Team
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Projects
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Career
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The Team
Leadership
PD Dr. med.
David
Niederseer
Head of Research Hochgebirgsklinik Davos | Senior physician Clinical Cardiology | Lecturer UZH & ETH
- FMH Cardiology
- PhD Molecular Medicine
- BSc Sports Science
Dr. med.
Jan
Vontobel
Medical director Hochgebirgsklinik Davos | Chief physician clinical cardiology
- FMH Cardiology
- FMH Internal Medicine
- MSc LSE
Research Team
Dr.
Kathrin
Bieri
Project Coordinator | Regulatory Affairs | QMS
- PhD Sports Medicine
- MSc Sports Science
Dr. med.
Juliana
Senftinger
Research Physician | Research Fellow
- Resident Physician Cardiology
Gloria
Petrasch
Lab Manager | Sports Scientist
- MSc Sports Sciences
- Med Sports & English
Fellows and Partners
Prof. Dr.
Mark
Haykowsky
Professor. Faculty of Nursing at University of Alberta
- Research Chair in Aging and Quality of Life, Faculty of Nursing
Research projects
Recover
Cardiac REhabilitation COhort at the Medicine Campus DaVos to invEstigate Recovery
RECOVER – a prospective cohort study dedicated to advancing cardiac rehabilitation. The study aims to include more than 1,000 patients annually, collecting high-quality data on clinical outcomes, biomarkers, imaging, environmental factors, and more.
Recover-R
Cardiac REhabilitation COhort at the Medicine Campus DaVos to invEstigate Recovery – Retrospective
RECOVER-R consists of a large database containing more than 240 variables from over 800 patients who underwent a cardiac rehabilitation program at the Hochgebirgsklinik Davos in 2023.
Sports Cardiology – Zurich x Davos
Bridging athletic performance and cardiac health
An inter-institutional collaboration with the University Hospital Zurich. Combining cardiology, exercise physiology and sports science to optimise cardiovascular health, performance and safe return-to-sport strategies in elite and recreational athletes.
ORCCA Europe
Outcome Registry for Cardiac Conditions in Athletes
The ORCCA study tracks outcomes in athletes with cardiac conditions at risk for sudden death. By following SwissSki and other professional athletes, we generate robust data to improve shared decision-making, safety, activity levels and quality of life.
Heart Failure Network
Improving outcomes in heart failure
The Heart Failure Network evaluates whether structured, nurse-led counselling improves symptoms, prognosis, quality of life and cost-effectiveness in patients with heart failure. The study accompanies a regional care network over 12 months.
TRACE
Troponin-Related Antibody Complexes in Athletes
TRACE is a prospective observational cohort study designed to advance evidence-based decision-making in sports cardiology. Its aim is to determine the prevalence of macro-troponin in athletes and to asses whether it varies across race distances, race performance and sex.
Career
Thesis Opportunities
Are you currently seeking a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral thesis project (PhD) in the fields of cardiovascular research, cardiovascular rehabilitation, or sports medicine?
PD Dr. med. David Niederseer, lecturer at the Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, offers supervision for a variety of thesis topics. Even if you have not yet identified a specific project, he can provide a selection of ongoing research initiatives that would benefit from the dedication of motivated students.
If you are interested, please send a brief statement outlining your academic background, research interests, and the timeframe of your thesis.
Internships
Are you currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree and looking for a (translational) research internship?
We welcome students with interest not only in cardiovascular research but also in sports medicine, coming from diverse academic backgrounds such as sport sciences, physiotherapy, medicine, or health science and technology (ETH).
Has this piqued your interest? Do not hesitate to send us a brief statement of your motivation and the desired duration of your internship. We look forward to hearing from you and to the possibility of welcoming you to our team in Davos.
Open Positions
The Research Department of the Hochgebirgsklinik Davos is dedicated to high-level cardiovascular research and is seeking qualified professionals to strengthen our team.
Are you interested in our research, and do you believe your expertise would make a valuable contribution to our work? We welcome motivated candidates who are committed to excellence in clinical and scientific investigation.
For further information visit the official careers webpage of the Hochgebirgsklinik Davos or send us your unsolicited application directly.
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Publications
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- CONCLUSIONS: The presence of AD significantly impacted the fecal microbiome variation and was associated with a particular microbial composition. The impact of geographical location on the fecal microbiome may be related to nutritional differences. Our data support the rationale of […]
- Patients with cancer usually report limitations of their functional capacity, which may range from subclinical impairment of cardiopulmonary exercise reserve to poor quality of life with physical, cognitive, or psychosocial consequences. Exercise training is a potent multi-targeted approach to control […]
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- The number of individuals engaging in sports continues to rise, and identifying those with cardiac substrates associated with increased risk of exercise-related adverse events is crucial. Athlete evaluation requires a refined diagnostic strategy to distinguish physiological cardiac remodelling from pathology. […]
- The number of individuals engaging in sports continues to rise, and identifying those with cardiac substrates associated with increased risk of exercise-related adverse events is crucial. Athlete evaluation requires a refined diagnostic strategy to distinguish physiological cardiac remodelling from pathology. […]
- Parasympathetic activity is reduced in chronic hypoxia, but the underlying mechanism(s) are unclear. We investigated whether (i) arterial chemoreflex activation, (ii) increased pulmonary ventilation and/or (iii) pulmonary stretch, (iv) hypocapnia resulting from increased ventilation or (v) hypovolemia due to plasma […]
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