Scholarships

Duration of scholarship: 01.07.2021 - 31.10.2021, Imperial College London, Department of Brain Sciences, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 17'000

Mentor: Prof. Jean-Michel Aubry

Research fellowship. Title: "Transcriptomic investigation of microglial and astrocyte populations in Alzheimer's disease: a human brain port-mortem single-nucleus RNA sequencing study"

Duration of scholarship: 10.05.2021 - 01.08.2021, Royal Brompton Hospital, CMR Unit, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Stephane Cook

3-month fellowship in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

Duration of scholarship: 01.02.2022 - 31.01.2023, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Circadian Medicine Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Harvard Medical School, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 38'146

Mentor: Prof. Christian Cajochen

Clinical fellowship in circadian medicine and research appointment in circadian pathophysiology. Title: "Circadian Medicine: Studying the impact of circadian disruption on human health to improve the clinical management of patients with circadian rhythm disorders."

Duration of scholarship: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Scholarship amount: CHF 10'000

Mentor: Dr. Marie-Hélène Perez

Clinical advanced pediatric critical care fellowship incl. descriptive research project about pediatric organ donation in Canada

Duration of scholarship: 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France

Scholarship amount: CHF 33'333

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Luca Regli

Specialized training in the field of Pediatric Neurosurgery / "Investigate the underlying genetical and immunological mechanisms in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor"

Duration of scholarship: 01.8.2019 - 31.07.2020, Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Andreas Kleinschmidt

Personalized medicine in Alzheimer's disease

Duration of scholarship: 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2019, Princess Margaret Cancer center, Toronto CDN

Scholarship amount: CHF 36'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hermanns

"Underutilization of re-resection in T1 bladder cancer and the impact on oncological outcomes"

Duration of scholarship: 01.7. - 31.12.2018, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 41'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Jean-Bernard Draeppen

Training in health services research methods focusing on unhealthy alcohol use screening and intervention approaches in primary care

Duration of scholarship: 01.04. - 31.07.2018, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science

Scholarship amount: CHF 21'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Marc Donath

"Effects of metformin on the central nervous system"

Duration of scholarship: 1.9.2017 - 31.8.2018, University of California San Francisco, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Philippe Ryvlin, CHUV

"Technology-based therapeutic approaches for cognitive neurology"

Duration of scholarship: 01.01. - 31.12.2018, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. V. Heinzelmann, University Hospital Basel

"Analysis of clinical and genetical characteristics in long-term survivors with ovarian cancer"

Duration of scholarship: 1.12.2016 - 31.3.2017, New York University, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 20'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. E. Merkle, University Hospital basel

"Dynamic ankle and knee joint MR imaging using LiveView sequence"

Duration of scholarship: 1. April 2016 - 31. März 2017, St. George's University Hospital, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 51'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. med. Thierry Girard, University Hospital Basel

"Assessment of right ventricular function and changes in the pulmonary circulation in preeclampsia"

Duration of scholarship: 1.11.2015 - 31.10.2016, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 46'600

Mentor: Prof. Jürg Hodler, University Hospital Zurich

"Radiogenomic assessment of tumor heterogeneity in ovarian cancer"

Duration of scholarship: 01.09.2015 - 30.10.2016, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Aebi

Training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases.

Duration of scholarship: 01.08.2015 - 31.07.2016, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Deutschland

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Aurel Perren

1) Special training in hematopathology. 2) Research Project a) Establishment of a next-generation sequencing panel to analyse the clonal evaluation and disease progression in the bone marrow of patients suffering from myelodys-plastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN). b) Immunohistochemical analysis of "nice factors" from the bone marrow microenvironment and their influence on MDS/MPN progression

Duration of scholarship: 01.06.2015 - 31.05.2016, Hôpital Cochin-Uvéites et Hôpital Lariboisière-Rétine, Paris, France

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. G. Thumann

Six months of intensive training in the uveitis subspecialty and a participation in a clinical research project. Six months of training in medical retina

Duration of scholarship: 01.03.2014 - 28.02.2015, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Donath R. Spahn

Master of Clinical Research Methods and Clinical Research Project.

Duration of scholarship: 01.10.2014 - 30.09.2015, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit (AMRHAI) of the Health and Protection Agency UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 43'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. M. Battegay

Emerging Carbapenem-Resistance in Enterobacter spp: What is the threat we face?

Duration of scholarship: 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2015, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 20'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Rainer Weber

Projekt: Research Fellowship Epidemiology. Subject: Barriers to Treatment in HIV/Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infected Intravenous Drug Users

Duration of scholarship: 01.07.2021 - 31.10.2021, Imperial College London, Department of Brain Sciences, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 17'000

Mentor: Prof. Jean-Michel Aubry

Research fellowship. Title: "Transcriptomic investigation of microglial and astrocyte populations in Alzheimer's disease: a human brain port-mortem single-nucleus RNA sequencing study"

Duration of scholarship: 10.05.2021 - 01.08.2021, Royal Brompton Hospital, CMR Unit, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Stephane Cook

3-month fellowship in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

Duration of scholarship: 01.02.2022 - 31.01.2023, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Circadian Medicine Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Harvard Medical School, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 38'146

Mentor: Prof. Christian Cajochen

Clinical fellowship in circadian medicine and research appointment in circadian pathophysiology. Title: "Circadian Medicine: Studying the impact of circadian disruption on human health to improve the clinical management of patients with circadian rhythm disorders."

Duration of scholarship: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Scholarship amount: CHF 10'000

Mentor: Dr. Marie-Hélène Perez

Clinical advanced pediatric critical care fellowship incl. descriptive research project about pediatric organ donation in Canada

Duration of scholarship: 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France

Scholarship amount: CHF 33'333

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Luca Regli

Specialized training in the field of Pediatric Neurosurgery / "Investigate the underlying genetical and immunological mechanisms in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor"

Duration of scholarship: 01.8.2019 - 31.07.2020, Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Andreas Kleinschmidt

Personalized medicine in Alzheimer's disease

Duration of scholarship: 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2019, Princess Margaret Cancer center, Toronto CDN

Scholarship amount: CHF 36'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hermanns

"Underutilization of re-resection in T1 bladder cancer and the impact on oncological outcomes"

Duration of scholarship: 01.7. - 31.12.2018, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 41'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Jean-Bernard Draeppen

Training in health services research methods focusing on unhealthy alcohol use screening and intervention approaches in primary care

Duration of scholarship: 01.04. - 31.07.2018, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science

Scholarship amount: CHF 21'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Marc Donath

"Effects of metformin on the central nervous system"

Duration of scholarship: 1.9.2017 - 31.8.2018, University of California San Francisco, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Philippe Ryvlin, CHUV

"Technology-based therapeutic approaches for cognitive neurology"

Duration of scholarship: 01.01. - 31.12.2018, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. V. Heinzelmann, University Hospital Basel

"Analysis of clinical and genetical characteristics in long-term survivors with ovarian cancer"

Duration of scholarship: 1.12.2016 - 31.3.2017, New York University, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 20'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. E. Merkle, University Hospital basel

"Dynamic ankle and knee joint MR imaging using LiveView sequence"

Duration of scholarship: 1. April 2016 - 31. März 2017, St. George's University Hospital, London, UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 51'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. med. Thierry Girard, University Hospital Basel

"Assessment of right ventricular function and changes in the pulmonary circulation in preeclampsia"

Duration of scholarship: 1.11.2015 - 31.10.2016, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 46'600

Mentor: Prof. Jürg Hodler, University Hospital Zurich

"Radiogenomic assessment of tumor heterogeneity in ovarian cancer"

Duration of scholarship: 01.09.2015 - 30.10.2016, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Aebi

Training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases.

Duration of scholarship: 01.08.2015 - 31.07.2016, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Deutschland

Scholarship amount: CHF 40'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Aurel Perren

1) Special training in hematopathology. 2) Research Project a) Establishment of a next-generation sequencing panel to analyse the clonal evaluation and disease progression in the bone marrow of patients suffering from myelodys-plastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN). b) Immunohistochemical analysis of "nice factors" from the bone marrow microenvironment and their influence on MDS/MPN progression

Duration of scholarship: 01.06.2015 - 31.05.2016, Hôpital Cochin-Uvéites et Hôpital Lariboisière-Rétine, Paris, France

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. G. Thumann

Six months of intensive training in the uveitis subspecialty and a participation in a clinical research project. Six months of training in medical retina

Duration of scholarship: 01.03.2014 - 28.02.2015, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Scholarship amount: CHF 30'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Donath R. Spahn

Master of Clinical Research Methods and Clinical Research Project.

Duration of scholarship: 01.10.2014 - 30.09.2015, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit (AMRHAI) of the Health and Protection Agency UK

Scholarship amount: CHF 43'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. M. Battegay

Emerging Carbapenem-Resistance in Enterobacter spp: What is the threat we face?

Duration of scholarship: 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2015, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, USA

Scholarship amount: CHF 20'000

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Rainer Weber

Projekt: Research Fellowship Epidemiology. Subject: Barriers to Treatment in HIV/Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infected Intravenous Drug Users