We train more than 2200 students in human medicine and dentistry. This ranks us as one of the largest medical faculties in Switzerland. What makes our degree programs unique in terms of content is our strong emphasis on practical relevance, our diversity of subjects, and our high level of innovation. Close links between basic research, the clinics, and engineering sciences create the optimal conditions for cutting-edge medical research and translation. In addition to the pre-clinical institutes and the School of Dental Medicine, the Faculty includes two university hospitals: Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD).
Here you will find an overview of all organizational units belonging to the Faculty or in which the Faculty participates.
An interdisciplinary study by the University of Bern raises questions about the safety of eating seafood. The results show that arsenobetaine, which is often found in seafood and was previously considered harmless, is partially converted into toxic arsenic compounds by intestinal bacteria in the mammalian body.
Congratulations to our three recipients of an Ambizione Grant 2023! The projects selected by the SNSF will investigate age-related macular degeneration, hallucinations in schizophrenia, and the global impact of droughts on human health.
Congratulations to Federica Conedera, Mélodie Derome and Coral Salvador
Article in the uniAKTUELL online magazine
Researchers at the University of Bern discovered that a ‘gene desert’ section of the genome plays an important role in the development of the embryo and the heart in both mice and humans. The study offers new approaches for the early detection of cardiac diseases.
Media Release
The Faculty of Medicine would like to congratulate Ana M. Vicedo Cabrera on her appointment as the new Extraordinary Professor in Climate Change Impact on Public Health in Inhabited Areas, effective on January 1, 2025.
The Faculty of Medicine welcomes Mia Rakic as the Extraordinary Professor for Histology. Mia Rakic heads the Robert K. Schenk Laboratory for Oral Histology at the Department of Periodontology and assumed her position on December 1, 2024.
As the Extraordinary Professor for Oral Histology
for PD Dr. Anna K. Eggimann, Department of Geriatrics
for Dr. Benedetta Coppe, Institute of Anatomy, and Dr. Hang Thi Thuy Gander-Bui, ITMP
The Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) calls for submissions of scientific project proposals on the topic of infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness. The call is open to researchers at the University of Bern, the Inselspital and affiliated institutes.
Everything you need to meet funding agency requirements
Here you find an overview of all inaugural lectures.
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