PhD Satellite Event

A research-get-together with networking opportunity around the DKF Clinical Research Day 2026 especially for (MD-)PhD students!

Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 16.00 - 18.00
University Hospital Basel, Centro Cantina, Ground floor, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel

PROGRAMME

16.00Welcome 
Niklaus Labhardt, Co-Director, Department of Clinical Research (DKF) 
16.10Introduction 
Andrea Kiemen, Training & Education, DKF 
16.30

Keynote Lecture  

From Bedside to Publication: How Patients Have Shaped My Research – and Vice Versa 
Cihan Atila, Postdoc, Endocrinologist, Research Group Mirjam Christ-Crain, Endocrinology, metabolic and developmental disorders, University Hospital Basel 

17.00

Rapid Fire Presentations 

Machine learning (ML)-based risk stratification for chest pain patients after rule-out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 
Tzu-Ying Tsao, PhD candidate in Clinical Research, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), USB

Pharmacological Research with Psychedelics
David Elmiger, PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Medical Health Sciences (GSMHS), Patient-oriented Research, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, USB

Targeting Inflammation to Reduce AF Recurrence: The COLECTRO-AF Study
Kseniya Bulatova, Cardiovascular Science PhD candidate Clinical Research - Atrial Fibrillation and Inflammation, USB 

Microsurgical versus complex physical decongestive therapy for chronic breast cancer-relatetd lymphoedema: a Chochrane Systematic Review 
Yvonne Haas, PhD candidate at the Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, USB

17.45DKF Support for (MD-)PhD students 
Andrea Kiemen, Training & Education, DKF 
18.00Apéro riche

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