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Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2026
October 26 - 27, 2026
Kursaal, Bern (Switzerland)
Monday, October 26, 2026
09:00 | Arrival and Check-in at the Kursaal Bern | ||
10:00 | Welcome and Introduction into Gender Medicine and its fundamental Change of Perspective in Medicine | Prof. Dr. med. Beatrice Beck Schimmer (University of Zurich) and Host Michael Rauchenstein | |
10:15 | History of Gender Medicine and a Look Ahead in the Future | Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek (Charité Berlin) | |
10:45 | Gender Medicine in the light of Global Health and Health Policy 2026 | Prof. Ilona Kickbusch (Geneva Graduate Institute) | |
11:15 | Presentation of Posters on current Research in Gender Medicine at Forum (Part I) | ||
12:15 | BREAK: Networking Lunch | Meet the Speakers | ||
13:15 | How to: Build a Women's Heart Health Program | Dr. Noel Bairey Merz MD (Cedars-Sinai, USA) | |
13:25 | How to: Start a company for a sex/gender specific health care product | Thao Nguyen (EQUAL CARE) | |
13:35 | How to: Implement SABV guidelines for preclinical research | Dr. Ivana Jaric (University of Zurich) | |
14:00 | Ten Years of the SAGER Guidelines: Progress, Impact, and Future Needs | Dr. Shirin Heidari (GENDRO) | |
14:20 | Sex/gender in Industry Research and Development - The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry | Dr. med. Katharina M. Gasser (Roche Pharma Switzerland) | |
14:45 | The Role of Politics for Equitable Health | to be announced | |
15:15 | BREAK: Networking | Meet the Speakers | Change to your booked Scientific Session | ||
15:45 (1) | Scientific Session 1.1: Men's Health | Dr. med. Ruben Fuentes Artiles (University of Bern), Dr. John Oliffe (University of British Columbia), Dr.
phil. Andreas Walther (University of Graz) | |
15:45 (2) | Scientific Session 1.2: Sex and Gender in Clinical Guidelines | P.D Dr. med. Maria Rubini (National Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Madrid), Prof. Mathias Wullum-Nielsen (University of Copenhagen)
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15:45 (3) | Scientific Session 1.3: Policy / Global Health | Prof. Sarah Hawkes (Monash University, Malaysia), Prof. Marc Lerchenmüller (University of
Zurich), Prof. Anita Raj (Tulane University, USA) | |
16:45 | BREAK: Change to your booked Scientific Session | ||
17:00 (1) | Scientific Session 2.1: Education - Innovation in Europe and beyond | Numerous speaker from all over the world. See more information in the following link. | |
17:00 (2) | Scientific Session 2.2: Epidemiology and Prevention | Speaker to be announced | |
17:00 (3) | Scientific Session 2.3: Evolution | Prof. Erica van de Waal (University of Lausanne), Ph.D. Johanna Stärk (Max Planck Institute), Ph.D. Alexandra DeCasien (National Institute of Health) | |
18:00 | Networking and Apéro | ||
19:30 | End of Day 1 |
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
08:00 | Arrival and Check-in at the Kursaal Bern | Meet & Greet in the Forum | ||
08:30 | Welcome by Host | Michael Rauchenstein | |
08:40 | Topic to be announced | Speaker to be announced | |
09:10 | Panel Discussion: Update on Gender Medicine in Switzerland | Speakers from five different Swiss Medical Faculties. More information in the following link. | |
09:35 | Presentation of Posters on current Research in Gender Medicine at Forum (Part II) | ||
10:45 | AI & Big Data | Dr. Saniye Gülser Corat (NonBiasAi) | |
11:05 | Topic to be announced | Speaker to be announced | |
11:15 | Funding the Future of Gender Medicine: Why Venture Capital Matters | Maryann Selfe (FemmeHealth Alliance) | |
11:35 | Poster Award Ceremony | ||
11:55 | Wrap-up and Conclusions | ||
12:00 | Farewell Lunch and Networking | ||
14:00 | End of Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2026 |
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