Facts & Figures
Young Researchers
(MD-)PhD students of the doctoral subject Clinical Research and early career clinical scientists significantly contribute to the successful acquisition of competitive grants and research output.
(MD-)PhD Clinical Research
Total number of students according to institution
102
students in total.
This represents an increase of 9 students compared to last year.
University Hospital Basel (USB)
University Psychiatric Clinics Basel (UPK)
University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
St. Clara Hospital Basel
Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)
other
Number of PhD and MD-PhD students
PhD
MD-PhD
Grants
Grants according to funding agency
Awarded to young researchers and (MD-)PhD students
27
new grants in total.
This represents an increase of 68 per cent compared to last year.
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
University of Basel
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) & Private Foundations
SAMS MD-PhD programme
Young Talents in Clinical Research
Gottfried und Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation & Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
Clara Consoli
DKF FG Mirjam Christ-Crain
Project
Metabolic outcome in patients with prolactinomas treated with dopamine agonists – A randomised, double-blind, active-controlled trial (The ProBOLIC Study)​
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Michaela Schuhmacher
DKF FG Nina Khanna
Project
Comparative Immunogenicity of 13-Valent, 15-Valent, and 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Severely Immunocompromised Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
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Shilpa Thaliyath
DKF FG Gerrit Grosse
Project
CANTO-extend – Long-Term Follow-Up of cfDNA and Functional Outcome in Ischemic Stroke: A Subproject of the CANTO Study
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Séverin Wendelspiess
DKF FG Elisabeth A. Kappos
Project
Drain Use in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: From Evidence to Trial RCT Readiness
Abeelan Rasadurai
DKF FG Jehuda Soleman
Project
Development of a Chronic Subdural Hematoma Recurrence Probability Score
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Shaumiya Sellathurai
DKF FG Athina Papadopoulou
Project
Retinal Biomarkers to improve diagnostic Accuracy, Disease Monitoring and Prognosis in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
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Rebecca Tschudin
DKF FG Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz
Project
Anti-Xa factor levels in pregnant patients receiving high-prophylactic dose LMWH
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Swiss National MD-PhD Fellowships Program
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences & Faculty Pool
Gabriele ÄŒypaitÄ—
DKF FG Eleonora Seelig
Project
Metformin as a therapeutic approach for muscle preservation in obesity treatment​
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Simon Trüssel
DKF FG Stefan Engelter
Project
Personalised Enhancement of Stroke Recovery
Thorald Stolte
DKF FG Thomas Nestelberger
Project
Improving outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation through optimized medical therapy
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Funding for Excellent Junior Researchers
University of Basel
Anne Valérie Burgener-Gasser
DKF FG Niklaus Labhardt
Project
Incidence And Burden Of Hospital-Acquired Infections In Lesotho, Southern Africa
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Andrea Erba
DKF FG Nina Khanna
Project
Assessing HIV Reservoir and Host Transcriptional Signatures in Cerebrospinal Fluid using Next-Generation Sequencing - A Retrospective Cohort Study on HIV-related Neurocognitive Disorders
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Felix Götzinger
DKF FG Felix Mahfoud
Project
Assessing the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic potential of coronary artery and aortic valve calcium score in the TAVI-CT on outcomes after TAVI- the CALCULATE study
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Andrea Jauslin
DKF FG Mira Katan
Project
Deep learning-based carotid plaque segmentation from B-mode ultrasound images
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Nadja Maggi
DKF FG Walter W. Weber
Project
Survival and axillary recurrence in patients with sentinel node-positive breast cancer
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Alexandros Polymeris
DKF FG Stefan Engelter
Project
Net clinical benefit of preventive stroke treatments – establishing a comprehensive measure of global treatment effect for use in stroke research
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Sophia Julia Wiedemann
DKF FG Matthias Betz
Project
Sensory stimulation as a driver of diet-induced thermogenesis
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Annaelle Zietz
DKF FG Stefan Engelter
Project
The impact of index stroke lesion characteristics on individualized motor recovery trajectories: The ESTREL-IMAGE study
Fabienne Decrue
DKF FG Urs Frey
Project
Exhaled breath analysis in hospitalized children with obstructive bronchitis
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Corrado Garbazza
DKF FG Christian Cajochen
Project
Die ARISE Studie: Wirksamkeit verschiedener Lichttherapien bei der Behandlung einer Major Depression
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Friederike Holze
DKF FG Matthias Liechti
Project
Dose-effect relationship of oral psilocybin administration in healthy participants
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Severin Kasser
DKF FG Heinz Läubli
Project
The Base-TIL-PED Study
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Josefin Kaufmann
DKF FG Gerrit Grosse
Project
Pilot Research on Immunosenescence in Acute Ischemic Stroke (PRE-SENESTRO)
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Stjin Nuiten
DKF FG Philipp Sterzer
Project
Reality distortions - how uncertainty shapes perceptual inference in psychosis
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Pascal Urwyler
DKF FG Niklaus Labhardt
Project
Tuberculosis in Switzerland: assessment of current diagnostic and therapeutic practice and pilot trial on the diagnostic potential of immune repertoire analysis
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Return CH Postdoc.Mobility
Swiss National Science Foundation
Valerian Altersberger
DKF FG Mira Katan
Project
Eloquence Matters: Refining Perfusion Imaging for Individualized Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke
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Maria Janina Wendebourg
DKF FG Regina Schläger
Project
Unravelling Cognitive and Clinical Heterogeneity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using Novel Cognitive Testing Methods and Cerebral MRI