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Enrol now for the brand new Graduate School Medical & Health Sciences

On March 16, the enrollment period for one of the most visionary Graduate Schools in Switzerland started. Enroll and benefit from an impressive range of high-ranking institutions that offer you the opportunity to break new ground and shape…
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New Frontiers in Institutional Collaboration! The Graduate School Medical and Health Sciences!

In a unique administrative feat, the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Science have succeeded in launching an exciting new graduate program that offers young investigators a spectacular range of diverse opportunities in medical and…
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Enrollment for the Graduate School Medical & Health Sciences starts 16 March

The new graduate school offers exciting opportunities for graduates interested in a doctorate in medicines development, biomedical engineering, epidemiology and public health, infection biology, clinical research, medical ethics, nursing…
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Career opportunities: professorships in child and adolescent psychiatry

The Faculty of Medicine Basel and the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel are calling for proposals to fill the position of a structural clinical professorships, starting in November 2025 or as agreed. Application deadline is March 13,…
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A Tenacious Researcher: Mirjam Christ-Crain in UNI NOVA

In the current issue of UNI NOVA, Irène Dietschi focuses on the work of Prof. Mirjam Christ-Crain at the University Hospital and the Department of Clinical Research. Her motto "Never give up" takes the endocrinologist into specialist areas…
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Inger Stalling Prize 2024/2025 for Marc Schmid and Serge Brand from the UPK

PD Dr. Marc Schmid and PD Dr. Serge Brand were honored with the Inger Salling Prize 2024/2025 for their outstanding contributions to better psychiatric care for disadvantaged people.
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Tobias Derfuss and Jens Kuhle Professors of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis

The University Council has appointed Tobias Derfuss and Jens Kuhle as Professors of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis at the Faculty of Medicine. The professorships will be shared between the two doctors.
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Two SNSF Advanced Grants for researchers at the Faculty of Medicine

Cancer researcher Prof. Dr. Mohamed Bentires-Alj and diabetes researcher Prof. Dr. Marc Donath, both from the Department of Biomedicine, have each received one of the highly competitive Swiss National Science Foundation awards.
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States of the art: Inaugural and habilitation lectures until June 2025

The dates for the inaugural and habilitation lectures until the end of June 2025 have been set. In two inaugural and eighteen habilitation lectures, interested attendees will gain an insight into the latest research in numerous medical…
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Three professorships, four people, seven doctorates

The University Council has appointed four new professors in the fields of geriatric medicine, orthopaedics and biomechanics: Prof. Dr. Dr. Marc Aurel Busche, Prof. Dr. Dr. Heike Annette Bischoff-Ferrari, Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Hirschmann and…

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Inaugural and Habilitation Lectures

25 Apr 2025
16:00

Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, grosser Hörsaal. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Vascular Aging - What's that and who cares?"

PD Dr. med. Karsten Königstein, private lecturer in sports medicine
02 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Inaugural lecture

"Improvisation and innovation in orthopaedics" (double lecture)

Lecture in German. Prof. Dr. med. Andrej Nowakowski, Clinical Professorship of Orthopaedics and Biomechanics
02 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Inaugural lecture

"Replacing the knee joint with a knee prosthesis - today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow" (double lecture)

Lecture in German. Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hirschmann, Clinical Professorship of Orthopaedics and Biomechanics
07 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"One size fits all - a sensible approach to stroke treatment?"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Christopher Tränka, Privatdozent for Neurology
21 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Problems with autoimmunity, self-deception and external deception"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. Nicholas Sanderson Associate Professor of Experimental Medicine
23 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Uninvited stinging and burrowing guests: vector-borne infectious diseases"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Michael Büttcher, Privatdozent for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
28 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Blood is a very special substance"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Beatrice Drexler, Privatdozentin for Hematology
30 May 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Sound waves in the service of vascular medicine: seeing is more"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Andrej Isaak, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
11 Jun 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"HLA antibodies in kidney transplantation - separating the wheat from the chaff"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Caroline Wehmeier, Privatdozentin for Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology
13 Jun 2025
18:15

Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums, Augustinergasse 2, Basel. Bitte beachten Sie eventuelle Änderungen.

Habilitation lecture

"Joints of prevention - with harmony against respiratory viruses and antimicrobial resistance"

Lecture in German. PD Dr. med. Danielle Vuichard Gysin, Associate Professor of Infectiology