Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

Research Group: Palliative Care and End of Life

The Palliative Care and End of Life Group conducts qualitative and quantitative research projects on early palliative care, advanced care planning, community based end of life care, and best care for the dying. The group is based at the University Centre for Palliative Care (PZI) at the Inselspital (Bern University Hospital) and at the ISPM .

Group members

Group leader

Name / Titel: Zambrano Sofia C., Prof., PhD
Funktion: Head of Research Group
Mail: sofia.zambrano@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 57 76

ISPM group members

Egger Matthias, Prof. Dr. med., MSc FFPH DTM&H

Name / Titel: Egger Matthias, Prof. Dr. med., MSc FFPH DTM&H
Funktion: Head of Research Group
Mail: matthias.egger@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 35 01

Name / Titel: Eychmüller Steffen, Prof. Dr. med.
Funktion: Adjunct Professor
Mail: steffen.eychmueller@insel.ch

Phone: +41 31 632 63 20

Name / Titel: Lange Anna, MSc
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: anna.lange@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 51 25

Name / Titel: Maessen Maud, PhD
Funktion: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mail: maud.maessen@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 55 76

Name / Titel: Mattmann Yvonne, BSc
Funktion: Research Assistant
Mail: yvonne.mattmann2@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 59 26

Name / Titel: Moens Katrien
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: katrien.moens@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 32 82

Name / Titel: Staeck Robert
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: robert.staeck@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 51 28

Name / Titel: Stalder Odile, MSc
Funktion: Senior Statistician
Mail: odile.stalder@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 33 27

Name / Titel: Steck Nicole, PhD
Funktion: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mail: nicole.steck@unibe.ch

Name / Titel: Trelle Sven, PD, MD
Funktion: Director CTU Bern
Mail: sven.trelle@ctu.unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 35 04

Name / Titel: Zwahlen Marcel, Prof., PhD
Funktion: Director a.i.
Mail: marcel.zwahlen@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 35 54

PZI group members

Affolter Barbara, MD
Fliedner Monica, MSN
Lehmann Noëmi, MScN
Lüthi Nora, MD
Zwahlen Susanne, MD

Ongoing Projects

Ongoing projects

A selection of ongoing projects:

SENS study: Randomised controlled trial on early palliative care in Cancer patients
SENS Economics study: Economical evaluation of SENS intervention
Determinants of End of Life discussions in Non-Malignant Illness: An International, Multicentre, Qualitative Study to Understand the Key Perspectives of Bereaved Families and Medical Specialists
Best Care of the Dying Person during the Last Days of Life: A Qualitative Study about Patient-Defined and Proxy-Defined Core Outcomes
PROAKTIV trial: A cluster randomised trial of palliative needs assessment and care in general practice
Development of an International Core Outcome Set (COS) for Best Care for the Dying Patient
Systematic review on outcomes of successful palliative care interventions
The needs of family caregivers during the last days of life of a dying family member
Potential costs of specialist palliative care mobile teams: baseline data for future development
International palliative care measurement consensus study