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STRESS

Millions of people across all ages are affected by stress. Stress has long-term negative consequences on mental and physical health and is a strong risk factor for chronic conditions, particularly psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases. The prevalence of stress-induced diseases has become of major concern in the past years. But despite the recognition of this important public health problem, it remains difficult to diagnose stress pathologies, especially in children and adolescents.

To address this problem, experts in psychiatry and psychology, neurosciences, cell and molecular biology, cardiology, engineering, and translational bioinformatics have initiated the STRESS project. Their goal is to study risk and resilience of stress exposure across the lifespan and their impact on health.

The STRESS project will develop a dynamic and radically innovative research program based on state-of-the-art methodologies to create a paradigm shift in the current thinking about stress-induced diseases and novel therapeutic approaches.

STRESS has been a HMZ Flagship Project since 2021.

Weiterführende Informationen

Contact

Prof. Dr. Isabelle Mansuy
University of Zurich & ETH Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich

Prof. Dr. Birgit Kleim
University of Zurich
Department of Psychology and
Psychiatric University Hospital
Lenggstrasse 31
8032 Zurich

Coordination
Dr. Ellen Jaspers
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich 
Phone: +41 44 635 32 66

E-Mail

Consortium kick-off event May 2022

Annual Symposium

The consortium members of the Hochschulmedizin Zürich's flagship project "STRESS" convened in May 2023, one year after it’s official start. For the 1st Annual Symposium, participants of the consortium met at the Alumni Pavillon at ETH Zurich to present and discuss project updates, deepen existing collaborations, and identify new opportunities. The program also included a keynote lecture by Carmen Sandi, a renowned stress researcher and a fun jam session for the young investigators to brainstorm their research and initiate regular networking events.

Second Annual Symposium

After another year of fruitful collaborations, the consortium members of the "STRESS" project gathered at the Brain Research Institute (Campus Irchel). The Annual Symposium kicked off with a keynote lecture on resilience by Prof. Dr. Raffael Kalisch (picture), which was open to the public and attended by a large audience. Following the keynote, the STRESS members presented project updates and discussed priorities and next steps for the coming months. Finally, the program also included flash presentations, giving a platform to the young investigators of the consortium to present their study results.