BEready

Survey on the BEready long-term study

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Bern, get ready for the next pandemic

We are a group of researchers from the University of Bern. We are planning a project to prepare for future pandemics. The project is called BEready ('Bern, get ready'). The BEready project wants to help people in the canton of Bern to be better prepared for the next pandemic. At the moment a survey about BEready is running in the canton of Bern, where we would like to know from several thousand people what they think about BEready.

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Nicola Low and Gilles Wandeler in conversation about BEready

Prof. Dr. med. Nicola Low and Prof. Dr. med. Gilles Wandeler, Lead and Co-Lead of the planned BEready cohort study, are in conversation with Marius Aschanden, who is Editor Bern at the "Berner Zeitung" and "Der Bund". They talk about the ongoing online survey and the planned cohort study. They also talk about what motivates Bernese people to participate in BEready and how BEready can help people prepare for future pandemics.

BEready survey

Our BEready survey will run between September and December 2022. BEready aims to help people in the canton of Bern to be better prepared for the next pandemic. Several thousand people in the canton of Bern were randomly selected and invited to participate in the BEready survey. We are interested in the views, attitudes, beliefs, concerns and expectations of the people of Bern towards BEready. The answers to the survey will be used to plan BEready.

Research Night

After a break due to the pandemic, the University of Bern is again organising a “Science Night” on Saturday, 10th September from 4 pm to midnight. In its usual form, science and research will be made tangible, and the dialogue between the public and the researchers will be initiated in a casual and relaxed atmosphere.
The BEready Team will welcome the public at the University’s main building, and is looking forward to an animated discussion with the public about pandemic preparedness.

MCID monkeypox event

With monkeypox cases continue to rise in Switzerland and worldwide, the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) held a monkeypox information event on Wednesday, 29th June via Twitter Spaces. Experts, including the BEready Cohort Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. med. Nicola Low, insight into monkeypox and the current status of this spreading infection. This was followed by a Q&A session with questions from listeners. Click here to listen to a recording of the event.

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