Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern provides undergraduate and postgraduate education and carries out interdisciplinary research in the fields of social and behavioural health, clinical epidemiology and bi d behavioural health, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, and international and environmental health. Eminent speakers from Switzerland and abroad give presentations at monthly lectures where researchers from other institutes and members of the public are welcome to attend. To learn more about ISPM and public health, read about our vision and mission, sign up for a news subscription, take a look at our events overview, watch lecture podcasts, apply for our job openings, search for staff members in our team list and follow these quicklinks to related sites. We see health as a participatory, intersectoral, and transdisciplinary process, which is continuously created via interactions between people and their social and natural environment at the local, regional, national, and global level. Our mission is to advance knowledge of health and disease among populations within their social and natural environments through evidence-based, participatory, and interdisciplinary academic research; educate graduate and postgraduate students to become knowledgeable, responsible professionals in academic, clinical, and public health positions; create and promote health by disseminating knowledge, informing policy, and providing services from local to global levels. The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern Commemorates 50 Years. Since 1971, the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern has provided top-notch undergraduate and post-graduate education, carried out the highest quality interdisciplinary research, and provided national and international contributions to the health and wellbeing of people locally and globally. Among the varied contributors to the health of the population, public health plays a central role. Today, the Institute enjoys an international reputation and its researchers are among the most cited scientists in the world. ...view more