Felix Rietmann

Felix Rietmann holds dual academic positions as Lecturer at the Section of Medicine, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, and SNSF Starting Grant Professor at the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Lausanne. His research bridges medical history, cultural studies, and pharmaceutical politics with primary focus on child health evolution.

His educational trajectory combines clinical and historical training:

• Joint PhD in History of Science and Humanities, Princeton University (2018)
• Doctor medicinae (MD) and MSc in History of Science, Charité Berlin/Imperial College London (2010)
• Medical degree, Charité Berlin (2008)

Rietmann's scholarship examines how medical knowledge emerges from societal contexts, particularly through analysis of pediatric drug regulation since 1945 and hospital discharge letter evolution. His interdisciplinary approach integrates material culture studies, media analysis, and clinical perspectives to reveal how local practices shape global health politics.

His research is supported by prestigious competitive grants:

• SNSF Starting Grant (CHF 1.8 million) for 'Pediatric Drugs since 1945'
• SNSF Ambizione Grant for 'Raising a Well-Grown Child' project (2021-2025)

As an academic leader, he supervises doctoral research including Jasmine Lovey's thesis on Swiss pediatric history, serves as secretary of the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine, and co-edits the European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health. His SNSF-funded research group provides a dynamic environment for historical inquiry into medicine's social dimensions through archival work and interdisciplinary collaboration.