University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland
 | urs.frey@ukbb.ch |
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Chair of Paediatrics and Medical Director at the University Children’s Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, Prof Frey is a long-established researcher in paediatric pulmonology, particularly in the field of asthma and developmental physiology. After completing his MD in Paediatrics at the University of Bern, he conducted postgraduate study in the US and the UK, including a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Leicester. He leads a birth cohort study investigating genetic and environmental influences on infant lung development and is also interested in the mathematical modelling of complex airway disease. He is the recipient of several research grants and awards, including the Guido Fanconi Memorial Prize for Swiss paediatric practice and the ERS Romain Pauwels Asthma Research Fund award.
In 2014, he began a 2-year term as president of the division of Biology and Medicine at the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2018, Urs became Chairman of the National Steering Board for the Swiss Personalized Health Network.
Chair of Paediatrics and Medical Director at the University Children’s Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, Prof Frey is a long-established researcher in paediatric pulmonology, particularly in the field of asthma and developmental physiology. After completing his MD in Paediatrics at the University of Bern, he conducted postgraduate study in the US and the UK, including a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Leicester. He leads a birth cohort study investigating genetic and environmental influences on infant lung development and is also interested in the mathematical modelling of complex airway disease. He is the recipient of several research grants and awards, including the Guido Fanconi Memorial Prize for Swiss paediatric practice and the ERS Romain Pauwels Asthma Research Fund award.
In 2014, he began a 2-year term as president of the division of Biology and Medicine at the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2018, Urs became Chairman of the National Steering Board for the Swiss Personalized Health Network.
