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Dr. Bianca Albers appointed Implementation Scientist at IfIS
Dr. Bianca Albers has been appointed Implementation Scientist at IfIS, starting in April 2025. She first came to the institute in 2021 as a postdoctoral researcher and will now take on a permanent position.
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Data Collection for the FICUS Study Completed
An important milestone in the FICUS study (Family Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units) has been reached: Data collection has been successfully completed. As early as the beginning of 2024, the enrollment of almost 900 members of ICU patients across German-speaking Switzerland was finalized. The research team now enters the next phase—data analysis. First results are expected later this year.
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"Improving Research Impact for Families Experiencing Acute-Critical Illness": Working Paper on the Nursing Science Symposium 2024 is online
The working paper from the first Nursing Science Symposium, held at the University of Zurich on 19 January 2024, is now available online.
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Breaking Habits: Less Can Be More in Medicine
Professor Lauren Clack shares in an interview with UZH News how her work contributes to reducing unnecessary medical treatments. She develops strategies to ensure interventions are used only when they provide benefit.
Read the full interview (German only)
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IfIS at the Upcoming Conference "The Value of Implementation Science in Health and Social Care"
The first in-person conference of IMPACT, the Swiss Implementation Science Network, titled "The Value of Implementation Science in Health and Social Care", will take place on November 7 and 8, 2024, in Geneva. This event will bring together national and international scientists, health and social care providers, policymakers, funders, and organizations interested in implementation science.
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Das IfIS soll sein Potenzial nutzen: Besuch von Rektor Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman am IfIS
Am 11. April war UZH-Rektor Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman zu Besuch beim Institut für Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS) an der Universitätstrasse 84 in Zürich. Die Professor:innen, der Institutsdirektor, Standesvertreter:innen und weitere anwesende Mitarbeitende nutzten die Gelegenheit, um über Erreichtes und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten des vier Jahre alten Instituts zu sprechen.
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The module "Interprofessionelle Immersion" receives support from the UZH Teaching Fund
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Masterclass 2024
The 4th masterclass at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care will be held in the fall. The goal of the masterclass in Implementation Science is to gain an overview of the theories, designs, methods, and tools of Implementation Science, as well as to transfer knowledge into research and health care practice and make references to your own projects.
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Pfizer Research Prize goes to MD PhD Aline Wolfensberger and Professor Lauren Clack
MD PhD Aline Wolfensberger and Professor Lauren Clack from the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS) and Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology at the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) received the Pfizer Research Award on 25 January, 2024. The prize was awarded for outstanding and pioneering contributions to basic or clinical research at Swiss research institutes or hospitals. The work of the IfIS researchers on non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia was recognized in the category "Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology".
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887 participants enrolled in FICUS trial
The 16 intensive care units (ICU) in German-speaking Switzerland involved in the FICUS trial have recruited 887 family members of ICU patients over a period of 19 months into the study. The enrollment aim was achieved by the end of 2023.
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Seed Grants Citizen Science 2023: two of the six funded projects were applied by IfIS
Once a year, the Participatory Science Academy awards Seed Grants for the development and/or implementation of participatory citizen science projects. Teams of academic researchers and citizens can apply for up to 40'000 CHF. For 2023, the selection committee of Citizen Science Zurich has decided to fund six projects around animal welfare, sustainability and health – two of them were applied by IfIS.
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Professor Viktor von Wyl new member of the Directorate of the Swiss School of Public Health
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Dr. Bianca Albers is Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Implementation Research and Practice
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Participants in FICUS trial: more than half of the recruitment aim has been achieved
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An introduction to implementation science via podcast
On the PhysioBib Podcast Dr Marie-Therese Schultes explains the foundations and potential applications of implementation science. Her interview – in German – with the podcast hosts Nils Reiter and Noak Liem gives a thorough overview over the topic.
You can listen to the full episode here.
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Swiss National Research foundation supports trial to decrease the use of antibiotics
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How TV can help us overcome disparities in combatting non-communicable diseases
In this short animated video, Prof. Dr Tobias Kowatsch gives an overview of his research into mitigating the socioeconomic inequalities in health, via lessons learned from TV.
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CTC Mini Series: Implementation Science
In cooperation with the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, the Clinical Trial Center at the University Hospital Zurich organizes a mini-series on Implementation Science. The aim is to draw attention to the relevance and application possibilities of Implementation Science in the field of clinical research. The focus of the first course is on an introduction to the topic with concrete examples, while in the second course the basics are deepened with further information on methodology, application and study design.
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Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Petra Brysiewicz
Petra Brysiewicz, Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing & Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has been involved in research and education of health professionals, primarily nurses, in South Africa and Africa for 25 years.
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FICUS trial begins recruitment of participants
The intensive care units participating in the FICUS trial have started recruiting family members of ICU patients from German-speaking Switzerland in June.
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Inaugural Lecture Rahel Naef
Prof Dr Rahel Naef will be giving her inaugural lecture on May 14th. Her talk is entitled “Health as Family Affair – A Nursing Science Perspective.” The talk is in German.
The lecture is public and will also be broadcast online.
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The SwissCovid Digital Proximity Tracing App after one year: Were expectations fulfilled?
Recent evidence on the SwissCovid app in Switzerland and digital proximity tracing (DPT) apps in an international context reveals DPT apps to be effective at mitigating non-household spread. Future pandemic management through DPT apps requires more investment in resources to advance digitalization in healthcare, educate relevant stakeholder groups and address concerns of user privacy and principles of voluntariness.
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Launch Event IfIS
“Is Switzerland ready for Implementation Science?” - this was the motto at the IfIS launch event. The detailed report can be found on the news page of the University of Zurich Link
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- Dr. Bianca Albers appointed Implementation Scientist at IfIS
- Data Collection for the FICUS Study Completed
- "Improving Research Impact for Families Experiencing Acute-Critical Illness": Working Paper on the Nursing Science Symposium 2024 is online
- Breaking Habits: Less Can Be More in Medicine
- IfIS at the Upcoming Conference "The Value of Implementation Science in Health and Social Care"
- Das IfIS soll sein Potenzial nutzen: Besuch von Rektor Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman am IfIS
- The module "Interprofessionelle Immersion" receives support from the UZH Teaching Fund
- Masterclass 2024
- Pfizer Research Prize goes to MD PhD Aline Wolfensberger and Professor Lauren Clack
- 887 participants enrolled in FICUS trial
- Seed Grants Citizen Science 2023: two of the six funded projects were applied by IfIS
- Professor Viktor von Wyl new member of the Directorate of the Swiss School of Public Health
- Dr. Bianca Albers is Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Implementation Research and Practice
- Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award to Professor Rahel Naef
- Masterclass 2023
- Participants in FICUS trial: more than half of the recruitment aim has been achieved
- The joy of volunteering - an interview with a member of the IfIS team
- A new study compares European Contact Tracing Apps
- IfIS joins Swiss Learning Health System
- European Implementation Event 2023
- Chances for the Swiss health care system thanks to implementation science
- Swiss National Research foundation supports trial to decrease the use of antibiotics
- What can implementation science do? Professor Lauren Clack answers in an interview
- How TV can help us overcome disparities in combatting non-communicable diseases
- FICUS trial begins recruitment of participants
- Proposal for a National Research Program