Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)

GHS Symposia: Archive

2023

GHS Symposium 2023 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 22 & 23 2022
Venue Studienzentrum Gerzensee
Workshop Topic
 Philosophy and History of Science
Speakers

Prof. Saana Jukola, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente

Prof. Jacob Stegenga, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Prize for Best 
Poster
 Aziz Mert lpekci, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM): "Exploring factors associated with participation in a long-term household-based cohort study on pandemic preparedness. "

 
Prize for Best 
Talk
 Tamara Scharf, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM): "Effect of electronic nicotine delivery systems for smoking cessation on sleep quality: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. "
Presenting 
Authors
 36 Posters & 39 talks 
Program GHS Symposium 2023 Program

2022

GHS Symposium 2022 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 29 & 30th 2022
Venue Studienzentrum Gerzensee
Workshop Topic
 Ethics in Health Sciences
Speakers

Roberto Andorno, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) Unizh

Marcello Ienca, College of Humanities EPFL Lausanne

Prize for Best 
Poster
 Martina Zangger, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM): "Prescriptions for long-term beta blockers after myocardial infarction in Europe (PRACTITIONER study) - Protocol for a case vignette study exploring the perspective of general practitioners"

 
Prize for Best 
Talk
 Viktoria Gastens, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM): "Development and internal validation of a new life expectancy estimator for multimorbid older adults"
Presenting 
Authors
 44 Posters & 41 talks 
Program Program_GHS_Symposium_2022_eng.pdf

2021

 Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates Tuesday, November 23 and Wednesday, November 24, 2021
 Venue Schloss Münchenwiler/
 Workshop Topic
 Philosophy and History of Science: how health sciences produce evidence
 Speakers Raphael Scholl, University of Cambridge

Marcel Weber, Université de Genève
 Prize for Best Talk
 Rosner Jan, Department of Neurology, Inselspital Bern, University of Bern & Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, "Central Neuropathic Pain: From Phenotypes to Mechanisms"
 Prize for Best Poster
 Schürch Kirstin, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children's University Hospital, "Cerebral blood flow and its association with cognitive and motor performance in pediatric cancer survivors"
 Presenting Authors
 46 Posters, 31 Talks

2020

 Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates Wednesday, November 18, 2020
 Venue Online via Zoom & Gathertown
 Workshop Topic
 Workshop was cancelled due to online event
 Speakers -
 Prize for Best Talk
 Anna Severin, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, "Who reviews for predatory journal? A Study on reviewer characteristics"
 Prize for Best Poster
 Peter Raguindin, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), "Anthropometric indices and body composition according to the levels of spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis"
 Presenting Authors
 12 Posters, 14 Talks

2019

 Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates Tuesday, November 19, & Wednesday, November 20, 2019
 Venue Parkhotel Gunten
 Workshop Topic
 «Ethics in Health Sciences» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speakers Prof. Elger Bernice, Dr. Satalkar Priya
 Prize for Best Talk
 Virginia Chiocchia, lnstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine: «Methods for ranking competing treatments in network meta-analysis»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Fabienne Stephanie PERRODIN, Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine: «ICore muscle training for the treatment of chronic postoperative pain»
 Presenting Authors
 14 talks, 27 posters

2018

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Thursday, November 22, & Friday, November 23, 2018 (whole days)
 Venue  UniS, University of Bern
 Workshop Topic
 «Philosophy and History of Science: Science and Public Relations» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speakers  Prof. Dr. Stephan Russ-Mohl, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera; Prof. Dr. Nicola Low, Research Associate, Institute of Social and  Preventive Medicine
 Prize for Best Talk
 Brigitte Kaufmann, Center for Neurology and Neurorehabilitation: «Visual Attention and Response Inhibition Deficits in Right Hemispheric Stroke Patients»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Raphaela Muri, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition: «Influence of Phenylalanine Levels on the Brain of Adult Patients with Phenylketonuria: A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study»
 Presenting Authors
  8 talks, 19 posters

2017

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Thursday, November 30, & Friday, December 1, 2017 (whole days)
 Venue  Schloss Gerzensee, 3115 Gerzensee BE
 Workshop Topic
 «Ethics in Health Sciences» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speakers  PD Dr. Rouven Porz, Head of the Clinical Ethics Unit, University of Bern; Caroline Brall, Research Associate, Clinical Ethics Unit, Inselspital Bern, and PhD candidate at Maastricht University
 Prize for Best Talk
 Gerd Tinkhauser, Department of Neurology: «Deep brain signals to optimize deep brain stimulation»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Brigitte Kaufmann, Center for Neurology and Neurorehabilitation: «Spatial distribution of perseverations in neglect patients depends on the integrity of the right putamen»
 Presenting Authors
  10 talks, 9 posters

2016

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Wednesday, November 30, & Thursday, December 1, 2016 (whole days)
 Venue  Schloss Münchenwiler, 1797 Münchenwiler FR (near Murten)
 Workshop Topic
 «Philosophy and History of Science: How Health Sciences Produce Evidence» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speakers  Prof. Dr. Peter Messerli, Center for Development and Environment, University of Bern; Prof. Dr. Tony Lomax, Paul Scherrer Institute, Center for Proton Therapy, Villigen
 Prize for Best Talk
 Annette Weiss, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine: «When the cure causes harm—Hearing loss after childhood cancer»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine: «Spatial clustering of childhood leukaemia in Switzerland»
 Presenting Authors
  11 talks, 13 posters
GHS Symposium 2016: Collage of Pictures (© GHS)

2015

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Wednesday & Thursday, December 2 & 3, 2015 (whole days)
 Venue  Schloss Münchenwiler, 1797 Münchenwiler FR (near Murten)
 Workshop Topic
 «Ethics in Health Research» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker  Prof. Peter Schröder-Bäck, Dept. of International Health, School for Public Health and Primary Care (caphri), Maastricht University, The Netherlands, & Faculty for Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany: «Ethics in Health Research»
 Prize for Best Talk
 Luís Pedro Gomes do Carmo, DCR-VPH, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty Bern: «Quantification of antimicrobial use in Swiss pigs: Comparison with other Swiss livestock species and with Danish pigs»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Rebecca Paladini, Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research: «Impact of chronotypical variations in alertness on the spatial deployment of visual attention»
 Presenting Authors
  10 talks, 13 posters

2014

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Wednesday & Thursday, November 26 & 27, 2014 (whole days)
 Venue  Schloss Münchenwiler, 1797 Münchenwiler FR
 Workshop Topic
  «Philosophy and History of Science: How Health Sciences Produce Evidence» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Dr. Markus Christen, Centre for Ethics, University of Zurich: Focus on «Neuroethics»
 Speaker  Prof. Axel Franzen, Institute of Sociology, University of Bern: Focus on «Sociology»
 Speaker  Prof. Alfredo Morabia, Columbia University, New York NY, USA: Focus on «Epidemiology»
 Prize for Best Talk
  Simone Hopfner, Depts. of Neurology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern: «Neglect disorder and its treatment. Could 2 be more than 1 + 1?»
 Prize for Best Poster
  Corinna Krause, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine: «Health literacy and healthy eating in the Swiss working population»
 Presenting Authors
  12 talks, 11 posters

2013

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Thursday & Friday, November 28 & 29, 2013 (whole days)
 Venue  Schloss Münchenwiler, 1797 Münchenwiler FR
 Workshop Topic
  «Ethics in Health Research» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Prof. Samia Hurst, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Geneva: «Vulnerable persons in health care/in health research»
 Speaker  Dr. Laura Cabrera, Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB), University of Basel, & National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: «Neuroethics: the case of brain imaging»
 Speaker  Prof. Dr. Roland Ammann, Department of Pediatrics, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, & Member of the Cantonal Ethics Committee: «Submissions to KEK, Practical Aspects»
 Prize for Best Talk
  Noëmi Eggenberger, Depts. of Neurology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern: «Aphasia and Gestures: Insights via Eye Movements»
 Prize for Best Poster
 Simone Hopfner, Depts. of Neurology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern: «Severity of neglect may increase with motion&mdash:insights from a touchscreen-based cancellation task»
 Presenting Authors
  11 talks, 11 posters

2012

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Thursday & Friday, November 29 & 30, 2012 (whole days)
 Venue  Centre Loewenberg, Murten
 Workshop Topic
  «Philosophy of Science» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Dr. Adrian Wüthrich, Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern,
and History of Science, Technical University Berlin: «Physics»
 Speakers  Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund, Dept. of Psychology, Applied Psychology: Life-Management, University of Zurich, and Prof. Dr. Klaus Oberauer, Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, University of Zurich: «Psychology»
 Speaker  Prof. Dr. Uyen Huynh-Do, MD, MME, Dept. of Nephrology & Hypertension, Inselspital, University of Bern Medical School: «Evidence-based Medicine»
 Presenting Authors
  22 talks

2011

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Thursday & Friday, December 1 & 2, 2011 (whole days)
 Venue  Hotel Appenberg, Zäziwil i. E.
 Workshop Topic
 «Ethics in Health Sciences» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Dr. Galina Savukova, Academic English Services, University of Bern: «Effective Presentations»
 Speaker Dr. Effy Vayena, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich: «Ethics in Health Sciences»
 Presenting Authors
  22 talks

2010

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Dates  Wednesday & Thursday, November 17 & 18, 2010 (whole days)
 Venue  Hotel Appenberg, Zäziwil i. E.
 Workshop Topic
 «History and Philosophy of Science» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Dr. Raphael Scholl, Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern: «Part I: Classical Approaches in Philosophy of Science»; «Part II: Causal Inference»
 Speaker  Daniel Burri, Coaching and Consultant: «How to manage my PhD», Part I
 Presenting Authors
  15 talks

2009

 Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
 Date  Wednesday, December 2, 2009 (whole day)
 Venue  Haus der Universität, Schlösslistrasse 5, 3008 Bern
 Workshop Topic
 «Ethics in Health Sciences» (1.0 ECTS)
 Speaker
  Dr. Effy Vayena, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich: «Ethical issues in research with human subjects»
 Presenting Authors
  8 talks