Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

ISPM Team

Glisic Marija, PD, MD, PhD

Head of Research Group

Research - Spinal Cord Injury, Lifestyle and Behaviour, Cardiometabolic Health

Phone
+41 31 684 34 29
E-Mail
marija.glisic@unibe.ch
Office
414
Postal Address
Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern

Field of work

PD Dr. Marija Glisic is a medical doctor with a master's degree in health sciences and a PhD in Epidemiology from Erasmus University Medical Center (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). She has also completed a post-doctoral qualification (Habilitation) in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Marija leads a research group at the Institute for Social and Preventative Medicine (ISPM) and co-leads the Cardiometabolic and Respiratory Research group at Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF) in Campus Nottwil, Switzerland. Her research focuses on understanding the metabolic consequences of spinal cord injury, their interplay with neurological recovery and functioning, and the development of effective preventive strategies for cardiometabolic disease in this vulnerable population. Marija teaches epidemiology, translational medicine, evidence-based medicine, and sex and gender medicine at the University of Bern, University of Zurich, and University of Lucerne.

Curriculum Vitae

Positions

2021- Present
Group leader at Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

2023-Present
Group leader at Swiss Paraplegic Research, Campus Nottwil

2019- 2021
Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern  

2019-2023
Postdoctoral researcher at Swiss Paraplegic Research, Campus Nottwil, Campus Nottwil

2018-2019
Postdoctoral researcher at Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Germany

2016-2018
PhD Student
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2014-2016
Clinical doctor and research associate
University of Belgrade, Serbia

Education

2021
Habilitation in Clinical Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bern

2018
PhD in Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2018
Further Advanced Studies
Training in advanced methods in epidemiology, MRC Epidemiology Unit ,University of Cambridge, GB

2017
Master's in health sciences, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2014
Medical degree, University of Belgrade, Serbia

2012-2013
Further Advanced Studies
Master's in health sciences, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands