Faculty of Medicine
At the Dies Academicus of the University of Basel, Heidelberg molecular biologist Prof. Dr. Stephan Urban was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine. His pioneering discoveries in the field of molecular virology of…
On January 27, 1564, the publisher of Paracelsian writings Adam von Bodenstein was expelled from the faculty due to his medical views. To draw attention to this injustice, the Faculty of Medicine symbolically reinstates von Bodenstein to…
Anyone who drinks more than three liters per day probably suffers from the so-called "polydipsia-polyuria syndrome". This can be treated well, but unfortunately there are two fundamentally different causes - which must be tackled…
Since September 1, the Department of Public Health is led by Prof. Michael Simon and Prof. Mirko Winkler. The Faculty Assembly thanks the now replaced head Prof. Sabina de Geest for her many years of dedicated service at the DPH, in the…
After almost ten years in office, Prof. Mirjam Christ-Crain, MD, Deputy Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University Hospital Basel (USB), is stepping down from her position as Head of Department at DKF to devote…
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel and the University Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter are seeking a Professor of Dementia (open-rank) in conjunction with the position as Chief Physician of the Memory Clinic for 01.07.2024…
For 01.07.2025 or by agreement, the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel and the University Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter are seeking a Professor of Geriatrics in conjunction with the position of Chief Physician Acute Geriatrics.
People differ in their memory performance. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine have now discovered that certain brain signals are related to these differences.
25 new professors were welcomed to the Faculty of Medicine by Dean Primo Schär on August 21. The event once again took place at Wildt'schen Haus on St. Peter's Square, the appropriate setting for an aperitif riche at 37 degrees in the…
The Medical Faculty participated for the first time in an international sustainability reporting exercise and ranked among the top institutions in a Switzerland-wide comparison. The initiative called "Planetary Health Report Card" evaluates…
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