Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

News 2016

ISPM PhD students win awards at the 8th GHS symposium

12.12.2016
The symposium of the Graduate School for Health Science took place in Münchenwiler on 30th November – 1st December this year, where PhD students Garyfallos Konstantinoudis and Annette Weiss from the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology Group were awarded. Read more

COMI study launched in Basel-Stadt

06.12.2016
The study measuring the quality of indication for surgery in the Swiss Implant Registry (SIRIS) was successfully launched in the Kanton Basel-Stadt in November 2016. It extends the registry by assessing patient-reported outcome measures in patients receiving hip and knee prostheses. Read more

ISPM signs DORA

02.12.2016
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scientific research are evaluated. DORA has been initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) together with a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals. Read more

IMI GetReal Project concludes

28.11.2016
GetReal researchers and a wide range of stakeholders, including participants external to the consortium, gathered at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts in Brussels on 24 November 2016. Read more

Presentations of the first Swiss Stata Users Group Meeting are now online

25.11.2016
Close to 60 persons attended on Nov 17, 2016, the first Swiss Stata Users Group Meeting at the “Haus der Universität in Bern” including Bill Gould, president of Stata Corp in College Station, Texas. Now, one week later, all the presentations on the topics covered are now freely available. Read more

Strong start for cannabis survey

22.11.2016
More than 1,000 people participated in a survey of cannabis use in its first day on the website www.canreg.ch. University researchers and health departments in Bern, Basel, Geneva, and Zurich launched the anonymous online survey to clarify the conditions under which cannabis users would participate in a longer study of the controlled sale of the drug. Read more

ISPM’s Andreas Haas wins SSPH+ Award

18.11.2016
Congratulations to Andreas Haas from ISPM Bern for winning the annual SSPH+ Award for the best published PhD article in public health. His publication “Retention in care during the first 3 years of antiretroviral therapy for women in Malawi’s option B+ programme: an observational cohort study” was published online in The Lancet HIV on March 18, 2016. Read more

“Local Organiser’s Award” at the Society for Back Pain Research (UK)

11.11.2016
“Local Organiser’s Award” (one of the 3 best paper awards) at the Society for Back Pain Research (UK) for a paper on “effect of previous surgery on complication rates” from the Schulthess clinic in Zurich and SwissRDL. Read more

Medizin am Lebensende: Was können wollen sollen wir?

Medicine at the end of life: what can we do, what do we want to do, what should we do?

19.10.2016
A debate of the Bern Dialog: Medicine and Society
7 November, 2016, 6–7:30 pm, Kulturcasino Bern
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Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry illustration

The Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry: a tool to improve the health of disabled children

27.09.2016
Children with cerebral palsy not only have difficulty moving but can have other health issues such as speech or learning problems. Read more

Matthias Egger is the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF

23.09.2016
Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017. Read more

GetReal Work Package 4 Stakeholder Workshop in London, UK

23.09.2016
On 15 September 2016, the Work Package 4 (WP4) team including Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti and Eva Didden from the ISPM, presented a Stakeholder Workshop in London, UK. Read more

Article about ISPM in MMS Bulletin

16.09.2016
The MMS Bulletin #138 published an article about the ISPM: "Promoting health and disease prevention within Switzerland and around the world" written by ISPM collaborator Luciano Ruggia. Read more

Symposium: 40 Jahre Schweizer Kinderkrebsregister

01.09.2016
Wie Registerdaten helfen, Krebserkrankungen bei Kindern vorzubeugen, Behandlung und Überlebenschancen zu optimieren und eine gute Lebensqualität zu erreichen. Read more

The Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society funds ISPM research to identify the most effective and safe drugs in early treatment of multiple sclerosis

24.08.2016
Over the last 20 years, the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and information landscape have changed dramatically. Read more

First Swiss Stata Users Group meeting will take place in Bern

15.07.2016
The first ever Swiss Stata Users Group meeting will take place on November 17 this year at the Haus der Universität, University of Bern and brings together Stata users from across Switzerland to network, educate, and share experiences. Read more

Head of Research Group Georgia Salanti in the Unipress

06.07.2016
A portrait of our Head of Research Group Georgia Salanti is published in the newest edition of Unipress. Read more

Our librarian in the Unipress

06.07.2016
A portrait of our head librarian Doris Kopp is published in the newest edition of Unipress. Read more

ESTHER Switzerland First Call for Projects

04.07.2016
Since 2011, Switzerland is member of the European ESTHER Alliance that promotes institutional health partnerships worldwide. Read more

More awards for ISPM PhD students!

27.06.2016 - This year the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) celebrated its 40th anniversary. The celebration included two events: the annual scientific meeting and a symposium on achievements and new challenges in paediatric oncology. Read more

ISPM is a new member of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

20.06.2016 - Medicus Mundi Switzerland is the network of Swiss organisations working in international health. Read more

In 2016 the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry celebrates its 40th birthday!

15.06.2016 - We kindly invite you to the 2-day scientific Symposium on: “How routine data help to prevent cancer in children, optimize treatment and improve long-term outcomes” Read more

NIH awards funding renewal for IeDEA-SA

10.06.2016 - At the end of May, the next five year funding cycle (2016-2021) for the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS – Southern Africa project was confirmed. Led by co-Principal Investigators Prof. Matthias Egger and Prof. Mary Ann Davies (University of Cape Town) the project is supported by several NIH institutes: NIAID, NICHD, NCI, NIMH, and NIDA. Read more

Webinar Broadcast: IMI GetReal Initiative Work Package 4

23.05.2016 - On 10 May 2016, the Work Package 4 team: Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti, Eva Didden and Christine Fletcher presented the webinar “Synthesis and integration of real-world evidence in network meta-analyses and outcome prediction”. Read more

Antibiotic treatment speeds up spread of gonorrhea resistance

23.05.2016 - Screening and treatment of infected patients, rather than frequent change of sexual partners, found to be the major driver of antibiotic resistance spread in gonorrhea. Read more

Sexual transmission of Ebola

04.05.2016 - Modeling study shows how sexual transmission of Ebola can extend the epidemic in Sierra Leone by several months. Read more

8. Nationales Symposium für Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen

04.05.2016 - SwissRDL organisiert das Symposium zusammen mit der Berner Fachhochschule und mit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen und ladet Sie herzlich zur Teilnahme ein. Das Symposium beschäftigt sich mit der Thematik der Nachhaltigkeit im Gesundheitswesen und im Qualitätsmanagement. Read more

Outstanding Paper Award 2015 from the Spine J for Lukas Staub et al.

01.04.2016 - Lukas, Emin and the group received the renowned annual paper award in the top spine journal from the North American Spine Society for the paper entitled "Total disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical interbody fusion: use of the Spine Tango registry to supplement the evidence from randomized control trials".
Read more

New project funded by SNF

29.03.2016 - Georgia Salanti’s grant proposal «Enhancing methods for evaluating the comparative safety of medical interventions» will be funded by SNF. The project will start in September 2016
Read more

Epidemiology with distinction for Fabienne Krauer and Eliane Rohner

24.03.2016 - Fabienne and Eliane both graduated with distinction in their masters in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on March 5th 2016. Fabienne received the University of London International Programmes 150th Anniversary Prize for the highest mark in the epidemiology distance learning programme.
Read more

Study Identifies Three State Laws that ‘Substantially Reduce’ Gun Deaths

23.03.2016 - A study published recently in The Lancet shows which gun laws in the US are most effective in preventing firearm deaths.
Read more

Is Zika virus a cause of neurological disorders?

23.03.2016 - ISPM, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have published their perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine about the evidence for causal links between Zika virus and outbreaks of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Nicola Low, Fabienne Krauer and Maurane Riesen in the Sexual and Reproductive Health research group are leading this project.
Read more

The Lancet: Paracetamol ‘not clinically effective’ in treating osteoarthritis pain or improving physical function

23.03.2016 - In a large-scale analysis of pain-relief medication for osteoarthritis, researchers find that paracetamol does not meet the minimum standard of clinical effectiveness in reducing pain or improving physical function in patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis.
Read more

Cancer in Switzerland – the Swiss Cancer Report 2015 is out

21.03.2016
Which cancer types are most common? How often are children diagnosed with cancer? Does cancer-related mortality increase? Are all regions in Switzerland equally affected?
Read more

SNF professorship for Olivia Keiser

02.03.2016
Olivia Keiser, head of the research group HIV/ hepatitis at ISPM, was awarded an SNF professorship grant for her project “Understanding the HIV epidemic in Malawi: integrating quantitative and qualitative data in a mathematical model”. The research program is funded for the duration of four years and includes an interdisciplinary team of modellers, statisticians and social scientists.
Read more

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship for Georgia Salanti

26.01.2016
Georgia’s proposal for the «Evidence-BAsed planning of future clinical Research (EBAR)» project received a score of 100 out of 100. The project is expected to start in May 2016. Read more

New national licence agreement offers Switzerland full access to Cochrane evidence

12.01.2016
Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to more than 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library. Read more

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News 2016

ISPM PhD students win awards at the 8th GHS symposium

The symposium of the Graduate School for Health Science took place in Münchenwiler on 30th November - 1st December this year, where PhD students Garyfallos Konstantinoudis and Annette Weiss from the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology Group were awarded.

COMI study launched in Basel-Stadt

The study measuring the quality of indication for surgery in the Swiss Implant Registry (SIRIS) was successfully launched in the Kanton Basel-Stadt in November 2016. It extends the registry by assessing patient-reported outcome measures in patients receiving hip and knee prostheses.

ISPM signs DORA

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scientific research are evaluated. DORA has been initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) together with a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals.

IMI GetReal Project concludes

GetReal researchers and a wide range of stakeholders, including participants external to the consortium, gathered at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts in Brussels on 24 November 2016.

Presentations of the first Swiss Stata Users Group Meeting are now online

Close to 60 persons attended on Nov 17, 2016, the first Swiss Stata Users Group Meeting at the “Haus der Universität in Bern” including Bill Gould, president of Stata Corp in College Station, Texas. Now, one week later, all the presentations on the topics covered are now freely available.

Strong start for cannabis survey

More than 1,000 people participated in a survey of cannabis use in its first day on the website www.canreg.ch. University researchers and health departments in Bern, Basel, Geneva, and Zurich launched the anonymous online survey to clarify the conditions under which cannabis users would participate in a longer study of the controlled sale of the drug.

ISPM’s Andreas Haas wins SSPH+ Award

Congratulations to Andreas Haas from ISPM Bern for winning the annual SSPH+ Award for the best published PhD article in public health. His publication “Retention in care during the first 3 years of antiretroviral therapy for women in Malawi’s option B+ programme: an observational cohort study” was published online in The Lancet HIV on March 18, 2016.

“Local Organiser’s Award” at the Society for Back Pain Research (UK)

“Local Organiser’s Award” (one of the 3 best paper awards) at the Society for Back Pain Research (UK) for a paper on “effect of previous surgery on complication rates” from the Schulthess clinic in Zurich and SwissRDL.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship for Georgia Salanti

Georgia’s proposal for the «Evidence-BAsed planning of future clinical Research (EBAR)» project received a score of 100 out of 100. The project is expected to start in May 2016.

The Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry: a tool to improve the health of disabled children

Children with cerebral palsy not only have difficulty moving but can have other health issues such as speech or learning problems.

Matthias Egger is the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF

Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.

GetReal Work Package 4 Stakeholder Workshop in London, UK

On 15 September 2016, the work package 4 (WP4) team including Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti and Eva Didden from the ISPM, presented a Stakeholder Workshop in London, UK.

Article about ISPM in MMS Bulletin

The MMS Bulletin #138 published an article about the ISPM "Promoting health and disease prevention within Switzerland and around the world" written by ISPM collaborator Luciano Ruggia.

Symposium: 40 Jahre Schweizer Kinderkrebsregister

Wie Registerdaten helfen, Krebserkrankungen bei Kindern vorzubeugen, Behandlung und Überlebenschancen zu optimieren und eine gute Lebensqualität zu erreichen
Wissenschaftliches Symposium am 08./09. September 2016 an der Universität Bern

The Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society funds ISPM research to identify the most effective and safe drugs in early treatment of multiple sclerosis

Over the last 20 years, the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and information landscape have changed dramatically.

First Swiss Stata Users Group meeting will take place in Bern

The first ever Swiss Stata Users Group meeting will take place on November 17 this year at the Haus der Universität, University of Bern and brings together Stata users from across Switzerland to network, educate, and share experiences.

Head of Research Group Georgia Salanti in the Unipress

A portrait of our Head of Research Group Georgia Salanti is published in the newest edition of Unipress.

Our librarian in the Unipress

A portrait of our head librarian Doris Kopp is published in the newest edition of Unipress

ESTHER Switzerland First Call for Projects

Since 2011, Switzerland is member of the European ESTHER Alliance that promotes institutional health partnerships worldwide. The Alliance defines institutional health partnerships as “collaborative relationships between at least two institutions based on trust, equality and mutual interest to work as peers towards common objectives.

More awards for ISPM PhD students!

This year the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Researchers from all around Switzerland presented their work on childhood cancer. Among the presenters were several PhD students from ISPM and two of them won prize awards.

ISPM is a new member of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Medicus Mundi Switzerland is the network of Swiss organisations working in international health.

In 2016 the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry celebrates its 40th birthday

We kindly invite you to the 2-day scientific Symposium on “How routine data help to prevent cancer in children, optimize treatment and improve long-term outcomes”

NIH awards funding renewal for IeDEA-SA

At the end of May, the next five year funding cycle (2016-2021) for the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS – Southern Africa project was confirmed. Led by co-Principal Investigators Prof. Matthias Egger and Prof. Mary Ann Davies (University of Cape Town) the project is supported by several NIH institutes: NIAID, NICHD, NCI, NIMH, and NIDA

Webinar Broadcast: IMI GetReal Initiative Work Package 4

On 10 May 2016, the Work Package 4 team: Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti, Eva Didden and Christine Fletcher presented the webinar “Synthesis and integration of real-world evidence in network meta-analyses and outcome prediction”.

Antibiotic treatment speeds up spread of gonorrhea resistance

Screening and treatment of infected patients, rather than frequent change of sexual partners, found to be the major driver of antibiotic resistance spread in gonorrhea.

Sexual transmission of Ebola

Modeling study shows how sexual transmission of Ebola can extend the epidemic in Sierra Leone by several months.

8. Nationales Symposium für Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen

SwissRDL organisiert das Symposium zusammen mit der Berner Fachhochschule und mit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen und ladet Sie herzlich zur Teilnahme ein. Das Symposium beschäftigt sich mit der Thematik der Nachhaltigkeit im Gesundheitswesen und im Qualitätsmanagement.

Outstanding Paper Award 2015 from the Spine J for Lukas Staub et al.

Lukas, Emin and the group received the renowned annual paper award in the top spine journal from the North American Spine Society for the paper entitled "Total disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical interbody fusion: use of the Spine Tango registry to supplement the evidence from randomized control trials".

New national licence agreement offers Switzerland full access to Cochrane evidence

New national licence agreement offers Switzerland unlimited access to the Cochrane Library - the leading resource in evidence-based health care. Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to more than 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library.

New project funded by SNF

Georgia Salanti’s grant proposal «Enhancing methods for evaluating the comparative safety of medical interventions» will be funded by SNF. The project will start in September 2016.

Epidemiology with distinction for Fabienne Krauer and Eliane Rohner

Fabienne and Eliane both graduated with distinction in their masters in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on March 5th 2016.

Study Identifies Three State Laws that ‘Substantially Reduce’ Gun Deaths

A study published recently in The Lancet shows which gun laws in the US are most effective in preventing firearm deaths.

Is Zika virus a cause of neurological disorders?

ISPM, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have published their perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine about the evidence for causal links between Zika virus and outbreaks of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The Lancet: Paracetamol ‘not clinically effective’ in treating osteoarthritis pain or improving physical function

Cancer in Switzerland – the Swiss Cancer Report 2015 is out

Which cancer types are most common? How often are children diagnosed with cancer? Does cancer-related mortality increase? Are all regions in Switzerland equally affected?

SNF professorship for Olivia Keiser

Olivia Keiser, head of the research group HIV/ hepatitis at ISPM, was awarded an SNF professorship grant for her project “Understanding the HIV epidemic in Malawi: integrating quantitative and qualitative data in a mathematical model”. The research program is funded for the duration of four years and includes an interdisciplinary team of modellers, statisticians and social scientists.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship for Georgia Salanti

Georgia’s proposal for the «Evidence-BAsed planning of future clinical Research (EBAR)» project received a score of 100 out of 100. The project is expected to start in May 2016.

New national licence agreement offers Switzerland full access to Cochrane evidence

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