Annual Meeting 2026

The Annual Meeting of the Cardiovascular Research Cluster Bern took place on Monday, January 19, 2026.

*The CVRC Annual Meetings are targeted for active cardiovascular researchers and clinicians in Bern, as well as members of our partner programmes and collaborators.

Programme

Please check out here the  programme.

The scientific programme is:

  • accredited by the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK): 5 CME credits
  • accredited by the Swiss Society of Cardiac Surgery (SGHC): 4 CME credits
  • accredited by the Swiss Society of Angiology (SGA): 2 CME credits
  • creditable for attending and presenting PhD/MD-PhD students with 0.5 ECTS

Congratulations to the prize winners 2026

- Clinical Category: Best Flash Presentation Prize - Lena Bürgi
- Fundamental Category: Best Flash Presentation Prize - Rahel Ottersberg
- Clinical Category: Best Poster Prize - Pooya Mohammadi Kazaj
- Fundamental Category: Best Poster Prize - Bryce Evans

Left to right: Pooya Mohammadi Kazaj (Department of Cardiology), Rahel Ottersberg (Department of Cardiac Surgery and Department for Biomedical Research), Lena Bürgi (Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine), Prof. Jan Kucera (Department of Physiology)