GHS Symposia: Archive

2025

GHS Symposium 2025 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 26-27, 2025
Venue

Studienzentrum Gerzensee

Workshop Topic

Philosophy in Health Sciences

Speakers

Dr. Antonella Santuccione, Women's Brain Foundation

Prof. Francesca De Vecchi, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Prize for Best Poster

Sarah Godehardt, University Psychiatric Center (UPZ): "Supporting Deep Encoding with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A tDCS-fMRI Study in Younger and Older Adults"

Prize for Best Talk

Francesca Schmitt, University Psychiatric Center (UPZ): "Adverse psychiatric effects of high-dose glucocorticoids on children and adolescents with malignant blood diseases"

Presenting 
Authors
49 posters & 38 talks 
Program

GHS Symposium 2025 program

We would like to thank our sponsor Microsynth for supporting this year's GHS Symposium!

2024

GHS Symposium 2024 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates October 31-November 1, 2024
Venue

Studienzentrum Gerzensee

Workshop Topic
Ethics in Health Sciences
Speakers

Caroline Brall, Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) / Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern

Marcello Ienca, College of Humanities, EPFL Lausanne

Prize for Best 
Poster

Giuseppina Baldizzi, Inselspital: "Identification of the Locus Coeruleus: atlas creation and its impact on depression."

Prize for Best 
Talk

Carole Metekoua Temdemnou, National Health Laboratory Service: "Trends in Burkitt lymphoma among people with HIV in South Africa 2005-2021"

Presenting 
Authors
40 posters & 37 talks 
Program

GHS Symposium 2024 program

2023

GHS Symposium 2023 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 22-23, 2023
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 29-30, 2022
Venue

Studienzentrum Gerzensee

Workshop Topic
Ethics in Health Sciences
Speakers

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

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

GHS Symposium 2022 program

2021

GHS Symposium 2021
Organizer

Graduate School for Health Sciences

Dates

November 23-24, 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
Jan Rosner, Inselspital & Balgrist University Hospital: "Central Neuropathic Pain: From Phenotypes to Mechanisms"
Prize for Best Poster
Kirstin Schürch, Inselspital: "Cerebral blood flow and its association with cognitive and motor performance in pediatric cancer survivors"
Presenting Authors

46 posters, 31 talks

2020

GHS Symposium 2020
Organizer

Graduate School for Health Sciences

Dates

November 18, 2020

Venue Online via Zoom & Gathertown
Workshop Topic

Workshop was cancelled due to online event

Speakers

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Prize for Best Talk
Anna Severin, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM): "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

GHS Symposium 2019
Organizer

Graduate School for Health Sciences

Dates

November 19-20, 2019

Venue

Parkhotel Gunten

Workshop Topic

Ethics in Health Sciences

Speakers

Prof. Elger Bernice, Dr. Satalkar Priya

Prize for Best Talk
Virginia Chiocchia, lnstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM): "Methods for ranking competing treatments in network meta-analysis"
Prize for Best Poster
Fabienne Stephanie Perrodin, Inselspital: "Core muscle training for the treatment of chronic postoperative pain"
Presenting Authors

14 talks, 27 posters

2018

GHS Symposium 2018
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates

November 22-23, 2018

Venue

UniS, University of Bern

Workshop Topic

Philosophy and History of Science: Science and Public Relations

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 (ISPM)

Prize for Best Talk
Brigitte Kaufmann, Inselspital: "Visual Attention and Response Inhibition Deficits in Right Hemispheric Stroke Patients"
Prize for Best Poster
Raphaela Muri, Inselspital: "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

GHS Symposium 2027 Program
Organizer  Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates  November 30-December 1, 2017 
Venue

 Studienzentrum Gerzensee

Workshop Topic

Ethics in Health Sciences

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, Inselspital: "Deep brain signals to optimize deep brain stimulation"
Prize for Best Poster

Brigitte Kaufmann, Inselspital: "Spatial distribution of perseverations in neglect patients depends on the integrity of the right putamen"

Presenting Authors
10 talks, 9 posters

2016

GHS Symposium 2016 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 30-December 1, 2016 
Venue Schloss Münchenwiler
Workshop Topic

Philosophy and History of Science: How Health Sciences Produce Evidence

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 (ISPM): "When the cure causes harm—Hearing loss after childhood cancer"
Prize for Best Poster

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM): "Spatial clustering of childhood leukaemia in Switzerland"

Presenting Authors
11 talks, 13 posters

2015

GHS Symposium 2015 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates December 2-3, 2015 
Venue Schloss Münchenwiler
Workshop Topic

Ethics in Health Research

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, 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, 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

GHS Symposium 2014 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 26-27, 2014
Venue

Schloss Münchenwiler

Workshop Topic
Philosophy and History of Science: How Health Sciences Produce Evidence
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, Inselspital: "Neglect disorder and its treatment. Could 2 be more than 1 + 1?"
Prize for Best Poster
Corinna Krause, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM): "Health literacy and healthy eating in the Swiss working population"
Presenting Authors
12 talks, 11 posters

2013

GHS Symposium 2013 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 28-29, 2013
Venue

Schloss Münchenwiler

Workshop Topic
Ethics in Health Research
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, Inselspital: "Aphasia and Gestures: Insights via Eye Movements"
Prize for Best Poster

Simone Hopfner, Inselspital: "Severity of neglect may increase with motion&mdash:insights from a touchscreen-based cancellation task"

Presenting Authors
11 talks, 11 posters

2012

GHS Symposium 2012 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 29-30, 2012 
Venue

Centre Loewenberg

Workshop Topic
Philosophy of Science
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: "Evidence-based Medicine"
Presenting Authors
22 talks

2011

GHS Symposium 2011 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates December 1-2, 2011
Venue

Hotel Appenberg

Workshop Topic
Ethics in Health Sciences
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

GHS Symposium 2010 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Dates November 17-18, 2010
Venue

Hotel Appenberg, Zäziwil i. E.

Workshop Topic
History and Philosophy of Science
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"

Presenting Authors
15 talks

2009

GHS Symposium 2009 Program
Organizer Graduate School for Health Sciences
Date

December 2, 2009

Venue

Haus der Universität

Workshop Topic
Ethics in Health Sciences
Speaker

Dr. Effy Vayena, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich: "Ethical issues in research with human subjects"

Presenting Authors
8 talks