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The Swiss Cohort and Biobank
The Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) and The Swiss Society for Public Health collaborate in the promotion of the Swiss Cohort and Biobank.
The Swiss Cohort and Biobank is an investment in the future of health, research, and innovation.
Switzerland needs a National Cohort and Biobank – a long-term study that stays in close exchange with 100,000 people over at least 10 years – to repeatedly collect comprehensive health, lifestyle, environmental, and biological data. This long-term data from people living in different rural and urban regions from across Switzerland closes an important gap in the country’s health data landscape.
The study will:
- provide important and broad evidence on the long-term influence and benefit of measures in different policy domains, including health care, work environment, sports, environment as well as urban planning and civil engineering.
- support competitive international collaboration of Swiss scientists in chronic disease research domains, including environment, personalized health, or human biomonitoring.
- support the development of novel diagnostics and treatments and in parallel evaluate the effectiveness, appropriateness, and economic efficiency of health innovations.
- strengthen pandemic preparedness and protect against future health threats.
By investing in a publicly funded national cohort, coordinated by academic public health institutions and complemented by public-private partnerships, Switzerland will:
- Enable the Swiss population in self-responsible health maintenance
- Improve population health and ensure equal opportunities for everyone
- Modernize and future-proof the healthcare system
- Secure Switzerland’s position as a competitive and attractive research and innovation hub
Swiss Cohort & Biobank – The White Paper
The PHU author group, led by Prof. Nicole Probst-Hensch published "Swiss Cohort & Biobank - The White Paper" in the SSPH+ journal Public Health Reviews.
Steering Committee for the Swiss Cohort and Biobank activities
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Nicole Probst-Hensch
Steering Committee Chair
SSPH+ Academic Co-Director & Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), University of Basel
Phone: +41 79 280 34 14
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Murielle Bochud
SSPH+ Academic Co-Director & Unisanté, University of Lausanne
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Luca Crivelli
SSPH+ Academic Co-Director & University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
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Milo Puhan
President of SSPH+ Foundation Board & Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich
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Thomas Steffen or Bettina Mäschli
Public Health Schweiz
