Claudia Huber

Claudia Huber is an Associate Professor at the Haute école de santé Fribourg (Fribourg School of Health) with expertise in nursing education, public health, and diabetes care. Her research focuses on healthcare workforce well-being, self-management interventions for chronic conditions, and pandemic-related challenges in healthcare. She has collaborated on projects addressing nurse retention strategies, virtual care innovations, and protective factors for healthcare workers' mental health during crises.

Research Interests:

• Optimizing clinical practice environments to reduce nurse turnover
• Developing telehealth solutions for diabetes self-management
• Studying pandemic impacts on healthcare workers' mental health and system resilience
• Health promotion for student populations

Key Projects:

• PIAVIR Study: Virtual nursing intervention for diabetes patients
• Multicenter longitudinal studies on nurse well-being during the pandemic
• Smartphone app development for student health monitoring (MonCoSaMo)

Grants & Collaborations:

• Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS) funded studies on pandemic nurse resilience
• Partnerships with CHUV (Lausanne University Hospital) and European diabetes networks