Previous events
Read here which events the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium team has already successfully organized.
Kick-off event
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Location: Zunfthaus zur Meisen, 8001 Zurich
Time: 16:30 – 19:00
Participation by invitation only
Review 2025
Monday, October 20, 2025
08:30 | Arrival and Check-in | ||
09:00 | Welcome by Host | Michael Rauchenstein | |
09:15 | Sex- and genderspecific differences, status of gendermedicine
internationally | Prof. Louise Pilote (Mc Gill University Montreal CA) | |
09:45 | Panel Discussion on Oncology Research: Outlook on Basic and Clinical Research and the Patient's Perspective | PD Dr. Berna Özdemir (University of Bern), Dr. James Cleland (German Cancer Research Center), Ivo Schauwecker (Eupati Schweiz) | |
10:15 | BREAK: Networking and Presentation of Posters on current Research in Gender Medicine | ||
11:00 | Breakout-Session 3: Education | PD Dr. Joëlle Schwarz (University of Lausanne), Prof. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek (Charité Berlin), Mahilan Sritharan & Luc Lutz (Students of Medicine Basel) | |
11:00 | Breakout-Session 2: Workforce | Prof. Lisa Rotenstein (University of California, San Francisco), Prof. Renate Schnabel (University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg) | |
11:00 | Breakout-Session 1: Regulatory issues |
Annette Magnin (Ethics Comittee Zurich)
Dr. Christine Haenggeli (swissmedic)
Prof. Angèle Gayet-Ageron (ISPM Bern) | |
11:50 | Benefits and Opportunities of AI and Big Data for gender-sensitive Medicine | Prof. Thomas Lüscher (Kings College London), Dr. Saniye Gülser Corat (Founder NonBiasAi) | |
12:30 | Wrap-up and Conclusions of the second Day | Poster Award | ||
12:50 | Farewell Lunch and Networking | ||
14:00 | End of Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2025 |
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
08:30 | Arrival and Check-in | ||
09:00 | Welcome by Host | Michael Rauchenstein | |
09:15 | Sex- and genderspecific differences, status of gendermedicine
internationally | Prof. Louise Pilote (Mc Gill University Montreal CA) | |
09:45 | Panel Discussion on Oncology Research: Outlook on Basic and Clinical Research and the Patient's Perspective | PD Dr. Berna Özdemir (University of Bern), Dr. James Cleland (German Cancer Research Center), Ivo Schauwecker (Eupati Schweiz) | |
10:15 | BREAK: Networking and Presentation of Posters on current Research in Gender Medicine | ||
11:00 | Breakout-Session 3: Education | PD Dr. Joëlle Schwarz (University of Lausanne), Prof. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek (Charité Berlin), Mahilan Sritharan & Luc Lutz (Students of Medicine Basel) | |
11:00 | Breakout-Session 2: Workforce | Prof. Lisa Rotenstein (University of California, San Francisco), Prof. Renate Schnabel (University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg) | |
11:00 | Breakout-Session 1: Regulatory issues |
Annette Magnin (Ethics Comittee Zurich)
Dr. Christine Haenggeli (swissmedic)
Prof. Angèle Gayet-Ageron (ISPM Bern) | |
11:50 | Benefits and Opportunities of AI and Big Data for gender-sensitive Medicine | Prof. Thomas Lüscher (Kings College London), Dr. Saniye Gülser Corat (Founder NonBiasAi) | |
12:30 | Wrap-up and Conclusions of the second Day | Poster Award | ||
12:50 | Farewell Lunch and Networking | ||
14:00 | End of Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2025 |
Review 2025
Kick-off event
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Location: Zunfthaus zur Meisen, 8001 Zurich
Time: 16:30 – 19:00
Participation by invitation only
16.30 Uhr
Check-In | Welcome
17.00 Uhr
Prof. Dr. med. Beatrice Beck Schimmer (UZH)
Welcome and overview on Gender Medicine
17.20 Uhr
Prof. Dr. Londa Schiebinger (Stanford University)
International perspectives and potential
17.30 Uhr
Fireside-Chat on Gender Medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Carole Clair (CHUV)
Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Lerchenmüller (UZH)
Prof. Dr. med. Cathérine Gebhard (Inselgruppe Bern)
17.55 Uhr
Dr. Simone Wyss Fedele (CEO S-GE)
A lighthouse project for Switzerland
18.10 Uhr
Stefan Linder (Initiative Schweiz)
Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2025
18.20 Uhr
Closind words
18.30 Uhr
Apéro Riche | Networking
Meet the Speakers
Prof. Dr. med. Carole Claire
Universität Lausanne (CHUV)
Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Lausanne and co-head of the Health and Gender Unit at the University Center for General Medicine and Public Health (Unisanté).
Prof. Dr. med. Cathérine Gebhard
Senior Physician, Head of Preventive Cardiology, Insel Bern
Professor and senior physician at the Department of Cardiology at Inselspital Bern. Research area: gender medicine, collaboration with researchers at the Universities of Bern, Basel and Zurich.
Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Lerchenmüller
Associate Professor of Gender Medicine, University of Zurich
Professor and Chair of Gender Medicine at the University of Zurich, Senior Physician at the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital Zurich USZ.
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Beck-Schimmer
Director, University Medicine Zurich
Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Zurich, Director of University Medicine Zurich and member of the seven-member Executive Board of the University of Zurich.
Dr. Simone Wyss Fedele
CEO Switzerland Global Enterprise S-GE
Political scientist, CEO of Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE), the Swiss organization for the promotion of exports and investments in the Swiss economy with offices in 31 countries.
Prof. Dr. Londa Schibinger
Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine Stanford University
Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University in California.
Stefan Linder
Chairman Initiative Switzerland
Initiative Switzerland is a patron of the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2025. Stefan Linder, chairman of Initiative Switzerland, is Co-founder and long-standing CEO and delegate of the Swiss Economic Forum.