Department of Neurology

Inselspital Bern

The Department offers an integrated range of medical services and is the largest neurological clinic in Switzerland. Its specialist teams diagnose and treat people with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular transmission, and muscular system.

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Profile

  • Clinical, translational, basic, and nanotechnological research
  • Topics and teams: sleep, stroke, epilepsy, neuroimmunology, neurorehabilitation, Parkinson/movement disorders, dementia/neurodegeneration, rare diseases, headache/pain, biomarkers
  • Teaching at multiple levels: students of medicine and biomedicine, graduate and postgraduate students
  • Continuing education: three advanced master's programs in the fields of Stroke, Sleep, and Brain Health
  • Selected research and teaching highlights: 10 SNSF grants awarded in 2024 with a total funding sum of CHF 10,522,991 (Project Funding, Spark, Bridge Discovery, Weave/ Lead Agency); 30 students from 17 countries have successfully graduated as the first cohort of the MAS in Stroke Medicine program; the first cohort of the CAS in Brain Health starts in December 2024, bringing together 35 students from 14 countries.

External Partners

Universities and large hospitals in Switzerland and abroad, other national and international research institutions, industry

Grants

  • SNSF grants awarded in 2024: 221163, 218604, 10000521, 10003453, 10003589, 10002666, 10003515, 10000884, 10003222, 220431
  • SNSF grants moved from another institution in 2024: 192755, 212466, 221732, CRSII5_209510 / 1, 213595, 198552
  • SNSF all grants: a total of 33 grants, of which 28 are running: 185362, 188761, 197009, 197709, 200668, 200800, 202166, 205524, 205156, 203339, 208177, 210834, 215721, 213615, 213495, 202166, 219444, 221163, 218604, 10000521, 10003453, 10003589, 10002666, 10003515, 192755, 212466, 221732, 10000884, 10003222, CRSII5_209510 / 1, 213595, 198552, 220431
  • Horizon 2020: two running grants (MSCA-ITN-2020 956977; MSCA-ITN-2019 860035)
  • Innosuisse: one running grant (Flagship PFFS-21-64; 2155009976)
  • Others: Swiss Heart Foundation, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, Gottfried und Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation, Baasch Medicus Foundation, Parkinson Schweiz