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When Space Science Meets Medicine: New Opportunities for Research and Education
Rehasportmedizin| Inselspital
As humanity prepares for exploration beyond low Earth orbit, clear parallels emerge with the challenges of an ageing society: sustaining physical and cognitive function, and delivering health support in remote, resource-limited settings. This interfaculty symposium brings space science and medicine together to exchange expertise, explore collaborations, and discuss educational pathways that could carry innovations seamlessly from orbit to patients' home—and back again.
This symposium is organized in the framework of a delegation visit from the Kansai Medical University (KMU), Japan. A university-wide partnership between UniBE and KMU was officially launched in 2025, where a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Rector of the University of Bern, Prof. Virginia Richter, at Swissnex Osaka. At the UniBE Day at the Swiss Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, organized by the Center for Space and Habitability, a panel with ESA astronaut Marco Sieber discussed "How Space Research, Medicine and AI shape Our Future."
The Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, and the Center for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine at Inselspital, are supported in organizing this symposium by the University of Bern and its Faculty of Medicine.