Clinical Research Day 2026
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 11.15 - 17.15
University Hospital Basel, Kleiner Hörsaal, Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung (ZLF)
Congratulations to all prize winners!
Best Presentations
| 1st prize | Felix Gerber (middle in picture) | Community-based hypertension care in rural Lesotho – a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL cohort study |
| 2nd prize | Johannes Schwenke (left in picture) | Randomized Comparison of ctDNA-Guided Management vs. Usual Care in Advanced Solid Cancer: The LIQPLAT Trial |
| 3rd prize | Sven Lustenberger (right in picture) | Diagnosing Vasopressin deficiency using Mannitol-stimulated Copeptin |
Best Turbo Presentation
| 1st prize | Tristan Lee (left in picture) | Effect of switching to an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-based regimen on cardiovascular disease risk for individuals with controlled HIV – A target trial emulation using Swiss HIV Cohort Study data |
| 2nd prize | Fabian Jordan (middle in picture) | Diagnostic accuracy of an AI-based ECG algorithm for atrial flutter: a prospective comparison with electrophysiological study |
| 3rd prize | Iliana Esquivel (right in picture) | Untreated, uncontrolled, and below-target hypertension in southern Africa: a population-based prevalence and care cascade assessment in rural Lesotho |
| Most creative presentation | Fabian Jordan (middle in picture) | Diagnostic accuracy of an AI-based ECG algorithm for atrial flutter: a prospective comparison with electrophysiological study |
Best Poster Presentations
Best poster presentations
| 1st prize | Chiara Minotti (second left in picture) | Risk factors for antibiotic resistant bacterial colonisation in European Neonatal Units – results of the NeoIPC feasibility study |
| 2nd prize | Tibor Zimpfer (first left in picture) | Real-world comparative outcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with interval cytoreductive surgery versus primary cytoreductive surgery in epithelial ovarian cancer: insights from the Australian Ovarian Cancer Study |
| 3rd prize | Simon Trüssel (second right in picture) | Time course of motor recovery after stroke with versus without levodopa: The 6-month follow-up of the ESTREL Trial |
Best poster design
| Visual Communication Prize | Simone Penker (right in picture) | Spinal Cord Gray Matter Atrophy is inversely associated with Motor Unit Size Index in persons with Post-Polio Syndrome |
