Medizinische Fakultät

Universitätskliniken Inselspital

Department of Rheumatology and Immunology

Inselspital Bern

The Department covers the entire field of rheumatology and immunology. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system, systemic autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory syndromes, unclear systemic inflammatory diseases, and immunodeficiencies.

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Profile

  • Participating in University and University Hospital Teaching programs for students of human medicine, biomedicine and biology; master students of biology are also coming from foreign universities
  • Four basic research groups and five clinically and/or translationally oriented research groups
  • Clinical research focuses on pregnancy in rheumatic diseases, arthritis, musculoskeletal rheumatology and pain as well as vasculitis, osteoimmunology, Sjögren’s syndrome and myositis/systemic sclerosis/ILD
  • Basic research focuses on understanding immune regulation and the development of potential new biomarkers and therapies for infectious and inflammatory diseases

External Partners

In rheumatology: SCQM, EUSTAR, Euromyositis, EULAR, ESR, Swiss Sjögren`s Disease Registry, ERS CRC PROFILE.net; Prof. H. Schiller, Helmholtz Center, Munich; Prof. M. Kreuter, Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Prof. I. Lundberg, Karolinska Institute, Dr. A. M. Hoffmann-Vold, University Hospital Oslo, Prof. V. V., ETHZ; PD Dr. M. Behe, PSI, Prof. C. Ospelt, and Prof. O. Distler, University Hospital Zurich; Prof. M. Hoffmann, University of Lübeck; Dr. Polona Žigon, University Medical Centre Ljubljana; Prof. Stijn Verleden, University of Antwerp; Prof. Wim Wuyts/Dr. Laurens de Sadeleer, KU Leuven; Prof. Mareike Lehmann, University of Marburg;  Prof. Phil Hansbro/Dr. Alen Faiz, Centenary Institute, University of Technology Sydney; Dr. Laurent Boyer, IMRB Paris

In immunology: The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford; Allergy Therapeutics (UK); BRSC (Latvia); Anhui Agricultural University (China); ATANIS Biotech AG; Excellergy, Inc.; Saiba AG; Saiba Animal Health AG; DeepVax AG; Kings College (UK); Prof. Theodore Jardetzky, Stanford University, USA; Prof. Thomas Eiwegger, SickKids Hospital, Toronto, CA

Grants

  • NIH Grant to PD Dr.  Mona Mohsen (USD 448,891 / 4 years)
  • SNSF project grant to Prof. Alexander Eggel (CHF 796,244 / 4 years)
  • SF project grant to Prof. Britta Maurer (Co-PI; CHF 750,000 / 3 years)
  • SF project grant to PD Dr. Kerstin Klein (CHF 750,000 / 3 years)
  • SNSF SPARK grant to PD Dr. Kerstin Klein (CHF 100,000 / 1 year)