Member board of trustees
since 2016
Transdisciplinary approach to solving problems
As the complexity of socio-cultural and socio-economic problems increases, transdisciplinary approaches are needed to resolve them. As an expert on the interface between health and society, Marcel Tanner has experience of such approaches. He believes it is extremely important to enable wide-reaching cooperative collaboration between the public and private sectors in order to develop practical solutions.
Thus in the eyes of Marcel Tanner, Gebert Rüf Stiftung will be fulfilling its mission if its support enables socially relevant challenges to be tackled in a multi-disciplinary manner.
Thus in the eyes of Marcel Tanner, Gebert Rüf Stiftung will be fulfilling its mission if its support enables socially relevant challenges to be tackled in a multi-disciplinary manner.
Background
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Parasitology at the University of Basel since 1993, Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (1997–2015), Dean of the Philosophy of Science Faculty at the University of Basel (2002–2004), advisor to various national and international health organizations, President of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) since 2016.