Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

ISPM Team

Schwappach David, Prof. Dr., MPH

Head of Research Group

Research – Patient Safety in Health Services

Phone
+41 31 684 34 28
E-Mail
david.schwappach@unibe.ch
Office
477
Postal Address
Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern

Field of work

  • Patient safety and reduction of healthcare harm
  • Systems design
  • Implementation of safety measures into clinical practice
  • Digitalization of health care

Curriculum Vitae

12/2009 – dato
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University Bern

04/2008 – 03/2022        
Director Swiss Patient Safety Foundation (since 08/2018)
Scientific Director Swiss Patient Safety Foundation (until 08/2018)

11/2006 – 03/2008
Head of outcomes research, Swiss Institute for Public Health and Addiction, University of Zurich

04/2004 – 10/2006
Juniorprofessor Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University Witten/ Herdecke