Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID)

The MCID is an interdisciplinary strategic center at the University of Bern dedicated to the study and mitigation of healthcare, societal, ethical, and economic risks from infectious diseases.

The MCID brings together high impact academic researchers with the aim of determining the origins of infectious disease risks, preparing for and managing these risks.

The launch of the MCID has been made possible through a generous donation by the Vinetum Foundation.

In 2021, the MCID launched its first call for project funding; 17 projects were selected for funding and will begin in early 2022, working in collaboration with the MCID Core Activities.

News and events

MCID Members awarded NRP79 "Advancing 3R" funding

Members of the MCID Immunology Cluster, Prof. Dr. med. Andrew Macpherson and Prof. Dr. Siegfried Hapfelmeier have been awarded SNSF NRP 79 funding for "3R in animal experiments" projects entitled, respectively, "EXPLOR3R: Exploring 3R with experimental ethics" and "Using Zophobas morio larvae to design a new in vivo model of intestinal colonisation due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales". See here for details of all funded projects.

Joint meeting: SSTMP-SSTTM

On 10th and 11th November, the Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology and Swiss Society of Tropical and Travel Medicine will hold a joint annual meeting. See here for program and registration details.

MCID Members chosen as members of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox

MCID Members Prof. Dr. Kathrin Summermatter and Prof. Dr. med. Nicola Low have been made members of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox.

Registration is now open for the Rigi Workshop 2023: Infectious diseases as drivers of change

From 29th to 31st January 2023, the Rigi workshop will take place at Mount Rigi-Kulm, organised by the SCNAT, SSTMP and others. This workshop, "Infectious diseases as drivers of change: a scientific and historical perspective on past, present, and future" will look at infectious diseases from an interdisciplinary point of view, covering both societal and technological impacts. See here for more details and to register.

MCID Ethics and Policy lab: Public policy workshop

On 12th September, the Ethics and Policy Lab will hold a first workshop on public policy

Integrating scientific findings into political processes: possibilities and limitations

Dr. Johanna Hornung and Dr. Caroline Schlaufer of the MCID Ethics and Policy Cluster discuss this topic in the "décodage" blog of the SAGW (Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften).

MCID-Monkeypox Event, 29th June 2022

On 29th June, from 18.00-19.00, the MCID will host a monkeypox information event on Twitter Spaces

MCID Opening Event and Scientific Symposium

On the 9th and 10th June the MCID held its Official Opening Event and first annual Scientific Symposium. See here for more details about the event and a full program.

MCID launches a new call for research project funding: the Early-Career Research Grant for Women

On 1st March 2022 the MCID Bern launched a new research project funding call: the Early-Career Research Grant for Women. The deadline for applications is Friday 20th May 2022.

MCID member PD Dr. Christian Althaus starts lecture series at Collegium generale

The Collegium generale at the University of Bern begins a new new lecture series titled "Thinking the End". On Wednesday, 23 February 2022, MCID member PD Dr. Christian Althaus will give the first lecture with his thoughts about the end of a pandemic.

MCID-Omicron Event, December 8th 2021

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