Events
Kick-off event
Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Location: Zunfthaus zur Meisen, Münsterhof 20, 8001 Zurich
Time: 16:30 – 19:00
Participation by invitation only
Kick-off event
We are pleased to launch the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium with a kick-off event. The event marks the beginning of a new era in medical research and practice in Switzerland, in which gender differences in medicine will be specifically investigated and taken into account.
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.
Program
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.
Partner
Initiative Switzerland supports the project
"Swiss Symposium Gender Medicine".
As a private funding agency, the Swiss Initiative supports innovative ideas and projects in all parts of the country and language regions of Switzerland. In this way, it works specifically to promote competitiveness and prosperity in Switzerland. With its activities and projects, it aims to help ensure that Switzerland can maintain its leading global position and innovative strength in the long term.
SAVE THE DATE
Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium 2025
Date: 20 – 21 October 2025
Location: Kursaal, Bern
The first Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium will take place on October 20/21, 2025 in the federal capital Bern. This high-caliber and broad-based event brings together interested (professionals) to discuss and exchange ideas on the latest developments and challenges in gender-specific medicine. In addition, the latest findings, new innovative approaches and pioneering research projects will be presented.
The aim of this event is to raise awareness of gender differences in medicine and to promote dialogue between experts, researchers and decision-makers.
