Prof. Lilian Witthauer starts as Professor of Diabetes Technology with focus on sensors
The newly created assistant professorship with tenure track is the first of a total of three professorships jointly created by the University of Bern, the Inselgruppe and the Diabetes Center Berne (DCB).
Focus on sensors
Before taking up her new position, Lilian Witthauer was a Research Fellow at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine of the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In her new role as Assistant Professor, she and her team will pursue the goal of developing innovative sensor technologies that make everyday life easier for people with diabetes and improve their quality of life. Furthermore, the aim is to promote interdisciplinarity and closely link research results with practice.
“What motivates me the most is that people with diabetes can live better lives by having access to advanced sensor technologies that improve their healthcare and promote self-control and responsibility.”
Prof. Lilian Witthauer
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