Other competencies
- Translational and basic research
- Teaching and further education
Career
Positions
| since 2020 | Director, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ |
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| 2013 – 2020 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ |
| 2009 – 2013 | Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ |
| 2005 – 2009 | Research stay, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA |
Academic career and training
| 2020 | Chair of Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH |
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| 2015 – 2019 | Assistant Professor of Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH |
| 2011 | Habilitation in Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH |
| 2009 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| 2008 | Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 2005 | Specialist in infectiology, FMH |
| 2002 | Specialist in general internal medicine, FMH |
| 1998 | Dr. med., University of Zurich |
| 1991 – 1997 | Medical studies, Universities of Lausanne and Zurich |
Most important memberships
- President ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)
- Swiss Society for Infectiology (SGINF)
- Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)
- Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGAIM)
- Association of Swiss Physicians (FMH)
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Member of the Board of Directors since 2014 (Scientific Affaires Officer 2014-2020, President-elect and Secretary General since 2020)
- Member of the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues (EKIF) since 2014
Research focus
Translational and basic research:
- Endocarditis and foreign body-associated infections
- Persistent bacterial infections
- New therapeutic approaches for bacterial infections
Publications
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- Infectious Diseases Biobank Zurich, Swiss National Science Foundation
- Personalized Swiss Sepsis Study (PSSS)
Activities in expert committees:
- Since 2022 President ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Member of the Board since 2014 (Scientific Affaires Officer 2014-2020, President-elect and Secretary General since 2020)
- Member of the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues (EKIF) since 2014
Prices
- Switzerland. Society for Infectiology 2013 and 2019 (“Basic Science”)
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Young Investigator Award for Research 2011
- Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Foundation Prize 2010
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Program Committee Choice Award 2007