Medizinische Fakultät

Universitätskliniken Inselspital

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Inselspital Bern

The Department is a leading, internationally recognized medical center for gynecology. In order to provide the best possible care, the Department is also at the forefront of research. Almost all of its physicians are involved in research projects. These range from basic to clinical research.

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Division of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology

Profile

  • Endometriosis studies: Pathophysiology, endometriosis-associated pain, development of a non-invasive diagnostic tool (study ADOmiARN), recurrence and treatment non-response, impact on fertility and pregnancy, development of Apps (study Nalu)
  • Pathophysiology of gynaecologic cancers
  • Quality of life before and after urogynaecologic interventions (study Lavic)
  • Physiologic and pathophysiologic changes of the pelvic floor during exercises
  • Transgender studies

External Partners

Scailyte; Roche Diagnostics International Ltd; Center for Gender Variance, Univ. of Basel; Berner Fachhochschule, Bern; Dell Medical School, Univ. of Texas, Austin; Croydon Univ. Hospital, London; Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Inst. for Molecular Biosciences, Queensland; Clinical Pathology & Cytology, Karolinska Univ. Hospital, Stockholm; Dept. of Urogynaecology, Princess-N-Hospital, Southampton; Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ospedale Santa Chiara di, Trento; Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Grants

  • SNSF IICT- PPI Preparatory Grant
  • Bern Center for Precision Medicine (BCPM)
  • Foundation for clinical-experimental cancer research
  • The Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)

Division of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine

Profile

  • Stem cells, exosomes, non-coding RNA and Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage and neuroregeneration
  • Sars-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy: clinical outcome and placental disease
  • Transmembrane transporter and biomarker in preeclampsia and preterm birth
  • Molecular signature of circulating free DNA in maternal blood in adverse pregnancy outcome
  • See for translational research: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/cris/ou/ou00342

Grants

  • EU Horizon / Innosuisse Grant: Remote wearable non-invasive monitoring in pregnant women
  • EU Grant COST: International network for translating research on perinatal derivatives
  • SNSF Ambizione Grant: Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage
  • Bangerter Foundation: Mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes as a neuroregenerative therapy
  • Focus Grant Medical Faculty: FemTech Digital Twin approach to improve Women’s Health
  • Focus Grant Medical Faculty: Harnessing extracellular vesicles for cell-based therapies
  • Medical Faculty PRT Grant (protected research time): Gestational diabetes
  • Medical Faculty PRT Grant (protected research time): Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage
  • Grant SGGG / Bayer: Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage