SSPH+ Annual Meeting 2025

BREAKING WALLS

at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), Schwarztorstrasse 48, Bern, on 4-5 June 2025 from 12:30-12:30.

Day 1 / 4 June 2025

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11:00-12:30Pre-Conference

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11:00-12:30IGC Academic Board MeetingAudience: Upon Invitation

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12:30-13:00REGISTRATION, LIGHT LUNCH & DRINKS


A13:00-13:15Welcome by SSPH+ and BFHAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: SSPH+ Directorate

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A113:15-14:00Introduction and New SSPH+ InitiativesAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: SSPH+ Directorate

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B14:00-15:00Parallel Sessions B
B114:00-15:00IGC Students MeetingWelcome of new IGC students / update on IGC / congratulations to new IGC alumni / student representatives / IJPH: young researcher editorials / postdoc/alumni activities / what’s cooking? Audience: IGC PhD Students, new IGC Alumni

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B214:00-15:00Collaborative Capacity Building for Health Promotion Professionals in Switzerland (cap4HP)Health promotion (HP) is a core field of action within Public Health. HP professionals contribute promising approaches to current health challenges. To strengthen HP professional practice in Switzerland, the objective of this ongoing inter-university initiative is to achieve a shared understanding of systematic and strategic capacity building for HP professionals. The objective of this session is to share, discuss and develop first findings and preliminary results of the carried-out stakeholder interviews and workshop. The envisioned outcome is a collection of feedbacks and inputs from the participants, which will help inform the final steps of the project, including a position paper. Audience: All interested
Keynote/Moderation: Karin Nordström (ZHAW)

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B314:00-15:00SSPH+ Journals - Future DirectionsThe coming year will be a very important time to shape options for the future of the two SSPH+ journals, IJPH and PHR. This interactive plenary session aims to elicit the views and preferences of our community regarding the future publishing model used by the journals. Audience: All interested
Keynote/Moderation: Christopher Woodrow (Swiss TPH), Nino Künzli (SSPH+)

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B414:00-15:00Networking for a Sustainable Health Workforce The Competence Network Health Workforce (CNHW) serves as a platform uniting researchers from Switzerland to foster collaboration and create synergies in the field of healthcare workforce research. This session will present the CNHW’s objectives, its structure, and its role in connecting researchers to address challenges related to the working conditions, wellbeing, and labor market of healthcare professionals. Attendees will learn about CNHW’s efforts to strengthen collaboration within academia, highlight its current focus areas and research projects, and explore opportunities for participation in this unique network dedicated to healthcare workforce sustainability. Audience: All interested
Keynote/Moderation: Tiziana Sala (SUPSI and CNHW), Sabine Hahn (BFH and CNHW)

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15:00-15:30COFFEE BREAK - 30'

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C15:30-16:15Effects of Integrated Health Care: Improving Patient Outcomes This session explores the impact of integrated health care models, which combine physical, mental, and social services, on patient outcomes and system efficiency. Presentations will examine how coordination between primary care providers, specialists, and community services enhances patient satisfaction, reduces hospitalizations, and improves chronic disease management. The session will highlight successful case studies and discuss strategies for overcoming implementation challenges, emphasizing the benefits for underserved populations. Attendees will gain insights into policy considerations and practical applications for fostering a more cohesive health care systemAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: Sebastian Mader, Annette Fahr (Federal Office of Public Health, FOPH)

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D16:15-17:00SSPH+ and the Academies in DialogueAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: Arnaud Perrier (Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, SAMS) and Luciana Vaccaro (swissuniversities)

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E17:00-17:30Brain Health Audience: All
Keynote/Moderation: Claudio Bassetti (University of Bern)

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E117:00-18:00Career Speed Dating EventThis session takes place in parallel to session E. Open the door to the professional world today. Learn how others have shaped their careers after graduation and what drives them in their professional lives today. In a "speed dating" format, you will discover various career options available to you and you will have the opportunity to exchange and discuss on all things relating to next steps in career development.Audience: PhD students and Post-docs

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18:00-19:00Apéro and Celebration of SSPH+ Honorary Fellows 2025Audience: All

Mensa Rooftop

19:30DinnerAudience: Invited persons

Restaurant Röschtigrabe

 

Day 2 / 5 June 2025

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G08:30-09:00Contribution by BFHAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: Klazine Horst, Kai-Uwe Schmitt (BFH)

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H09:00-10:00Parallel Sessions HAudience: All
H109:00-10:00Centering Equity and Justice: Practical Strategies for Early Career Researchers This workshop aims to empower early career researchers by providing them with actionable strategies for integrating equity and justice principles into their research and professional practices. The objective is to build participants' capacity to recognise and mitigate biases, foster inclusive research environments, and align their work with broader societal challenges.Audience: PhD students and Post-docs
Keynote/Moderation: Natalie Messerli (University of Lucerne)

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H209:00-10:00Knowledge Transfer in Public Health: Coming to the Future, Coming from the PastThis parallel session builds on the results of the SNSF Agora project ‘Bridging the Gap’ (https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/215863) and will explore how the transfer of experiential knowledge from the past functions in public health and how it might be improved. Insights from the public health community in Switzerland have been integrated in various ways, for example by applying design methods to develop innovative, sustainable health policy strategies. The goal of the session is to present our framework, based on a systemic design approach, and to co-create future szenarios for managing potential pandemics with participants in the form of a workshop. Keynote/Moderation: Kaspar Staub (UZH), Felicitas Högger Niedermann (ZHAW)

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H309:00-10:00Accessible Science: Science Communication for a Lay AudienceThis swissuniversities funded project aims to provide people in Switzerland with an easy way to find out about current research in the field of personal and public health and education. High-quality open access articles from these four independent Swiss journals are to be made accessible to lay audiences in an attractive short form: ▶Swiss Medical Weekly ▶International Journal of Public Health ▶Public Health Reviews ▶Media Pedagogy. This workshop will give a comprehensive insight into the project and welcomes feebdack on strategic steps to enhance communication to lay public audiences in Switzerland.Audience: All interested
Keynote/Moderation: Colette Schneider Stingelin (ZHAW), Masa Davidovic (SSPH+)

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H409:00-10:00Healthy up High in Switzerland: promoting sustainable Ageing in Place in high-rise settings The follow-up project “Healthy up High in Switzerland” has expanded the locally anchored recommendations for action for indoor and outdoor spaces, nutrition, exercise and the social environment (neighborhood) in a broader context for the topic “Ageing in Place” in settlements in need of revitalization at the national level. The recommendations for action have been validated and expanded, thus providing extensive knowledge and recommendations for building cooperatives, administrations and architects in the construction industry. This includes promoting the health of all residents, especially the elderly, as well as considering ecological aspects such as heat protection and biodiversity in green spacesIntroduction: The first project "Healthy up High" and its follow-up project "Healthy up High in der Schweiz" will be briefly introduced (aims, focus, target group for the end-product/results - brief overview of the main areas of the recommendations). Workshop activity: Iimagining the daily challenges of an older person (in third-fourth phase of ageing) and mind-mapping what they would need to age in place when living in an older high-rise building and its surrounding communal area. Additionally, considering how such a setting could be adapted most sustainably (economically, socially, environmentally). Recommendations: The recommendations for owners/managers of such high-rises will be presented, including the synergies between the areas. Further group discussion (depending on time). Looking forward until 2050 - how to advance this setting to promote Ageing in Place. Audience: All interested
Keynote/Moderation: Tannys Helfer (BFH)

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10:00-10:30COFFEE BREAK - 30'

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I10:30-11:30Planetary Health TbdAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: Suzanne Suggs (USI), Jan Fehr (UZH), Milo Puhan (UZH)

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J11:30-12:00Contribution by ETHZAudience: All
Keynote/Moderation: ETHZ Representatives

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K12:00-12:30Wrap Up and SSPH+ Award for best published PhD article in public health 2025Audience: All

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12:30–LIGHT LUNCH (... GRAB A SANDWICH)

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