In January 2026, the OST Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare joined the JBI Collaboration and has become the JBI Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare Eastern Switzerland. This membership strengthens our commitment to advancing evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) and positions us within a global network dedicated to improving healthcare quality and patient safety.
JBI is a global organization promoting and supporting evidence-based decisions aimed at improving health and healthcare services. JBI offers a unique range of solutions to access, appraise, and apply the best available evidence. As part of the JBI Collaboration, our goal is to advance evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, and implementation to improve health outcomes and strengthen evidence-based clinical care and research.
As a JBI Collaboration Entity, we will contribute to international evidence synthesis and implementation efforts and advance methodological excellence in EBHC. Furthermore, we will provide training and capacity building in EBHC methods and strengthen our partnership with clinical and academic institutions in Switzerland and abroad.
Start 01.01.2026
Co-Directors
Prof. Dr. phil. Janine Vetsch
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Head of the Centre of Evidence-based Healthcare
+41 58 257 15 28 janine.vetsch@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Julian Hirt
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Professor in Evidence Synthesis
+41 58 257 15 36 julian.hirt@ost.ch
Team members
Magdalena Vogt, MScPH
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Research assistant
+41 58 257 13 54 magdalena.vogt@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Gattinger
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Institutsleitung
+41 58 257 15 22 heidrun.gattinger@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Andrea Kobleder
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Professorin
+41 58 257 15 33 andrea.kobleder@ost.ch
Rouven Brenner, MScN FHO
IGW Institute for Health Sciences wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
+41 58 257 15 68 rouven.brenner@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Eling Douwe de Bruin
Bachelor’s program Physiotherapy Dozent
+41 58 257 14 11 eling.debruin@ost.ch
Jennifer Enaux, MSc
Bachelor’s program Nursing Lehrbeauftragte
+41 58 257 36 44 jennifer.enaux@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Steffen Heinrich
IGW Institute for Health Sciences Co-Leitung Kompetenzzentrum Demenz
+41 58 257 14 91 steffen.heinrich@ost.ch
Petra Koch-Kobelt
Library Services St.Gallen Informationsspezialistin
+41 58 257 12 46 petra.koch@ost.ch
Julia Marlene Mischner
Bachelor’s program Occupational Therapy Senior Research Assistant
Prof. Dr. Marcia Nißen
Masters’s program Nursing Science Professor of Health Technologies
+41 58 257 12 43 marcia.nissen@ost.ch

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