FBM Awards 2025: honneur à l'excellence

Outstanding Mentoring Award: Jean-François Tolsa
In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the training of young talents and for his commitment to the new generation of academics

Clinical Practice Award: Christel Tran
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the improvements of the quality of patient care and medical practice

Clinical Practice Award: Vincent Dunet
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the improvements of the quality of patient care and medical practice

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award - School of Biology: Benjamin Boutrel
For his exceptional commitment to the quality of teaching and his ability to inspire and support students

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award - School of Medicine: Pierre Monney
For his exemplary commitment to teaching and the continuous improvement of the medical curriculum, and his ability to inspire future doctors with passion for cardiology

Special Award for Outstanding Dedication in Practical Teaching: Niko Geldner
In recognition of his outstanding commitment to supervising PhD students and his decisive contribution to expanding and elevating doctoral training within the FBM 

Young Researcher in Basic Sciences Award: Leire Bejarano
For her groundbreaking research on how the blood-brain barrier and tumor vasculature regulate brain metastasis progression and immune functions

Jürg Tschopp Basic Life Sciences Award: Antoine Guisan
For his outstanding local and international contributions to understanding and predicting species distribution and communities, and the global impact of climate change on biodiversity

Lifetime Achievement Award: Martin Preisig
For his key contributions in the field of psychiatric epidemiology and psychopathology, notably as co-founder and leader of the Lausanne population-based cohort studies CoLaus and PsyCoLaus. The pioneering data from these studies have led to numerous discoveries in public health, cardiology, psychiatry, and genetics.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Pascal Schneider
For his outstanding contributions to understanding the central role of TNF cytokines, particularly their role in the development of specific anatomical structures such as teeth, skin, and sweat glands. These discoveries have laid the foundation for innovative therapeutic approaches targeting rare genetic diseases, including ectodermal dysplasia.

Communication Award: Jan Roelof van der Meer
For his remarkable involvement in creating diverse outreach activities to highlight the crucial role of microorganisms in ecosystems and human health

Equality Award: Raphaël Bize
For his contribution toward greater diversity in teaching and learning