Caroline Brall

PD Dr. Caroline Brall is an academic researcher and manager at the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) at the University of Bern. Her work bridges bioethics, public health policy, and digital health governance, focusing on trust dynamics, data sharing, and ethical decision-making during health crises.

• Academic rank: Associate Professor
• Affiliation: University of Bern (MCID)
• Key roles: Research ethics, pandemic policy, biobanking governance

Research interests span three domains:

• Ethical frameworks for public health emergencies, including quarantine ethics and resource allocation during pandemics;
• Digital health governance, examining data anonymity, biobank transparency, and health app ethics;
• Clinical ethics support, analyzing how healthcare systems maintain ethical standards under strain.

Recent publications (2021-2024) show evolving priorities from foundational biobanking ethics to nuanced analyses of pandemic policy and digital health integration, with keywords across public health, genomics, and health informatics.