Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium
We imagine a world in which every individual can benefit
equally from genderspecific medicine.
National Initiative Gender Medicine
Your health is unique – and so should your medical care. Gender medicine is revolutionizing the way we diagnose, treat and prevent diseases. This innovative discipline takes into account gender differences in biology, lifestyle and disease symptoms in order to develop tailored health solutions for men and women. Initiative Switzerland supports and promotes the project and helps to set up a national network and launch the planned symposium.
The federal government has also now recognized the importance of the field. A year ago, the Federal Council launched the National Research Program " Gender Medicine and Health " with the aim of creating an evidence-based knowledge base in Switzerland for taking the dimensions of sex and gender into account in the areas of health research, medicine and public health.
Our Mission
The sponsorship supports research into how biological sex and gender influence normal human functions and the experience of diseases. Our goal is to promote the development of new sciences through gender research and to improve healthcare for all patients.
Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium
Gender medicine is an emerging and innovative field of research with societal relevance that aims to improve healthcare for all genders. This event aims to raise awareness of gender differences in medicine and promote dialogue between experts, researchers and decision-makers.
The opening event of the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium was takeing place on October 30, 2024 at the Zunfthaus zur Meisen in Zurich.
