Swiss Public Health Conference 2025

The Swiss Public Health Conference is organized each year by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) and the Swiss Society for Public Health. Each year, a Swiss academic institution serves as host and provides the scientific and thematic leadership. The Swiss Public Health Conference 2025, held on September 10–11 in Lugano and hosted by University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), brought together over 400 public health professionals to explore the theme: Mental Health and Wellbeing: Investing in Mental Wealth. The event served as a vibrant platform for dialogue between research, policy, and practice, highlighting new perspectives and strategies for strengthening mental health and wellbeing in Switzerland and beyond. Read the full conference insights report.

PhD students, Frerik Smit (University of Fribourg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Arnaud Chiolero), Viviane Remy (Unisanté, supervised by Prof. Dr. Irina Guseva Canu) and Irina Wipf (Swiss TPH, supevised by Prof. Dr. Martin Röösli) were awarded for the "Best PhD abstract" at the closing ceremony of the conference. Congratulations! For more information, including the conference program and impressions, please visit the conference website.