Great success for Bern as a medical center

The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) supports nine research projects with Bernese investment, which aim to build up a nationally coordinated infrastructure of health data. Two of the projects are managed by the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital. They are funded with a total of 5.3 million francs. The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) is a national initiative which was built up by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SER). The overarching goal is to prevent diseases more precisely and efficiently, diagnose and treat with less side effects, through the exchange of health-related data. For the first time, a total of 15 research projects which will contribute to achieving this goal are being funded. This includes two projects which are managed by researchers of the University of Bern and the Bern University Hospital, and seven others with Bernese investment.