewed by the Lung League Bern for their annual report.

ISPM assessment tool ready to be used in China

An assessment tool to measure health literacy in youth populations that was developed by Thomas Abel and his ISPM colleagues (HLAT-8) has been translated into Chinese (c-HLAT-8).

The ISPM is moving

After elaborate preparations the ISPM is finally moving to the newly renovated University building located at Mittelstrasse 43.

Workshop: Natural background radiation and cancer risks in children

This scientific workshop will bring together researchers in the field and interested parties from around the world to discuss how epidemiological studies of exposure to background radiation and risk of childhood cancer can improve our understanding of the effects of low-dose ionising radiation.

News from the teaching office

Thomas Abel has been selected as «Teacher of 2017» in the three University MPH program and an ISPM digital learning project has been selected for development.

New ΙSPM research project funded by SNF

What works best? SNF funds the Research Synthesis Methods Group to develop advanced methods for ranking medical treatments (RaT)

New Research Group on Migration and Health

Migration is a growing challenge and concern in our modern societies, especially if we consider public health related issues. In order to better coordinate on-going activities and to develop new projects, the ISPM is setting up a new Research Group on Migration and Health

Interview with Mazvita Sengayi at the CROI in Boston

IeDEA researcher Mazvita Sengayi (National Cancer Registry, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa) was interviewed at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston.

ISPM supports position statement against Federal Act on Tobacco Products

The ISPM decided to support this initiative of SSPH+ concerning the Tobacco Products Act Consultation 2018. We encourage all of you to send in a personal rejection.

ESTHER Switzerland News

New Swiss projects and a new ESTHER Global Alliance web page.

ISPM's new director

ISPM announces the appointment of its new director, Oscar H. Franco.

Enrolment for new CAS in Clinical Research is open

We are happy to announce that enrolment for our new CAS in Clinical Research is now open!

The first cohort will start April 26, 2018.

Think before you submit

Column by ISPM Director Matthias Egger in the December 2017 issue of Horizon.
"In an email today, the International Journal of Research on Neuroscience has invited me to submit an article in order to make the results of my “groundbreaking” research accessible to a broad readership. Open access, of course..."