Title | Supervisor | PhD Student | Date |
The dissertation project examines the supportive needs of family caregivers of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal neurodegenerative disease. The perspective of caregivers provides the starting point to improve support for carers and patients across all domains: practical, informational, psychological, spiritual, and ethical. | PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Christopher Poppe | 01.09.2022 |
Advancing SMart solutions and eliminating barriers for the Acquisition, Analysis, and Sharing of Health data in Switzerland [SMAASH]: Precision Medicine in the era of Big Data: this project aims to advance precision medicine in Switzerland, by having at its core the identification of barriers and facilitators to harmonized health data collection and sharing, while addressing associated issues of informed consent, privacy, confidentiality and public trust arising from big data analytics. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Lester Darryl Geneviève | 01.07.2017 31.12.2020 |
Ethical and legal regulation of Big Data research – towards a sensible and efficient use of electronic health records and social media data: Our dissertation is part of the NRP 75 – Big Data of the SNSF investigating societal and ethical challenges of research using the rapidly growing use of Big Data technologies. Big Data research that involves human subject is still unregulated and it calls for the development of a comprehensive framework that will promote effective and ethical big data research. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. David Shaw | Christophe Oliver Schneble Maddalena Favaretto | 01.02.2017 31.07.2020 |
Agequake in prisons – second part: Mental health care and forensic evaluation of aging prisoners and persons serving security measures in Switzerland: In our dissertation project at Basel University, we investigate the mental health of older offenders. We are particularly interested in different approaches of mental health care provision in correctional settings and the specific needs of the older offender population. | PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Sophie Haesen Helene Merkt Arnaud Benjamin Imber | 01.02.2017 31.01.2020 |
Genetic Testing: Factors Influencing Public Interest and Attitudes: For her dissertation, Bettina Zimmermann investigates factors influencing public interest and attitudes towards genetics. She does so by assessing the public debates using media content analyses, and by interviewing people attending genetic counseling sessions for heritable disease risks about their reasons, attitudes and information strategies. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. David Shaw | Bettina Zimmermann | 01.07.2016 30.06.2019 |
Respect for patient self-determination as quality indicator in palliative care: current state, problems and solutions in acute care hospitals: With a background Biomedicine, Milenko is a third year PhD candidate at the IBMB. Additionally, he is finishing a Master in Health Promotion at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences. Milenko’s PhD project focuses on self-determination of palliative care patients. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. Isabelle Wienand | Milenko Rakic | 01.05.2015 01.05.2018 |
Vulnerable persons in biomedical research. Reflections in European law: Éloïse Gennet is examining the European legal framework on vulnerable people and clinical trials. Drawing from international research ethics guidelines and ethics literature, she is critically analysing and comparing the protection from the Council of Europe and from the European Union through the stimulating lens of the concept of vulnerability. | Bernice S. Elger (University of Basel), Reto Kressig (University of Basel/Felix Platter Spital), Estelle Brosset (University of Aix-Marseille, France) | Eloïse Gennet | 01.02.2013 31.07.2018 |
Assistive Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Prof. Fabrice Jotterand | Marcello Ienca | 01.01.2015 31.12.2018 |
Ethics of Surveillance Data Use | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Evelyn Anane-Sarpong | 01.02.2014 28.02.2017 |
Education and its effect on the autonomy of women’s reproductive rights | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Chitu Omodu W. Princewill | 01.02.2014 30.06.2017 |
Challenging our intuitions about the moral status of non-human animals with experimental philosophy | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. David M. Shaw | Kirsten Persson | 01.08.2013 30.07.2017 |
Attitudes and motives concerning end-of-life decisions: competency and autonomy of children and adolescents in paediatric oncology: Michael Rost completed his PhD in 2018. Employing quantitative and qualitative methods, his doctoral work has investigated the process of shared decision-making regarding palliative care in pediatric oncology. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the IBMB. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. Eva De Clercq | Michael Rost | 01.05.2012 31.08.2017 |
Attitudes and motives concerning end-of-life decisions: competency and autonomy of children and adolescents in paediatric oncology | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Katharina Ruhe | 01.05.2012 31.08.2017 |
Ethical issues of cutting edge biotechnology: Embedded interdisciplinary risk benefit evaluation of first-in-human trials in synthetic biology and nanomedicine | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. David M. Shaw | Priya Satalkar | 01.08.2012 29.02.2016 |
Comparative study in adolescent oncofertility decision making: Adolescent oncofertility decision making in Israel and Switzerland. | Prof. Bernice S. Elger, PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo and Prof. Vardit Ravitsky | Dorit Barlevy | 01.04.2015 31.08.2016 |
Agequake in prisons: Reality, policies and practical solutions concerning custody and health care for ageing prisoners in Switzerland | Prof. Bernice S. Elger, PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo and Dr. Violet F. Handtke | Wiebke Bretschneider | 01.10.2011 31.07.2015 |
Agequake in prisons: Reality, policies and practical solutions concerning custody and health care for ageing prisoners in Switzerland | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Violet Fleur Handtke | 01.10.2011 31.07.2015 |
Competency and Autonomy of Children and Adolescents in Pediatric Oncology decision making processes. Comparative research study between Switzerland and Romania | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo | Domniţa Oana Bădărău | 01.02.2012 31.12.2015 |
How to decide who decides - Membership rules and organisational frameworks in university ethics committees and their influence on ethical decision making | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. Corinna Jung | Ina Otte | 01.08.2015 31.12.2015 |
Banking together: sharing biological samples among Swiss researchers | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and Dr. Heidi C. Howard | Flora Colledge | 01.05.2011 30.04.2014 |
Open Disclosure | Prof. Bernice S. Elger and | Stuart R. Mc Lennan | 01.06.2011 31.05.2014 |
BAG-Tabakfonds: Weniger Rauch im Gefängnis | Prof. Bernice S. Elger | Catherine Ritter | 01.01.2009 31.12.2012 |
Ethical issues of cutting edge biotechnology: Embedded interdisciplinary risk benefit evaluation of first-in-human trials in synthetic biology and nanomedicine. The ethical challenges of translational research with stable patients | Prof. Dr. Bernice Simone Elger | Rebecca Nast | |
