[FG] Heininger Ulrich
Head of Research Unit
Prof. Dr. med.Ulrich Heininger
Research Group Ulrich Heininger
Research Focus
Immunology & Infectious Diseases
Area of Research
Vaccine preventable infectious diseases, especially in children and adolescents: epidemiology, disease burden and prevention. Vaccine safety and side effects
Approved Research Projects
- A randomised controlled trial of adjunct corticosteroid therapy in hospitalised children with community acquired pneumonia (CAP): KIDS-STEP STUDY
- Hospital based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 cases in Switzerland
- Long-term outcomes of osteoarticular infections in children
- What Matters to Parents Regarding Immunization of Their Children: Systematic Analysis of Expert Advice to Parents in an Internet Forum.
- Child-parent immunization survey: How well are national immunization recommendations accepted by the target groups?
- Attitudes of Swiss Health Care Providers Towards Childhood Immunizations
Collaborations
National Collaborations
- Paediatric Infectious Disease Group Switzerland
- Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit
- SwissPedNet
International Collaborations
- European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases
- Brighton Collaboration
Ongoing Research Projects
- Hospital-based surveillance of Covid 19 and Influenza (University of Geneva and Swiss Public Health Office)
- Surveillance of varicella-zoster-virus infections, Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit, SPSU (in collaboration with Swiss Public Health Office)
- KIDS STEP Study - A randomised placebo-controlled multi-centre effectiveness trial of adjunct betamethasone therapy in hospitalised children with community acquired pneumonia (SNF)