Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

ISPM Team

Kuehni Claudia, Prof. Dr. med., FMH, MSc

Head of Research Group

Epidemiology of diseases in childhood and adolescence, particularly respiratory disorders and childhood cancer.
Heads the paediatric epidemiology groups (Cancer, Pediatric Epidemiology, Respiratory) and the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry and all Paediatric and Rare Disease Registries. (SPAC, SPCDR, SPRR, SGR)
Co-primary investigator of the Leicester Respiratory Cohort Studies.

Leads research projects relating to:

Childhood Cancer: aetiological research, incidence and survival and their predictors, long-term outcomes and follow-up care
Childhood asthma and wheezing disorders: aetiological research, healthcare research, natural history, phenotype definition and prediction modelling
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD): epidemiological and clinical research; international studies (COST Action BEAT-PCD, ERS taskforces, FP7-BESTCILIA)
Cystic Fibrosis: Evaluation of the Swiss Newborn Screening Program

Since 2011
Associate professor in Paediatric Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
2008
Venia docendi in Paediatric Epidemiology (Habilitation), Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
2007
Specialist Registrar (Paediatric Pulmonology), as a subspecialty to FHM Paediatrics
2002 to present
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Epidemiology, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
2001 - 2002
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Epidemiology, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
1999 - 2001
Specialist Registrar (Paediatric Pulmonology) University Children’s Clinic, University of Bern, Switzerland
1998
Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health MRCPCH (FMH Paediatrics), Switzerland
M.Sc. Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
1994
MD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1990 - 1996
Senior House Officer and Registrar in Paediatrics, Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Pulmonology, Children’s Clinics, St. Gallen (1990, 1992-96), and Delémont (1991)
1990
Diploma in Medicine; Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland