Prof. Pierre-François Leyvraz
General Director
Located in the heart of the Lake Geneva "Health Valley", CHUV is one of Switzerland's 5 university hospitals and one of the 10 best in the world, according to the 2019 classification by Newsweek magazine.
Our public service hospital plays a leading role in the fields of medical care, research and training, thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). With a vision of medicine at the crossroads of the sciences and humanities, CHUV also has numerous links within Switzerland and abroad.
I hope that the pages of this website that we present to the world, as well as the In Vivo selection of projects below, will help you to gauge the pulse of our hospital: every project makes its own contribution towards the “thinking health” of the future.
Enjoy!
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Explore our hospital’s 2018 profile via a few key figures.
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Immunotherapy for children
To fight lymphoblastic leukaemia in children and young adults, the UNIL CHUV Oncology Department and our paediatric oncology consultation have developed an innovative immunotherapy in collaboration with Seattle Children's Hospital.
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Walking again
High hopes are being raised by the STIMO project, which has enabled some paralysed persons to regain the use of their legs.
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Healing severe burn victims
A pioneer in biological bandages for burn victims, CHUV now hopes to give them antimicrobial properties.
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Uncovering the mysteries of lymph
Unique in Switzerland, CHUV’s lymphatic vessel imaging technique is improving treatments for lymphoedema.
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A close look at the Lausanne inhabitants
The CoLaus|PsyCoLaus study includes more than 6,700 inhabitants of the city of Lausanne in Switzerland followed for over 15 years. The results of the study have already given rise to more than 470 publications.
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Redefining a night's sleep
Since 2009, HypnoLaus has collected more than 2,000 samples of sleep data from non-selected participants aged 40 to 80.
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Giving birth in a more natural position
Imaging, biomechanics and obstetrics professionals are joining forces to find the best positions for vaginal delivery.
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Adapting hospitals for our seniors
CHUV aims to turn itself into a more elderly-friendly hospital by 2023. Measures are planned to adapt the pace and type of care.
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Revealing the cause of death
Forensic imaging has taken a leap forward thanks to the post-mortem angiography technique developed at CHUV. Fluids flow through blood vessels without a beating heart.
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Think health
The multi award-winning In Vivo magazine published by CHUV and produced in conjunction with the LargeNetwork agency offers an overview of medical innovation in French-speaking Switzerland and throughout the world. With the "Think health" editorial line, it first tackles the issues of health policies and the ethical aspects of modern medical practice. The magazine has a print run of 17,500 copies, is translated into English for the digital version, and features an infographic supplement called In Extenso.
