Welcome to ISPM
The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern provides under-graduate and post-graduate education and carries out research in a range of disciplines relevant to public health. Research groups cut across divisions, facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to research in the fields of social and behavioural health, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, and international and environmental health.
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News
03.05.2012 12:29 Public Health kompakt – ein neues Lehrbuch!
Public Health – Sozial- und Präventivmedizin kompakt bietet Studierenden der Humanmedizin, der verschiedenen Gesundheitsberufen, und Public-Health Studiengängen einen leicht verständlichen Einstieg in die unterschiedlichen...[more]
26.04.2012 11:42 Epidemiology Winter School 2013 in Wengen: programme finalized
The Swiss Winter School takes place in January during the week following the International Lauberhorn ski race, when Wengen is calm, with few people on the slopes. Students work hard in the mornings. They then have an extended...[more]
02.03.2012 08:00 Should asthmatic mothers nurse their babies?
Research published today by ISPM’s Child and Adolescent Health Group examines the effects of breastfeeding on lung development.[more]
Seminars
24.05.2012 16:00Biais de publication et méta-analyses en réseaux (Talk will be in French)
Referent: Prof. Phillipe Ravaud (Diderot University, Paris, France) Datum: Donnerstag,...
14.06.2012 16:00Evaluating the risks of clinical research
Referentin: Dr. Annette Rid (Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University Zurich) Datum: Donnerstag,...
04.07.2012 16:00Evidence-based medicine: past, present and future
Referent: Prof. Gordon Guyatt (Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada) Datum: Achtung: Mittwoch,...
Research Meetings
21.05.2012 12:30Medical and socioeconomic research with historical and modern Swiss Army conscription data: Differences in height, BMI and body shape 1875-2011
Referent: Kaspar Staub (ZEM Universität Zürich); Location: Seminarraum, Finkenhubelweg 11
25.06.2012 12:30Networks - Potential Applications in Epidemiology
Referent: Skyler Cranmer (University of North Carolina); Location: Seminarraum, Finkenhubelweg 11...
02.07.2012 12:30(NEW DATE) Screening for elevated blood pressure in children: benefits? harms?
Referent: Arnaud Chiolero (IUMSP Lausanne); Location: Seminarraum, Finkenhubelweg 11
