Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland Medical Faculty, Medical Faculty www.medizin.unibe.ch Annual Report 2020 Annual Report 2020 3 4 Contents Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Highlights 2020 ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 The Medical Faculty in Numbers ............................................................................................................................22 Historical Glimpses of the History of the Faculty .................................................................................................................26 Deans of the Medical Faculty ..................................................................................................................................29 Key People and Institutions Organigram .................................................................................................................................................................32 Board of Faculty .........................................................................................................................................................33 Institutional Overview ..............................................................................................................................................34 Structural Development of the Inselspital Area .................................................................................................36 Dean’s Office ...............................................................................................................................................................40 Dean’s Office of Student‘s Affairs ..........................................................................................................................41 Interview with Prof. Dr. med. et phil. Lia Bally .....................................................................................................42 Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Egger, MSc FFPH DTM&H .................................................................46 Honorary Doctorate of the Medical Faculty ........................................................................................................50 Highly Cited Researchers 2020 ..............................................................................................................................51 New Professors at the Medical Faculty .................................................................................................................52 In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Annette Draeger .............................................................................................................58 Teaching School of Human Medicine .....................................................................................................................................62 School of Dental Medicine ......................................................................................................................................64 Local Student Committee of Bernese Medical Students .................................................................................66 Student's experiences under CoViD-19 ...............................................................................................................68 Teacher of the Year 2020: Pascal Küpfer ..............................................................................................................69 Bachelor and Master Program in Pharmacy ........................................................................................................70 Starting in fall 2021 ...................................................................................................................................................72 Master of Science Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine ...................................................................72 Master Program in Biomedical Sciences ..............................................................................................................74 Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering ....................................................................................................76 Promotion of Young Academics sitem-insel School for Translation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine ........................................................80 CAS, DAS and MAS Degree Programs ..................................................................................................................82 PhD Education ............................................................................................................................................................84 Commission for Equality ..........................................................................................................................................86 Grants ...........................................................................................................................................................................88 5 Centers and Platforms ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research ....................................................................................92 Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (CAIM) ........................................................................................94 Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) ...................................................................................................96 Bern Center for Precision Medicine (BCPM) ........................................................................................................98 Department of Clinical Research ........................................................................................................................ 100 Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC)...................................................................................................................... 102 Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (sitem-insel) .......................................... 104 University Cancer Center (UCI) ............................................................................................................................ 106 University Neurocenter.......................................................................................................................................... 108 Institutes at the Medical Faculty of Bern Institute of Anatomy .............................................................................................................................................. 112 Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM) .......................................................................... 114 Institute for the History of Medicine (IMG) ...................................................................................................... 116 Institute of Pharmacology (PKI) ........................................................................................................................... 118 Institute of Physiology ........................................................................................................................................... 120 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) ........................................................................................ 122 Theodor Kocher Institute (TKI) ............................................................................................................................ 124 Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK) ................................................................................................................ 126 Institute of Pathology ............................................................................................................................................ 128 Institute of Forensic Medicine (IRM) .................................................................................................................. 130 Institute of Dental Medicine (ZMK) .................................................................................................................... 132 Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM) ......................................................................................................... 134 Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (IKIM) .................................................................... 136 Institute for Medical Education (IML) ................................................................................................................ 138 Clinics at the University Hospital, Inselspital Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine ..................................................................................... 142 Department of Angiology .................................................................................................................................... 144 Department of Cardiology ................................................................................................................................... 146 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery ............................................................................................................. 148 Department of Clinical Chemistry .....................................................................................................................