Bettina Schwind

Bettina Schwind is a Senior Researcher at the Careum School of Health, Careum University of Applied Sciences for Health, since February 2023. She also works at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Zurich since October 2019, where she leads the module 'Living with Chronic Pain.'

• Doctorate in Public Health from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)

Her research focuses on the Swiss health and social care system through the lens of diversity, gender, and vulnerability. She specializes in empirical research methods and contributes to studies on chronic illness, financial burdens, and gender-sensitive care.

Recent publications highlight her work in outpatient healthcare, patient-professional perspectives, and mixed-methods analysis of chronic disease impacts. She actively supervises master's and postgraduate students while lecturing at various academic institutions.

Projects led or co-led include GiveCare (gender-sensitive end-of-life care), FINK (chronic illness financial burden), and Young Carers Peer-Support. She has organized events like the SNF-Exchange Workshop and presented at conferences on healthcare research.