Professor Primo Schär has been Vice President for Research at the University of Basel since August. After 100 days in the role, the biomedical specialist explains what good research means to him and what he aim to focus on during his term.
While most people find grammar a yawn, Sofian Bouaouina found it a source of fascination. This led him from the village of Diegten to the University of Basel, where he initially studied to be a secondary school teacher in French and history, before developing a taste for linguistics.
Texts give insights into other worlds and eras past. But Simon Tobias Bühler prefers to focus on imagery, researching at the interface between archaeology and art history. He has been excited about ancient cultures since childhood.
The health of humans, animals and the environment are interconnected; this is the starting point of the One Health concept. This approach guides epidemiologist Helena Greter’s research in Chad. The aim: to provide the nomads living there and their cattle herds with access to medical care. The scientist arrived at biology – and finally at epidemiology – through art.
He thrives on variety. A doctoral student conducting research at the intersection of Swiss economy, politics and society, in his free time Benjamin Jansen travels to faraway countries to encounter exotic animals.
Although she’s barely completed her dissertation, Darja Schildknecht is already dreaming of a postdoc; the academic can’t get enough of her work. Even if she will be contributing her expertise in a non-academic setting for the time being.
For a number of years, Jacqui Cho worked in conflict zones. Now, for a dissertation she is writing at swisspeace, she is researching how people in conflict areas perceive foreign mediation efforts.
The University Council has appointed Nina Khanna as Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases with a research focus on bacterial infections, and Judith Zaugg as Professor of Molecular Medicine.
Fondation Botnar is donating an additional CHF 50 million to the University of Basel and ETH Zurich to expand the activities of the joint Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH). This support will allow to create six new professorships with a research focus on paediatric digital health.
