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(3.23 CHF / min. from the Swiss landline, possibly additionally 8 Rp. / min. by network operator)

 
 

0900 712 713

(3.13 CHF / min. for calls from prepaid cell phones, possibly additionally 8 Rp. / min. by network operator)

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  • 145   Tox Center (Poisoning)
  • 117   Police
  • 118   Fire Department

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Prof. Urs Frey, MD, PhD

Urs Frey - UKBB - Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel - Pädiatrie - Kinderheilkunde - Pediatrics - Pédiatrie - Seltene Krankheiten - Rare Diseases - Maladies Rares - Perinatal Zentrum - Perinatal Center - Centre Périnatal - Pseudocrupp - Impfungen Baby - Baby Vaccination - Vaccin Bebe

Medical Director UKBB,
Chief Physician Pediatrics,
Member of the Executive Board,
Research Group Leader

 

Personal data

Date of Birth

June 7, 1962

Nationality

Swiss

Marital Status

married, 2 children

Current positions

2019 - present

Chairman of the National Steering Board, Swiss Personalized Health Network

2015 - present

Individual member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Researchers

2010 - present

Medical Director, Chair of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Basel

2016 - 2018

Vice President of the National Steering Board of the Swiss Personalised Health Network

2015 - 2018

Vice President Swiss PedNet

Education and training

1999

Ph.D. Bioengineering, Leicester University, Leicester, UK

1997

Specialisation - Child and Youth Medicine and Pulmonology, University of Bern, CH

1995

Specialisation - Pediatrics, University of Bern, CH

1990

MD, University of Bern, CH

Professional positions

2005 - 2010

Head of Department and Professor of Pediatric Pulmonolgy, University Hospital of Bern, CH

2001 - 2005

Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital of Bern, CH

1997 - 2001

SCORE Fellowship - Swiss National Society, University of Bern, CH

1994 - 1997

Fellowship - Swiss National Society, Leicester University, UK

1994

Fellowship - Swiss CF Society, Dept of Bopmedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, USA

1990 - 1993

Clinical Training - Pediatrics, University of Bern, CH

1989 - 1990

Fellowship - Swiss National Society, University of Bern, Switzerland

Research experiences and grants

2021 - 2025

Swiss National Science Foundation 320030_204717
Air Pollution and Effects on Lung Functional Development and Respiratory Morbidity in At-Risk Infants.

2018 - 2021

Swiss National Science Foundation 320030B-182871
The prospective Basel-Bern infant lung development birth cohort (BILD): Impact of air pollution on profibrotic and autophagy related mechanisms involved in the development of the respiratory system in infants.

2015 - 2018

Swiss National Science Foundation 320030-163311
The prospective Basel-Bern infant lung development birth cohort (BILD): Integrating the impact of genetic and environmental factors on trajectories of respiratory disease from birth to school age.

2012 - 2015

Swiss National Science Foundation 324730-144280
The prospective Basel-Bern infant lung development birth cohort (BILD): early impact of genetic and environmental factors on lung growth and respiratory morbidity.

2010 - 2015

Co-applicant: IMI - EU Innovative Medicine Initiative U-BIOPRED

Biomarkers of severe asthma

2009 - 2011

Swiss National Science Foundation 32003B-124654

Impact of early envrionmental and genetic determinants on lung development from infancy to preschool age

2008 - 2011

Co-applicant: Swiss National Science Foundation 3200B0-122341

Breastfeeding and the risk of childhood asthma: a population-based study

2008 - 2011

Co-applicant: FP7-EU (EFRAIM Multi-Centre Consortium grant) Responsible for developmental physiology and fieldwork

Scientific or professional organisations

2015 - 2019

Member - Fleischner Society, Society for Thoracic Imaging and Diagnosis, USA

2014 - 2016

President, Division III: Biology and Medicine - Swiss National Foundation

2013  - present

Pediatric Advisory Board - Lancet Respiratory Medicine

2008 - present

Member - Swiss National Science Foundation

2006 - present

Pediatric Editor - European Respiratory Journal

1999 - 2007

ERS Scientific group secretary/chair 7.01 (Pediatric Respiratory Physiology)

1998 - 2001

ERS - ATS Joint Officer (for the Infant lung physiology task force)

Reviewer

SNF, Nature, NEJM, Lancet, PNAS, American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thorax, European Respiratory Journal, Pediatric Pulmonology, Journal of Applied Physiology, Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology, Pediatric Research and others

Awards

2020

Guido Fanconi Prize - Swiss Society of Paediatric

2007

ERS Romain Pauwels Award - Asthma Research in Europe

2005

Swiss Research Prize - Pediatric Pulmonology, for outstanding contribution to the field

2003

Theodor-Kocher Research Prize, University of Bern

2003

Swiss Research Prize - Pediatrics (together with Prof. Wildhaber (Zürich) and Hammer (Baseo) for Research collaboration)

2001

ERS annual Award - Pediatric Respiratory Medicine in Europe

2001

Poster Research Prize - Pulmonolgy (as senior author)

1997

Swiss Research Prize - Pediatrics

Contact

Frey, MD, PhD, Urs

Prof. Urs Frey, MD, PhD

Medical Director UKBB, Chief Physician Pediatrics, Member of the Executive Board, Research Group Leader

      Research

      Research Groups: Pneumology Research

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