The Steering Board (SB)
The Steering Board (SB) is the highest governing body of SPHN. It is responsible for the overall strategy and for maintaining contact to the superordinate political authorities.
The Steering Board SB includes the key actors of health research. Its members are appointed by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
Members
- Matthias Baumgartner (Chair), Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- Beatrice Beck Schimmer, swissuniversities
- Christophe Dessimoz, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
- Antoine Geissbühler (Vice Chair), unimedsuisse
- Susanne Gedamke, Swiss Patient Organization
- Katrin Milzow, Swiss National Science Foundation
- Annette Oxenius, ETH/EPF domain
- Nicole Probst-Hensch, Swiss School of Public Health
Observers
- Katrin Crameri, Federal Office of Public Health
- Samuel Schütz, Federal Statistical Office
- Luca Tratschin, Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation
Ex officio
- Thomas Geiger, Managing Director SPHN
- Davide Chiarugi, Technical Director SPHN

