Abstract

Matthias Egger Reelected as National Research Council President

(Swiss National Science Foundation, September 07, 2020)

The Executive Committee of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Council recently reelected the internationally renowned epidemiologist Matthias Egger as its President for the 2021-2024 term of office. For Matthias Egger, the main focus of his work in the Research Council is evaluation quality, which is complemented by other priority areas, such as gender equality in research, open access to research data and publications, scientific integrity and the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2002, Matthias Egger has been doing research and teaching at the University of Bern, where he is a professor of epidemiology and public health, and between April and July 2020, he led the scientific task force advising the Swiss government on the COVID-19 pandemic. He was first elected President of the National Research Council of the SNSF in 2017.



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