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Collaborations & Funding

Our work is embedded in a strong local and international network of academic partners and is supported by competitive research funding and academic career programmes.

Collaborations

Partners & networks

We collaborate closely with clinical and research groups within the University of Zurich and with leading cardiovascular imaging centres worldwide, jointly advancing quantitative perfusion imaging, cardiac amyloidosis, artificial intelligence and clinical-trial imaging standards.

University of Zurich & USZ

NUKDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, USZHome department
UHZUniversity Heart Center ZurichClinical partner
CARDDepartment of Cardiology, USZClinical partner
UZHUniversity of ZurichAcademic partner
UMZHUniversity Medicine ZurichAcademic network

International partners

HMSBrigham & Women's Hospital · Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, USA
CSCedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, USA
UCUniversity of Calgary · Libin Cardiovascular InstituteCalgary, Canada
AUThAristotle University of ThessalonikiThessaloniki, Greece
ESCEuropean Association of Cardiovascular ImagingEACVI / ESC
Funding

Research support

Our research is made possible by competitive public funding, academic career-development programmes, private research foundations and investigator-initiated collaborations with industry.

Public research funding

SNSFSwiss National Science FoundationProject funding, career grants & R'EQUIP
SHFSwiss Heart FoundationSchweizerische Herzstiftung
INNOInnosuisseSwiss Innovation Agency

Academic career programmes

UMZHAdvanced Clinician Scientist ProgramUniversity Medicine Zurich
P.MobSNSF Postdoc.MobilityInternational research fellowships
UZHUniversity of Zurich & USZ research fundsInstitutional career & project support

Foundations

IKIten-Kohaut Foundationwith the USZ Foundation
OMOlga Mayenfisch FoundationBiomedical research
NOVNovartis FoundationMedical-Biological Research
EMDOEMDO FoundationZurich
HHHelmut Horten FoundationBiomedical research
PMPromedica FoundationClinical research

Industry research collaborations

GEGE HealthCareInvestigator-initiated studies

This overview will be kept up to date as projects and grants evolve. For the funding of an individual study, please refer to the acknowledgements of the respective publication.

Let's collaborate

We are always open to new scientific partnerships in cardiac imaging — from multicentre studies to methodological and technological development.