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Issue 54 - October 2025

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  • Education

Reforming for better training: medical education reinvents itself

The Faculty of Medicine is embarking on an ambitious reform of medical education. This project, called ENSI 23-27, aims to meet current needs while incorporating the challenges of artificial intelligence and changes in healthcare practices. Major discussions are also underway on the 1st year of medical studies, in Geneva as elsewhere in Switzerland.

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  • Education

HealthCH 2025 symposium: rethinking integrated care in Switzerland

On the 9th of September, the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine's Institute of Global Health welcomed over 300 participants from diverse backgrounds to discuss the challenges facing the development and scale-up of integrated health networks in Switzerland. These are major political and economic issues on which research provides a solid academic perspective.

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  • Research

A new energy for the Diabetes Research Centre

To mark its 10th anniversary, the Diabetes Centre is entering a new phase. Its new strategy gives greater prominence to young researchers, encouraging collaboration, innovation and scientific excellence. Another key objective is to strengthen the partnership with patients and stimulate dialogue between the clinic and basic science laboratories.

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  • Research

Bringing together research on skeletal muscle and movement

The Centre of Research on Skeletal Muscle and Movement (CR2M) aims to understand and promote human mobility. Biologists, physicians and movement specialists will work together to propose new therapies for muscle and movement disorders. An inaugural symposium on 17 October marks its official launch.

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  • Academic Life

Antoine Flahault: looking back on twelve years at the head of the Institute of Global Health

In 2014, Antoine Flahault was tasked with creating and developing the Institute of Global Health (ISG) at the Faculty of Medicine. On his retirement from the UNIGE and the HUG, he looks back on the creation of an innovative institute at the heart of international Geneva, the challenges of scientific communication and the threats that multilateralism in health is currently facing.

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  • 2 Minutes With

Two minutes with... Noémie Colongo

Noémie Colongo, a 3rd year student in human medicine, is also a member of the AEMG Committee. She is passionate about the diversity of her studies and the profession that awaits her, where every day is different.

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  • Research

How genetic switches affect development

Enhancers are small non-coding DNA regions whose role is to regulate the expression of a gene and can be the cause of many developmental abnormalities. Guillaume Andrey sheds light on recent research.

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Appointments from July to October 2025

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Awards from July to October 2025

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Retirement from July to September 2025

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