Day of Clinical Research
2025
The Day of Clinical Research highlights important clinical research aimed at improving patient care and advancing medical science. We provide an inclusive platform to present ongoing and completed patient-centered research, strengthening collaboration across the clinical research community.
Date
2 December 2025
Location
Inselspital
Next Day of clinical Research
1 December 2026
Keynote Speakers
"The new definition [of sepsis] is that patients with an infection who develop a dysregulated host response that leads to a life-threatening organ dysfunction"¹
Prof. Dr. Mervyn Singer on his keynote lecture
“Sepsis: The Future is Today”
Keynote Speakers
"With our modern data systems for routine care, we can learn from every patient and make research the standard of care."
Prof. Dr. Lars Hemkens on his keynote lecture
“Novel Designs for Clinical Research”
Academic Director of Clinical Trials at the
Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern
2025
Prize Winners
Dr. Marco Gamardella
Fellow at Department of Cardiology,
Inselspital Bern
Best Poster in
Imaging, methodology
and technology
"Cardiac Computed Tomography and
Three-dimensional Transesophageal
Echocardiography for Morphological
Characterization and Device Sizing of
the Left Atrial Appendage"
Anna Lange
PhD candidate at Institute of Social
and Preventive Medicine (ISPM),
University of Bern
BEST Poster in
Clinical Studies
"Key Stakeholder Perceptions of
Medical Students’ Training to Identify
and Manage Their Emotions for
Future Patient Care: A Qualitative
Study"
Scientific Assistant, Department
of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
Best Rapid Fire
Presentation
“The influence of a patient’s mother
tongue on parameters of cortico-cortical
evoked potentials”
Dr. med. Yves Max Wintsch
Resident, Department of Visceral
Surgery and Medicine,
Inselspital Bern
Best Oral
Presentation
Completed and
Ongoing Studies
“The influence of a patient’s mother
tongue on parameters of cortico-cortical
evoked potentials”
The Department of Clinical Research awarded four Day of Clinical Research Prizes; each prize winner received 200 CHF.
We would like to thank Alumni Med Bern for donating 500 CHF for these awards.
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"The clinical day of research had an interesting schedule with an excellent selection of topics - and, most importantly, amazing researchers who provided very useful suggestions."
Jonas Keller
Resident Cardiology, Inselspital
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