Department Management

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. William R. Taylor

Full Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
Head of Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology / Deputy head of Institute for Biomechanics

Institut für Biomechanik
Gloriastrasse 37/ 39
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Deputy Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Katrien De Bock

Full Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
Deputy head of Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology

Professur Bewegung und Gesundheit
Schorenstrasse 16
8603 Schwerzenbach
Switzerland

Preceding Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Laura Nyström

Full Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Inst.f. Lebensm.wiss.,Ern.,Ges.
Schmelzbergstrasse 9
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Managing Director

Dr. Tobias Walser

Dep. Gesundheitswiss. und Technol.
Universitätstrasse 2
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Directors of Studies

The Directors of Studies at D-HEST are members of the department management with one vote between them. One of the three directors of studies attends the meetings of the executive team and exercises the voting right.

Health Sciences and Technology

Prof. Dr. Johannes Bohacek

Associate Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Institut für Neurowissenschaften
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zürich
Switzerland

Food Science and Nutrition

Prof. Dr. Michael Siegrist

Full Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Institut für Umweltentscheidungen
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Bachelor Human Medicine

Prof. Dr. Jörg Goldhahn

Privatdozent/in at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Dep. Gesundheitswiss. und Technol.
Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4
8093 Zürich
Switzerland

The department management is supported in an advisory capacity by the Strategy Commission of D-HEST and the Space Commission of D-HEST. The members of the commissions are listed in the “Intranet” section.