1988
Dissertation (magna cum laude)

1987
Licence to practice medicine

06 – 08/1986
University of Birmingham, England (PJ)

04 – 06/1986
University of California San Diego, USA (PJ)

07/1981 – 05/1987
Study of human medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

01/2003
Specialist (FMH) in infectiology (Switzerland)

12/2002
Titular professorship (University of Basel)

since 01/2001
Head Physician for Infectiology and Vaccinology, UKBB

08/1999
Rehabilitation (University of Basel)

11/1998 – 12/2000
Senior physician in the Department of Infectiology and Vaccinology

01/1998
Diploma "Paediatric Infectiology DGPI" from the German Society for Paediatric Infectiology

07/1987 – 11/1998
Clinic and Polyclinic for Children and Adolescents, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

12/1995
Appointment as private lecturer

08/1995 – 11/1998
Senior Physician in the Department of Infection Epidemiology and Vaccines and Clinical Senior Physician

08/1996 – 10/1997
Research stay at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, laboratory of Prof Dr J.F. Miller, scholarship holder of the European Society for Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

07/1995
Habilitation (University of Erlangen)

05/1993 – 07/1994
Specialist in paediatrics

07/1987 – 04/1993
Assistant doctor

04/1993
Specialist in paediatrics

11/2013
Good Clinical Practice in Paediatrics, certificate (Swissmedic)

05 – 10/2008
Management seminar for managers in the healthcare sector (Certificate of Advanced Sciences, HSG University of St. Gallen)

04/2002
Workshop "Leadership Practice II" (Univ. Basel)

01/2001
Workshop "Leadership Practice IB" (Univ. Basel)

11 – 12/2000
Workshop "Leadership Practice IA" (Univ. Basel)

03/1998
Intensive course in hospital hygiene, National Reference Centre for Hospital Hygiene, Berlin

05/2009
Media training (MEDICINE/ZDF), Mainz

2017-2021
President of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Group Switzerland (PIGS)

2018 – 2021, 2015 – 2017
World Health Organisation (WHO), Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety (GACVS)

2016 – 2019, 2012 – 2015, 2008 – 2011, 2004 – 2007
Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues, Federal Department of Home Affairs, Bern (EKIF), Member of the Commission

2016 – 2019, 2012 – 2015
Federal Commission for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (EPK), Federal Department of Home Affairs, Bern, Appointed member of the Commission

2010 – 2018
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, member of the Senate (for the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel)

2009 – 2012
World Health Organisation (WHO), Technical Oversight Committee for the Global Network for Postmarketing Surveillance of Prequalified Vaccines (Member)

1999 – 2012
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), President (2009-2012), Committee for Training, Member (2006-2009), Board Member (Treasurer) (1999-2005)

2010 – 2013, 2005 – 2008
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Foundation (ESPID), Board of directors

Since 2001
Standing Vaccination Commission at the Robert Koch Institute (Deputy Chairman, 2007 - 2010), Appointed member of the Commission (since 2001)

Since 2003
The Brighton Collaboration (WHO), 2nd Chairman of the Steering Committee (2006-2007, 2003-2004), Founding member and member of the Steering Committee (1999-2007), Advisory member of the Steering Committee (Observer) (since 2008)

1991 – 2007
German Society for Paediatric Infectiology (DGPI), founding member (1991), board member (1997-1999, 2004-2007), 2nd chairman (2006-2007)

2006 – 2009
Influenza pandemic team, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

2006 – 2011, 2013 – 2016
Member of the "Working Group on Vaccine pharmacovigilance", CIOMS/WHO, Geneva

2004 – 2011
Robert Koch Institute, "Study on sudden death in young children" (TOKEN), Scientific Advisory Board

Since 1998
Commission for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations of the German Academy of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 1st Chairman (since 2001), Appointed member of the Commission (since 1998)

since 2000
INFOVAC - Vaccination counselling for doctors in Switzerland

since 2015
Vaccine Safety Quarterly, Brighton Collaboration, Basel, Editor in Chief

since 2012
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, LWW, USA, Associate Chief-Editor

since 2008
ARS MEDICI, Rosenfluh Verlag, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

since 2006
Paediatric Practice, Hans-Marseille Verlag, Munich

since 2005
Clinical Paediatrics, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart

2001 – 2005
Vaccines: Children and Practice (ADIS International)

since 1999
Archives of Disease in Childhood, British Medical Association, London

1998 – 2000
Immunology and Vaccination, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg

PIGS
Pediatric Infectious Disease Group Switzerland

IDSA
Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, USA

DGKJ
German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

SGP
Swiss Society for Paediatrics

SGKJ
South German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

BVKJ
Professional Association of Paediatricians, Germany

SGI
Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases

DGPI
German Society for Paediatric Infectiology

PIDS
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society for America, USA

ESPID
European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

ASM
American Society for Microbiology, USA

SPR
Society for Pediatric Research, USA (2002-2010)

DGI
German Society for Infectiology (1991-2012)

Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, USA

• Meinhard von Pfaundler Prevention Award 2015, Children's Health Foundation, Munich
• Bill Marshall Award of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, ESPID, 2015
• Scientific Award of the Swiss Society of Infectiology (Mühlemann K, Franzini C, Aebi C, Berger C, Nadal D, Stahelin J, Gnehm H, Posfay-Barbe K, Gervaix A, Sax H, Heininger U, Bonhoeffer J, Eich G,Kind C, Petignat C, Scalfaro P. Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Swisschildren's hospitals), 2005
• Best paper of the annual conference of the "Swiss Society for Prevention and Public Health (SGPG)" (M. Forster, G. Bär, U. Heininger, M. Mäusezahl. The epidemiology of pertussis in Switzerland 1996-2003); 2005
• Wyeth Foundation Grant Award Pediatric Infectious Disease Group - Multi-center Study on the Prevalence of Nasal Colonisation with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Patients Admitted to Children's Hospitals in Switzerland; Principal Investigator; 2005
• Sanofi Pasteur MSD Scientific Award 2005 of the Swiss Society of Infectiology (Mühlemann K, Franzini C, Aebi C, Berger C, Nadal D, Stahelin J, Gnehm H, Posfay-Barbe K, Gervaix A, Sax H, Heininger U, Bonhoeffer J, Eich G, Kind C, Petignat C, Scalfaro P. Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Swiss children's hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004;25:765-71)
• Guido Fanconi Memorial Prize of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics (together with C.A. Siegrist, D. Desgrandchamps and B. Vaudaux as the "InfoVac-Ped" group "In recognition of information work on vaccination issues for paediatricians in clinics and practices", 2001
• Research Fellowship Award, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 1996
• Poster prize at the 44th Annual Conference of the South German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Bad Tölz, 19 - 21 May 1995
• Young Investigator Award, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 1995
• Poster prize at the 41st Annual Conference of the South German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Karlsruhe, 22 - 24 May 1992