Mirko Winkler appointed Professor of Urban Public Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/mirko-winkler-appointed-professor-of-urban-public-health
Mirko Winkler will take up the professorship on 1 May 2023 and head the new Urban Public Health unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) at Swiss TPH. "The appointment as Profess
Transportation Noise Increases Risk for Suicides (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/transportation-noise-increases-risk-for-suicides
Mental health disorders affect nearly one billion people worldwide and are a leading cause of suicide. In Switzerland, it is estimated that about 1.4 million people are affected by mental health issue
Swiss TPH Symposium on Tuberculosis: A Call to Action (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/swiss-tph-symposium-on-tuberculosis-a-call-to-action
In 2021, an estimated 1.6 million people died of tuberculosis (TB), making it the world’s second deadliest infectious killer, right after COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the pu
Swiss TPH Symposium on Clinical Decision Support Systems (News)
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Around 150 experts from different organisations and countries met on 8 February for a symposium on clinical decision support (CDSS) in resource-limited settings. The symposium was organised by Swiss T
Pascal Mäser Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel (News)
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Pascal Mäser leads the Parasite Chemotherapy Unit at the Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) at Swiss TPH. Mäser’s research focuses on drug discovery for trypanosomatid para
Gillian Levine and Julia Bielicki receive Pfizer Research Award (News)
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On 26 January 2023, Julia Bielicki and Gillian Levine were honored with the Pfizer Research Award in the Pediatrics category for their collaborative study on high exposure in children in low- and midd
Experts Call for Enhanced Cooperation Between Human, Animal and Environmental Health (News)
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In The Lancet Series on One Health and Global Health Security, the authors call for increased investment in the One Health approach, especially for interventions to prevent health emergencies. Billion
Preventive Measures against Heat Contribute to Health Protection (News)
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The summer of 2019 has been the third hottest summer in Switzerland since systematic measurements began in 1864. Switzerland was hit by a 7-day heat wave both at the end of June and at the end of July
More than a Third of Heat Deaths Are Linked to Climate Change (News)
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Global warming affects our health, from direct impacts such as wildfires and extreme weather, to changes in the spread of vector-borne diseases. Another striking affect is the increase in mortality an
R. Geigy Award 2022 Goes to Three Researchers for Work on Malaria and Tuberculosis Control in Africa (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/r-geigy-award-2022-goes-to-three-researchers-for-work-on-malaria-and-tuberculosis-control-in-africa
This year, the R. Geigy Foundatio n presents its R. Geigy Award to two different teams: Biologists Lorenz Hofer (Swiss TPH) and Mgeni Tambwe (Ifakara Health Institute) are honored for their achievemen