18.09.2025 | Grants & Awards | Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering
Bernese researchers involved in four Innosuisse Flagship Initiatives
Bernese researchers are involved in all four consortia supported by Innosuisse as part of its call for "Flagship Initiatives". They will receive a multi-million contribution jointly provided by Innosuisse and industry partners. The transdisciplinary projects will contribute to the development of systemic innovations in the fields of dementia research, precision oncology and diabetes prevention.
Prof. Dr. Tobias Nef (right) is co-director of the NeuroTec Center and Professor of Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation at the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of Bern. Prof. Dr. Bogdan Draganksi (left) is professor of dementia and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as Head of the Interdisciplinary Memory Clinic & Brain Health Clinic at the University Clinic for Neurology at Inselspital, University
Hospital Bern, and the University of Bern.
© University of Bern, Image: Dres Hubacher
The University of Bern is the leading house for the Innosuisse Flagship Initiative "SwissBrAInHealth" under the co-leadership of Prof. Dr. Bogdan Draganski from the Department of Neurology - Brain Health Clinic at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and Prof. Dr. Tobias Nef, from the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of Bern. The research project with 5 academic partners (ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne, CHUV, HE-SO, and HSLU) and 12 industrial partners is designed to run for 5 years and is supported by Innosuisse and the participating industrial partners with a total of 9.6 million Swiss francs.
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