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  • Improving people’s quality of life together

    The USZ Foundation is University Hospital Zurich’s independent charitable foundation. We work with you to promote medical innovations at USZ that directly improve people’s quality of life. Thanks to your donation, we can do even more.

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  • “The Hub is helping take our project to the next level.”

    University Hospital Zurich now has a platform to help it identify and promote innovations even more rapidly: the Health Innovation Hub.

  • “My head feels free again.”

    How to time radiotherapy for brain metastases is controversial. A trial at University Hospital Zurich now aims to settle the matter.

  • “I am reassured by the examination.”

    If a tear develops in a coronary vessel it can lead to a heart attack. The cardiologist Christian Templin investigates the rare condition.

  • News
    • More medical innovations thanks to the philanthropic funding loop

      We’re delighted to announce a new entrepreneurial funding model that will extend the support options available to the USZ Foundation. It will create a philanthropic funding loop facilitating even more medical innovations that improve people’s quality of life. How the philanthropic funding loop works The USZ Foundation and its supporting partners grant loans to fund […]
    • Brigitte Leeners elected to board of trustees

      Professor Dr. med. Brigitte Leeners has been elected to the USZ Foundation Board of Trustees with effect 23 September 2024. For the last four years, the gynecologist and reproductive medicine specialist has directed University Hospital Zurich’s Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, having held various positions there, most recently Head of Clinical Research, since 2003. Her current […]
    • Monika Jänicke appointed new vice-president

      Dr. Monika Jänicke PhD has been elected as the new vice-president of the USZ Foundation with effect 1 June 2023. She holds a PhD in organometallic chemistry and was most recently Managing Director, Pharmaceuticals, for Novartis in its key market of France. There she successfully guided the company through a strategic and organizational transformation process […]
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    We warmly invite you to join forces with the USZ Foundation to support medical innovation at University Hospital Zurich. Together we’ll find the right solution for your desired area of support.

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