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27 Apr '21
The year of solidarity: 2020 annual report
Continue readingThe USZ Foundation is currently supporting more than 60 innovative projects at USZ. In the 2020 annual report we look back on a special year of solidarity. Thanks to a growing number of donors, the USZ Foundation can continually support more projects at University Hospital Zurich. In particular, last year were able to enter into […]
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13 Apr '21
Personalized treatment for liver cancer
Continue readingMore and more people are contracting liver cancer. Some novel immune therapies that could be used to treat it are yielding promising results. But so far too little is known about precisely how these therapies work and which patients will respond. An international research team also involving University Hospital Zurich has now published a study […]
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05 Nov '20
Three USZ researchers granted funding
Continue readingThree researchers at USZ are to receive funding from the Novartis Research Foundation’s FreeNovation program. The annual call for proposals is designed to support unconventional projects that are rarely considered by other funding programs. Each selected project receives around CHF 180,000 for a period of 18 months. The projects and project heads receiving funding in […]
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24 Jun '20
A better understanding of Covid-19
Continue readingEven though there has been a major decline in the number of coronavirus infections in Switzerland, the pandemic continues to affect many countries across the world. And a second wave cannot be ruled out. This makes it all the more important to get a better understanding of the Covid-19 disease and improve its treatment. The […]
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19 May '20
Continuing support for corona projects
Continue readingThe USZ Corona Solidarity Fund is able to fund another project at University Hospital Zurich (USZ): In recent years the Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine at USZ has co-developed a method it calls Problem Management Plus, where specialists offer those seeking help individual counseling on strategies for managing problems and stress. The department […]
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14 May '20
Good report for new radiotherapy equipment
Continue readingFor a year now, University Hospital Zurich (USZ) has been using its MRI Linac unit to achieve the highest levels of precision in complex cancer treatments. The new equipment combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with radiotherapy, enabling doctors to track the position of a tumor in real time and constantly optimize irradiation to make the […]
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30 Apr '20
Solidarity Fund enables first corona projects
Continue readingTo support University Hospital Zurich’s endeavors during the coronavirus pandemic the USZ Foundation has launched the Corona Solidarity Fund. Many thanks to the donors who are contributing to this effort! They’ve already made it possible to fund two projects. Safer intensive care: Many COVID-19 patients require treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). The staff […]
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06 Apr '20
Corona Solidarity Fund and 2019 Annual Report
Continue readingUniversity Hospital Zurich is experiencing a wave of solidarity. This has prompted the USZ Foundation to launch a Corona Solidarity Fund. The foundation can moreover look back on a gratifying 2019 financial year, with donors making it possible to support 45 projects at USZ. The coronavirus is pushing the healthcare system to its limits, also […]
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22 Aug '19
Blog on Swiss Digital Day
Continue readingOne of the themes of Swiss Digital Day on 3 September 2019 is digitalization in healthcare. The USZ Foundation is taking part by way of a blog post. In an interview Emanuela Keller, medical director of the neurological intensive care unit at USZ, explains how digitalization can make intensive care even safer and more humane. […]
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04 Jun '19
Precision Cancer Therapy
Continue readingThe Department of Radiation Oncology at University Hospital Zurich has Switzerland’s first hybrid MRI-Linac device. The equipment integrates magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a radiotherapy linear accelerator to irradiate tumors with greater precision. The technology was acquired with the help of a gift to the USZ Foundation. Two become one: the MRI-Linac combines magnetic resonance […]