Medical Research Positions
Former Scholarship Holders
Dr. Aiman S. Saab
University of Zurich
Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Duration: 1 June 2019 – 30 September 2020
Mentor: Prof Bruno Weber
Project: “Impact of neuron-glia metabolic coupling on brian function, plasticity and aging”
Dan Atar, MD
University Hospital Zurich
Department Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Duration: 01.07.1997 - 30.06.2000
Project: Molecular Basis of Myocardial Stunning
Britta Maurer, MD
University Hospital Zurich
Department of Rheumatology
Duration: April 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Mentor: Prof Oliver Distler
Project: "Early diagnosis and disease monitoring of systemic autoimmune disorders with molecular targeted imaging"
Dr. Grégory Verdeil
University of Lausanne
Department of Oncology and Ludwig Cancer Research Center
Duration: August 01 2017 - January 31 2021
Project: "Finding and characterizing of new targets to overcome T cell exhaustion for immunotherapy of cancer"
Alexandre Theocharides, PD
University Hospital Zurich
Clinic for Hematology
Duration: 01.06.2015 - 30.09.2021 (suspended Sep 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020)
Mentor: Prof. Markus G. Manz
Project: The role of cell-extrinsic factors in hematopoietic stem cell malignancies
Dr. Wendy Wei-Lynn Wong
University Zurich
Institute for Experimental Immunology
Duration: 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2020
Project: 1) Blood cell development 2) Relevance of IAPs and RIPKs in disease models 3) Mechanism separating cytokine driving vs cell death
Dr. Mathias M. Hauri-Hohl
University Children's Hospital Zurich
Department for Stem Cell Transplantation
Duration: 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2020 (suspended Apr 1 - Aug 2018)
Mentor: Prof. Felix Sennhauser
Project: Strengthening Thymic Function in Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Dr. Rajesh Jayachandran
University of Basel
Bio Center
Duration: 01.07.2011 - 30.06.2016
Project: Role for Coronin 1 signaling in the development of autoimmunity and T cell mediated disorders