Comment to N Engl J Med Article || Another example for the underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular clinical trials || EN

Comment to N Engl J Med Article || Another example for the underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular clinical trials || EN

Cathérine Gebhard and Vera Regitz-Zagrosek comment on the work «Colchicine in Patients with Chronic Coronary Disease» and the importance of adequate inclusion of women and the reporting of sex-specific adverse effects in clinical publications.

Welcome Alessia Delcó, Dominik Sager, and Mariano Paredes-Heck in our team!

Welcome Alessia Delcó, Dominik Sager, and Mariano Paredes-Heck in our team!

We are pleased that Alessia, Dominik, and Mariano are joining out team. Alessia and Dominik are medical students working on their projects titled «Long term prognostic value of enhanced neuronal stress responses in women and men with cardiovascular disease» and «Exploring Predictors of Enhanced Neuronal Stress Responses in Cardiovascular Disease», respectively. Moreover, Mariano will support us with the data collection and patient recruitment for our COVID-19 project. Glad to have you in our team!

Funding from Swissuniversities

Funding from Swissuniversities

In collaboration with the Universities of Lausanne, Zurich, Geneva, Fribourg, Bern and Basel and the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switherland, we have been awared 200'000 CHF in the P7 Swissuniversities call: «Equal Opportunities and University Development». The funding will enable collaboration on implementing sex and gender-specific medicine in the Swiss medical curricula and the development of a network and a platform for Gender Medicine in Switzerland.

Goodbye Ahmed Haider and Muriel Grämer!

Goodbye Ahmed Haider and Muriel Grämer!

We regret to say goodbye to Achi and Muriel, who will leave us for a new adventure at Harvard University (U.S.). We thank Achi for his fantastic and inspiring work and Muriel for her endless enthusiasm. Even though both will leaving us, they will work with us in close collaboration. We wish you all the best!

Welcome Nadia Hamouda in our team!

Welcome Nadia Hamouda in our team!

Nadia starts her medical doctoral thesis in our group. She will investigate the «Development of a Gender-sensitive Risk Assessment Tool to Predict Short- and Long-term Outcomes of COVID-19».

The Gebhard Lab welcomes Mina Pasqualini, Chiara Henze, and Arnaud Dussault-Cloutier!

The Gebhard Lab welcomes Mina Pasqualini, Chiara Henze, and Arnaud Dussault-Cloutier!

We are delighted that Mina, Chiara, and Arnaud, all third-year medical students, will support our COVID-19 SNSF project with their skills and positive energy, and will conduct their medical master thesis on «Geschlechterunterschiede bei den Spätfolgen von COVID-19», «Einfluss des soziokulturellen Geschlechts («Gender») auf den Krankheitsverlauf von COVID-19», and «Einfluss der Geschlechtshormone Östrogen und Testosteron auf den Krankheitsverlauf von COVID-19» in our lab.

Welcome Alexia Rossi to the Gebhard Lab!

Welcome Alexia Rossi to the Gebhard Lab!

Alexia joined our team as postdoctoral fellow. Alexia is a radiologist from Italy with an outstanding research track record in cardiac imaging.

University Hospital Inselspital Bern

Department of Cardiology
Freiburgstrasse 18
CH-3010 Bern

University Hospital Zurich

Department of Nuclear Medicine
Cardiovascular Gender Medicine
Rämistrasse 100
CH-8091 Zurich

University Hospital Basel

Department of Acute Medicine
Intensive Care Unit
Petersgraben 4
CH-4031 Basel