The Faculty of Medicine at University of Basel
Overcoming boundaries together for optimal healthcare.
The Medical Faculty of the University of Basel was founded in 1460. 32 years before Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas. In the Shanghai Ranking of 2023, it ranks among the top 75 worldwide in the category "Medical Sciences". In five degree programs about 120 professors and assistant professors educate about 2800 students, supported by about 500 postdoctoral fellows, medical staff and postdocs. Five departments conduct research on issues relevant to medicine and health sciences in the areas of basic biomedical sciences and clinical applications, movement, health and nursing sciences, and biomedical engineering.
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Eva Scheurer elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
At the Faculty Assembly on 27 May 2024, Prof. Dr. Eva Scheurer was elected as the new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. She will take over from Prof. Dr. Primo Schär, who will have held the post for exactly six years, on August 1.
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Judith Zaugg Professor of Molecular Medicine
The University Council has appointed Prof. Dr. Judith Zaugg as Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Department of Biomedicine (DBM) of the Faculty of Medicine. Zaugg researches how cells integrate genetic and epigenetic information with…
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Nina Khanna Gremmelmaier Clinical Professor of Infectiology
The University Council has appointed Prof. Dr. Nina Khanna as Professor of Clinical Infectiology with a research focus on bacterial infections. Nina Khanna is titular professor, head of the Clinic for Infectiology and Hospital Hygiene at…
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Gentler cell therapies for blood cancer
Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine at the Faculty of Medicine have developed an approach to shut down a blood system suffering from leukemia and simultaneously boost a healthy one, in much the same way as a disc jockey subtly…
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Otto Naegeli Research Prize for Mirjam Christ-Crain
Prof. Dr. Christ-Crain, Professor of Endocrinology and Clinical Research at the University of Basel and Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University Hospital Basel, will receive the…How to find us
Faculty of Medicine
Klingelbergstr. 61 CH - 4056 Basel
Opening hours Dean's Office: Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
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