Prof.Dr.med. Hans-Rudolf Lüscher
- Employment
- Emeritus Professor
- Phone
- Internal
- luescher@pyl.unibe.ch
- Office
Curriculum vitae
Education and professional experience
| 1968 - 1974 | Medical studies, University of Zürich/Switzerland |
| 1970 - 1974 | MD/PhD student at the Department of Physiology, University of Zürich, Prof. Dr. G.M. Yasargil |
| 1975 | MD thesis, University of Zürich (equivalent to a PhD) |
| 1974 - 1977 | Research Associate, Department of Physiology, University of Zürich |
| 1977 - 1980 | Research Associate, Departement of Physiology and Biophysics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, Prof. Dr. E. Henneman |
| 1980 - 1986 | Assistant Professor (Oberassistent), Department of Physiology, University of Zürich, Prof. K. Akert. "Venia legendi" in Physiology |
| since 1986 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, University of Berne |
| 1992 - 1995 | President of the Swiss Physiological Society |
| 1993 - 1995 | Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Berne |
| 1996 - 1997 | Visiting Professor, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Division of Neuroscience, Australian National University, Canberra |
| 1999 | Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Berne (ad interim) |
| since 2001 | Council member of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience |
| since 2001 | Member of the Science Council of the SNF |
| 2005 - 2007 | Vice - Dean of the Medical Faculty (preclinical education), University of Berne |
Teaching experience
| since 1986 | teaching Physiology (mainly Neurophysiology) to medical students (lectures and laboratory courses) |
| 1986 - 1987 | designed and implemented a new physiology laboratory course |
| 1992 - 1998 | designed and implemented (in collaboration with colleagues from Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physics) a problem based curriculum for medical students |
| since 1997 | teaching in PBL curriculum as tutor, lecturer and lab course supervisor |
| since 1986 | Examiner for medical students |
Honors
| 1972 | Prize for excellency in medical studies, University of Zürich |
| 1975 | First prize for an outstanding M.D. thesis, University of Zürich |
| 1984 | Robert Bing-Prize 1984, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 1993 | "Teacher of the Year" by the student's association |
| 2002 | Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences |
Member of the following associations
| 1976 - today | Swiss Physiological Society |
| 1980 - today | Society for Neuroscience (USA) |
| 1985 - today | IBRO International Brain Research Organization |
| 1986 - today | European Neuroscience Association |
| 1991 - today | German Physiological Society |
| 1995 - today | Swiss Society for Neuroscience |