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Faculty of Medicine

Research

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  • Prof. Isabelle Arnold

    Prof. Isabelle Arnold, Assistant Professor, Institute of Experimental Immunology, UZH

  • Prof. Lauren Clack

    Prof. Lauren Clack, Assistant Professor, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, UZH

  • Prof. Ana Guerreiro Stücklin

    Prof. Ana Guerreiro Stücklin, Assistant Professor, University Children’s Hospital Zurich

  • Prof. Janna Hastings

    Prof. Janna Hastings, Assistant Professor, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, UZH

  • Prof. Adrian V. Jäggi

    Prof. Adrian V. Jäggi, Assistant Professor, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, UZH

  • Prof. Viktor Koelzer

    Prof. Viktor Koelzer, Assistant Professor, Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich

  • Prof. Soeren Lienkamp

    Prof. Soeren Lienkamp, Assistant Professor, Institute of Anatomy, UZH

  • Prof. Chiara Magnani

    Prof. Chiara Magnani, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, USZ

  • Prof. Rahel Naef

    Prof. Rahel Naef, Assistant Professor, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, UZH

  • Prof. Giancarlo Natalucci

    Prof. Giancarlo Natalucci, Assistant Professor Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich

  • Prof. Chantal Pauli

    Prof. Chantal Pauli, Assistant Professor Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich

  • Prof. Lorenza Penengo

    Prof. Lorenza Penengo, Assistant Professor Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, UZH

  • Prof. Tina Perica

    Prof. Tina Perica, Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry, UZH

  • Prof. Christoph Schneider

    Prof. Christoph Schneider, Department of Physiology, UZH

  • Prof.  Ataman Sendoel

    Prof. Ataman Sendoel, Assistant Professor Institute for Regenerative Medicine, UZH

  • Prof. Christian Stockmann

    Prof. Christian Stockmann, Assistant Professor Institute of Anatomy, UZH

  • Prof. Didier Surdez

    Prof. Didier Surdez, Oncology, Balgrist

  • Prof. Sònia Tugues

    Prof. Sònia Tugues, Assistant Professor, Institute of Experimental Immunology, UZH

  • Prof. Susanne Wegener

    Prof. Susanne Wegener, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich

Our Mission

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zurich is one of the world’s leading health institutions.

Research at the Faculty of Medicine involves the areas of innovation, translation, and implementation.

Through freedom of research and by providing outstanding infrastructure, the Faculty of Medicine fosters excellence in research and trains the next generation of clinician scientists.

The resulting diversity in broadest sense empowers us to improve human health through research and translation of novel knowledge.

We provide fertile soil to our basic researchers and clinician scientists working in research institutions at the University of Zurich or at one of our academic hospitals.

Contact: Prof. Maries van den Broek, Vice-Dean for Research

Research Programs and Technology Platforms

National Center of Competence in Research

The University of Zurich and the Faculty of Medicine are part of prestigious National Centers of Competence in Research (NCCRs). These large programs are multidisciplinary and involve different Swiss universities.
National Center of Competence in Research

Hochschulmedizin Zurich

“Hochschulmedizin Zurich” supports multidisciplinary research projects in biomedicine and therefore, promotes the sustainable building of novel science networks, competence centers and platforms in Zurich.
Hochschulmedizin UZH

The LOOP Zurich

The LOOP Zurich is a translational research center with a focus on biomedicine and bioinformatics. The LOOP Zurich supports projects that optimally exploit the unique and complementing expertise of the University of Zurich, the ETH Zurich and our four academic hospitals in a concerted action.
The LOOP Zurich

University Research Priority Programs

The University of Zurich has installed University Research Priority Programs (URPPs) that support innovative, high-risk/high-gain, cross-faculty research consortia. URPPs are supported for 12 years and oftentimes yield sustainable research networks and platforms.
University Research Priority Programs

Clinical Research Priority Programs

Like URPPs, the Clinical Research Priority Programs (CRPPs) support multidisciplinary consortia withing the Faculty of Medicine. Fostering physician scientists is an important goal of these programs.

Core Facilities and Technology Platforms

The University of Zurich offers state-of-the-art core facilities and technology platforms to researchers on all academic levels.
Technology Platforms

Research involving Animals

The University of Zurich has a policy of transparency concerning research involving animals. The Faculty of Medicine stands up for the necessity of animal experimentation in a respectful and responsible way.

More information can be found here
Research involving animals

Ethics and Data Protection

DESAT

By using the “Data Protection and Ethics Self-Assessment Tool” (DESAT), researchers can assess, whether their research project involves any data protection and ethical issues that require further investigations. More information can be found here:
Data Protection and Ethics Self-Assessment Tool

KEK

Clinical research usually requires approval by the Cantonal Ethics Commitee (KEK); using DESAT helps to evaluate, whether the research project falls into the scope of the Human Research Act. More information can be found here:
Kantonale Ethikkommission

UZH Department of Data Protection

The UZH Department of Data Protection can be contacted for consulation in case os specific data protection issues. More information can be found here:
UZH Department of Data Protection

USZ Clinical Trial Center

The Clinical Trial Center of the University Hospital Zurich supports researchers in finding solutions for data protection and ethical issues. More information can be found here:
USZ Clinical Trials Center

Commissions

Commission for Research Strategy

The commission for research strategy supports the faculty in implementing pursuing its mission.

Members:
Prof. Matthias Baumgartner
Prof. Maries van den Broek
Prof. Sebastian Jessberger
Prof. Klaas Enno Stephan
Prof. Bruno Weber
Prof. Claudia Witt

Contact: Prof. Maries van den Broek

Research Commission of the Faculty of Medicine

The research commission is responsible for reviewing grant applications submitted to local foundations as well as to university research programs. The members of the research commission represent the individual disciplines of our faculty.

Prof. Adriano Aguzzi 
Prof. Matthias Baumgartner
Prof. Burkhard  Becher
Prof. Felix Beuschlein
Prof. Maries van den Broek
Prof. Olivier Devuyst
Prof. Oliver Distler
Prof. Raimund Dutzler
Prof. Thomas Frauenfelder
Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl
Prof. Ana Guerreiro Stücklin
Prof. Simon Hoerstrup
Prof. Sebastian Jessberger
Prof. Ronald Jung
Prof. Brigitte Leeners
Prof. Kuno Lehmann
Prof. Mitch Levesque
Prof. Holger Moch
Prof. Anne Müller
Prof. Milo Puhan
Prof. Boris Quednow
Prof. Gerhard Rogler
Prof. Frank Ruschitzka
Prof. Erich Seifritz 
Prof. Lukas Sommer
Prof. Klaas Enno Stephan
Prof. Silke Sterz
Prof. Dominik Straumann
Prof. Arnold von Eckardstein
Prof. Annelies Zinkernagel

Contact: Prof. Maries van den Broek

Assistant Professors

Assistant Professors

Our assistant professors have a background in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, or life sciences and work as basic scientists or physician scientists. We offer individual mentoring meetings once a year as well as a biannual community-building event ( APéro).

APAC_e (PDF, 100 KB)

Program_APéro (PDF, 99 KB)

 

Master and PhD programs

Master of Science in Medical Biology

The Faculty of Science offers a Master of Science program for students of medicine, veterinary medicine, or dentistry.

Master of Science in Biomedicine

PhD Programs

The University of Zurich hosts a unique diversity of PhD programs (graduate schools) dedicated to life sciences.

Four programs are hosted by the Faculty of Medicine:

A complete list and further information about all PhD programs in the Life Science Graduate School Zurich can be found here

Research Funding

Overview of Funding Programs

An overview of funding programs can be found here
Research Funding

Funding Opportunities for Clinician Scientists

The Faculty of Medicine has established three unique funding programs to promote the career of clinician scientists. Both competitive programs cover protected research time, thus enabling the balancing act between clinical duties and research. Grantees will be mentored throughout the grant period.

Recognizing the demanding nature of clinician scientists' roles, UMZH is launching the first call for the Advanced Clinician Scientist Program, which aims to boost the research careers of clinician scientists while supporting their clinical work. The program operates on a three-year funding cycle, offering resources for an independent research project, with an annual funding limit of CHF 200.000.
Link to Calls

Filling the Gap is a 2-year career development plan 
Filling the Gap

ERC-for-me specifically supports clinician scientists by protected time to conceive and write an ERC Starting Grant or ERC Consolidator Grant. Currently, Switzerland is excluded from the ERC programs, but the SNSF covers this vacuum (SNSF Starting Grants). Therefore, clinician scientists are emphatically invited to submit ERC-for-me proposals.
ERC-for-me - Guidelines (PDF, 157 KB)

Foundations

Various local foundations offer funding opportunities researchers of the Faculty of Medicine.

List of foundations that support research in (bio)medicine:
Foundations and Awards

List of foundations that support research in specific areas:
Stiftungen und Preise (PDF, 419 KB)

ERC, SNSF assistant professorships, NCCR and URPP in the Faculty of Medicine

ERC

ERC Starting Grants (incl. SNSF Grants during unassociated status of Switzerland in 2014 and from 2021 onward)

Name First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Bodenmiller Bernd MNF/MeF Department of Quantitative Biomedicine 2013
Hale Benjamin G. MeF/MNF Institute of Medical Virology 2013
Jinek Martin MeF/MNF Department of Biochemistry 2013
Földy Csaba MeF Brain Research Institute 2014
Greter Melanie MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2014
Kouyos Roger MeF Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology 2014
Scharnowski Frank MeF Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2014
Joller Nicole MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2015
Karayannis Theofanis MeF Brain Research Institute 2015
Sendöl Ataman MeF Institute for Regenerative Medicine 2017
Lienkamp Soeren MeF Institute of Anatomy 2018
Emmert Maximilian MeF Institute for Regenerative Medicine 2019
Patriarchi Tommaso MeF/MNF Institute of Pharmacology und Toxicology 2020
Brugger Silvio MeF Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology 2022
Kusejko Katharina MeF Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology 2023
Nobs Samuel MeF/MNF Institute of Physiology 2023
Wehrle Flavia MeF Children's Hospital 2023
Cavazza Tommaso MeF Department of Reproductive Endocrinology 2024
Bacigaluppi Marco MeF Center for Molecular Cardiology 2024
De Feo Donatella MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2024
Ellegast Jana MeF Medical Oncology and Hematology 2024
Goehring Tobias MeF Otolaringology 2024

ERC Consolidator Grants (incl. SNSF Grants during unassociated status of Switzerland in 2014 and from 2021 onward)

Name First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Lopes Massimo MeF/MNF Institute of Molecular Cancer Research 2013
Jessberger Sebastian MeF Brain Research Institute 2014
Müller Anne MeF/MNF Institute of Molecular Cancer Research 2014
Cejka Peter MeF/MNF Institute of Molecular Cancer Research 2015
Jessberger Sebastian MeF Brain Research Institute 2015
Razansky Daniel MeF Institute of Medical Technology 2015
Seeger Markus MeF Institute of Medical Microbiology 2017
Bach Dominik MeF Clinic for Counseling Psychiatry and Psychsomatics 2018
Greter Melanie MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2018
Jinek Martin MeF/MNF Department of Biochemistry 2018
Bodenmiller Bernd MNF/MeF Department of Quantitative Biomedicine 2019
Nombela-Arrieta César MeF Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology Clinic 2019
Schwank Gerald MeF/MNF Institute of Phamacology and Toxicology

2021

Arnold Isabelle MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2022

ERC Advanced Grants (incl. SNSF Grants during unassociated status of Switzerland in 2014 and from 2021 onward)

Name                          First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Dutzler Raimund                        MeF/MNF                Department of Biochemistry                                                       2013
Martin Roland MeF Neurology Clinic 2013
Aguzzi Adriano MeF Institute of Neuropathology 2014
Helmchen Fritjof MeF Brain Research Institute 2014
Becher Burkhard MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2019
Jessberger Sebastian MeF Brain Research Institute 2021
Helmchen Fritjof MeF Brain Research Institute 2022

ERC Synergy Grants

Name First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Plückthun Andreas MeF/MNF Department of Biochemistry 2018
Medalia Ohad      

SNSF-Ambizione, -PRIMA and -Eccellenza

SNSF-Ambizione recipients (2008 onwards)

Name

First name

Call

Sartori Alessandro 2008
Kränkel Nicolle 2009
Margolis David 2009
Seeger Markus 2009
Pachlopnik Schmid Jana 2011
Schuepbach Reto 2011
Bachmann Ruxandra 2012
Kouyos Roger 2012
Lenggenhager Bigna 2012
Mühleisen Beda 2012
Karlo Christoph 2013
Saab Bechara 2013
Mertens Joachim 2014
Ayaz Asli 2015
Natalucci Giancarlo 2015
Santello Mirko 2015
Stein Sokrates 2015
Trück Johannes 2015
Urwyler Olivier 2015
Tritten Lucienne 2016
Fioretta Emanuela 2017
Richetto Juliet 2017
Mundt Sarah 2019
Notter Tina Fabia 2020
Gaspari Sevasti 2021
Rupprecht Peter 2021
Diaz Canestro Candela 2022
Han Shuting 2022
Herwerth Martina 2022
Müller-Durovic Bojana 2022
Rust Ruslan 2022
Wieczorek Maud 2022

SNSF PRIMA Fellowship (2017-2021) 

Name First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Osto Elena MeF Institute of Clinical Chemistry 2017
Tugues Sonia MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2017
Kassube Susanne MeF/MNF Department of Biochemistry 2020
Magnani Chiara MeF Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology Clinic 2020
Zhang Xiaomin MeF Brain Research Institute 2021

SNSF Assistant Professors (until 2017), SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships (from 2018 onwards)

Name First name Faculty Institute/Department Call
Gari Kerstin MeF/MNF Institute for Molecular Cancer Research 2012
Greter Melanie MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2012
Seeger Markus MeF  Institute of Medical Microbiology 2012
Joller Nicole MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2013
Flatz Lukas MeF  Dermatologische Klinik und Kantonsspital St. Gallen 2014
Vayena Effy MeF  Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine 2014
Gebhard Catherine MeF  Clinic for Nuclear medicine and Center for Cardiology 2015
Bachmann Ruxandra MeF  Institute of Medical Genetics 2016
Wegener Susanne MeF  Neurology Clinic 2016
Freund Patrick MeF  Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist 2018
Moor Andreas MeF/MNF Institute for Molecular Cancer Research 2018
Arnold Isabelle MeF/MNF Institute of Experimental Immunology 2019
Saab Aiman MeF  Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2019
Guerreiro Stücklin Ana MeF Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital 2020
Schneider Christop MeF Institute of Physiology 2020

NCCR, UFSP 

NCCR, MeF leading house

Kidney.CH*

https://www.nccr-kidney.ch/

NCCR with MeF participation

Evolving Language https://evolvinglanguage.ch/de/startseite/

UFSP, MeF leading house

ITINERARE: Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases https://www.itinerare.uzh.ch/en.html
Translational Cancer Research

https://www.cancer.uzh.ch/en.html

UFSP with MeF participation

AdaBD: Adaptive Brain Circuits in Development and Learning https://www.adabd.uzh.ch/en.html
Dynamik Gesunden Alterns https://www.dynage.uzh.ch/de.html
Evolution in Action: From Genomes to Ecosystems https://www.evolution.uzh.ch/en.html
Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R https://www.humanreproduction.uzh.ch/en.html

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