Program Leadership

The MD-PhD program is supervised by an Interfaculty steering committee (IMPK), which consist of representatives of the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Vetsuisse Faculty.

The responsibilities of the IMPK include:

• Supervision and coordination of the MD-PhD program

• Supervision and coordination of the MSc Medical Biology program

• National MD-PhD-Program (scholarships): Shortlisting of candidates to be evaluated and interviewed by a national expert committee for potential funding. Students accepted into the following PhD programs are eligible to apply:
  • MD-PhD-Programm
  • Clinical Science
  • Biomedical Ethics & Law
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Current members:

• Prof. Dr. Adriano Aguzzi (President, MD-PhD Program Director)
• Prof. Dr. Nicole Joller (Deputy, MSc Medical Biology Program Director)
• Prof. Dr. Felix Beuschlein
• Prof. Dr. Ben Hale
• Prof. Dr. Christian Stockmann
• Prof. Dr. Bjoern Menze
• Prof. Dr. Anne Müller
• Prof. Dr. Christian Münz
• Prof. Dr. Chantal Pauli
• Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Nägeli (Representative of Vetsuisse)
• Prof. Dr. Nikola Biller-Andorno (Representative for Biomedical Ethics & Law)
• Prof. Dr. Milo Puhan (Representative of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
• Prof. Dr. Beatrix Latal (Representative of Clinical Science)