Field of work

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

Curriculum Vitae

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