Perinatal Research Special Interest Group

..is dedicated to sharing, fostering, and disseminating research ..

.. focusing on physical, psychological and social factors affecting perinatal well-being and health

..of infants, and birthing and non-birthing parents. 

More than 50 members including..

• Psychologists
• Psychiatristsand childpsychiatrists
• Midwives
• Obstetricians
• Pediatriciansand neonatologists
• Nurses 
• Pharmacologists
• Doulas
• Service users

Our aims..

• assist in networking and forging potential research collaborations, as well as exchanges between researchers, clinicians, and service users;
• drive perinatal research topics and share knowledge of the current research and expertise on perinatal well-being and health across disciplines;
• engage with all relevant stakeholders, including service users, policy makers, and relevant organisations
• develop guidelines and innovate health care provision for families in the perinatal period and beyond; and to
• feed evidence-based research into improving Swiss health care policy.

Are you a researcher and/or clinician in Switzerland interested in the perinatal period? Are you passionate about perinatal research, and would you like to have opportunities for exchange, discussion, networking, and collaboration?

 For questions or if you haven’t contacted us yet to join the Special Interest Group, please contact: Prof. Antje Horsch  antje.horsch@chuv.ch or Prof. Dr. phil. Nadine Messerli-Bürgy nadine.messerli-burgy@unil.ch