Fellows in Focus: August 2023

Updates concerning Sciana Fellows, Advisors, and Chairs in August 2023

In Memoriam: Christina Brunnschweiler

This month, we were sad to learn Sciana Fellow Christina Brunnschweiler recently passed away following an illness.

She worked for Spitex for two decades, most recently as CEO of Spitex Zürich Limmat and co-CEO of Spitex Zürich until her retirement at the end of 2022.

Speaking to Sciana in 2018, Christina said, "Health care, for me, is not only, you know, making money and making good new projects… it’s really helping people and doing something in the sense of public health, and that’s where I get my passion… I really want to improve public health in a very hands-on manner.”

She wanted to “help… in a good way, in a cost-effective way, in a way that people who are working in our industry, but also people who are depending on it, really get the best out of it.”

If you would like to leave a tribute, we encourage you to do so underneath our LinkedIn or X posts.

Our thoughts remain with Christina's family and friends.

Mathias Binswanger appointed to Swiss National Science Foundation project steering committee

Mathias Binswanger (Cohort 2) will sit on a steering committee overlooking the "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services" project. > Read

Judith Safford speaks at Schweizerische Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew (SVMB) meeting

Judith Safford (Cohort 3) discussed how the Bechterew database benefits those affected and challenges in the health care system.  > Watch

Raus aus der Mitte (Get out of the middle)

Annamaria Müller (Cohort 2) says, "We have to involve the people affected by health problems in finding solutions, make them actors..." > Read

Tobias Gantner (Cohort 1) and Artur Olesch launch new podcast

Join Tobias and Artur as they take you on a journey into the future of medicine. With the mobile studio in the HealthCare MakerMobil, they travel across the country to get an idea of the digitization of healthcare in Germany, meeting representatives from politics, science, pharmacy and medical professions, patients, and start-ups. > Listen

Video Playlist: Sciana Advisors and Co-Chairs

In May 2022, we spoke on-camera with Jose M. Martin-Moreno, co-chair for Cohort 5, and Sciana Advisors Fiona Godlee and Edelgard Bulmahn. > Watch

Herr Zeltner, hat die einst grundsolide Schweiz verlernt, mit Krisen umzugehen? (Mr. Zeltner, has once rock-solid Switzerland forgotten how to deal with crises?)

Sciana Advisor Thomas Zeltner spoke to Neue Zürcher Zeitung about poor leadership, fax machines, and fitness in old age. > Read