PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Public Health in Switzerland

The University of Zurich invites applications for a 50% Postdoctoral Researcher position in family-focused, participatory sepsis research , starting in January 2027 or by agreement. The role is part of the PPIE/Family Work Package of Learn4Sepsis, a University Medicine Zurich research ecosystem for precision medicine and healthcare in sepsis. The postdoctoral researcher will lead work on age-sensitive patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE), research co-design across the Learn4Sepsi...

The University of Zurich is advertising more than 25 fully funded PhD positions across a broad range of research areas. The opportunities are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and are offered as paid positions rather than as a single scholarship programme. Fields represented in the listings include life sciences, medicine, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, and the social sciences and humanities. The breadth of the call may suit applicants seeking doctoral research in biomedical an...

EPFL is offering a full-time PhD position in the Laloui Group in Lausanne, Switzerland, within the SNSF-funded DFabuLis project, “Digital Fabrication Using Living Systems.” The project is conducted with Dr. Dimitrios Terzis, Senior Scientist in the Laloui Group at EPFL, and co-PI Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger of the Chair of Digital Building Technologies at ETH Zurich. The research explores how biologically driven mineralization can transform demolition and excavation materials into granular mater...

The University of Basel is offering a PhD position in the Plant Microbe Interactions research group within the Department of Environmental Sciences. The project examines how complex soil microbiomes influence plant growth and defence, with a focus on the genetic and immune mechanisms that allow some plant genotypes to benefit from particular microbiome communities. As part of the Swiss National Science Foundation project “Decoding plant growth in response to complex soil microbiomes” , the docto...

PhD position in Sociology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, starting in February 2027. The project investigates how digital and physical social spaces shape youth socialization and social inequalities. The doctoral researcher will study these processes using a combination of longitudinal, diary, geospatial, and experimental data. This interdisciplinary empirical design offers an opportunity to examine how young people’s social environments influence development, interaction, and unequa...

This postdoctoral project investigates how the metabolic tumor microenvironment of pediatric neuroblastoma is organized, reprogrammed and potentially exploited for treatment. The position is part of the NCCR Children and Cancer consortium and connects the Laboratory of Exercise and Health at ETH Zurich, headed by Prof. Katrien De Bock, with the Morscher Lab at University Children's Hospital Zurich, led by Dr. Raphael Morscher. The researcher will establish and characterize genetic and/or orthoto...

The University of Bern is offering a PhD position in the multicenter project PRECISE-MDD , investigating precision treatment selection in major depressive disorder. The study is a triple-blind randomized controlled trial examining whether EEG- and ECG-based biomarkers can predict the therapeutic effects of antidepressants, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, ketamine and electroconvulsive therapy in patients with unipolar depression. At the Bern study center, the doctoral researcher wi...

Postdoc.Mobility is a recurring fellowship scheme from the Swiss National Science Foundation for researchers who have completed a doctorate and want to strengthen their academic profile through a research stay abroad. The fellowship is designed to support postdoctoral mobility and independence, giving researchers the opportunity to deepen their expertise in an international setting while building a stronger research trajectory for an academic career in Switzerland. The scheme is open to a range ...

The Adolphe Merkle Institute’s BioNanomaterials group at the University of Fribourg is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for an interdisciplinary project focused on lung tissue engineering and the hazard assessment of exhaust emissions . The research aims to develop a toxicity screening approach to identify highly toxic pollutants from different emission sources and to support the ranking of fuel and engine technologies according to their hazard potential. This project is part of the Horizon ...