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Since 2013
Senior Physician, Paediatric Endocrinology/Diabetology, University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, Prof. U. Frey
2007 – 2013
Senior Consultant Paediatric Endocrinology/Diabetology and Emergency Ward, University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, Prof. U.B. Schaad and Prof. U. Frey
2003 – 2006
Paediatric Endocrinology, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, Prof. M. Polak
2002 – 2003
Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, University Hospital Basel, Prof. U. Keller
2001
Paediatrics, Hôpital régional Delémont, Dr P. Terrier and Dr F. Farron
2000
Paediatric Endocrinology/Diabetology, University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, PD Dr U. Zumsteg
1998 – 1999
Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, Prof. U.B. Schaad
1997
Internal Medicine, Zofingen District Hospital, Dr H.J. Vonesch
1995 – 1996
Paediatric Surgery, Lucerne Children's Hospital, Prof. A. Schärli
2013
Habilitation (venia docendi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel in Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, specialising in Paediatric Endocrinology-Diabetology
2009
Ph.D. (Doctorat de physiologie du développement et différenciation fonctionnelle, Université Paris VII Diderot, Paris, France. Title of dissertation: Mécanismes moléculaires et cellulaires du développement normal et pathologique de la glande thyroïde)
2008
Specialisation in paediatric endocrinology-diabetology FMH
2005
Specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine FMH
1995
Doctorate (title of dissertation: Intragastric versus intravenous ranitidine infusion: pH control and serum levels in healthy volunteers)
1994
State Examination in Human Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel
2015 – 2016
Principal Investigator, Research Fund University of Basel, Title: Epigenetic regulation of thyroid development
2011 – 2015
Principal Investigator, Swiss National Science Foundation Project 31003A_130458, Title: Epigenetic regulation of thyroid development
2008 – 2009
Co-Investigator, European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, Research Unit Grant, Title: Molecular regulation of normal thyroid development and function and its diseases
2015 - today
Research Group Leader, Department of Clinical Research (DFK), University of Basel
2015 - today
Associate Editor, Yearbook in Paediatric Endocrinology of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
2012
Member of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) International Consensus Group on Congenital Hypothyroidism
2008 – 2013
Member of the Board, Société Francophone de la Recherche en Pédiatrie (SFRP)
Reviewer
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Swiss Cancer League, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Thyroid, Scientific Reports, PLoS One, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Medical Epigenetics, European Journal of Endocrinology, European Journal of Human Genetics
FMH
Association of Swiss Physicians
SGP
Swiss Society for Paediatrics
SGPED
Swiss Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Member of the Board since 2015
SGED
Swiss Society for Endocrinology and Diabetology
SGIEM
Swiss Society for Congenital Metabolic Disorders
PEMS
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Switzerland, founding member
ESPE
European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
SFRP
Société Francophone de la Recherche en Pédiatrie
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