Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Welcome to IKIM

The Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (IKIM) is part of the University of Bern and integrates conventional and complementary medicine in research, teaching, and patient care.

It consists of three divisions: Anthroposophically extended Medicine, Classical Homeopathy, and Phytotherapy.

The IKIM is located at two sites.

News and Events

Mit smarter Kleidung gegen Druckverletzungen

Innosuisse fördert wissenschaftsbasierte Innovationen. Forschende treiben ihre Resultate auch ohne Wirtschaftspartner zur Marktreife. Ein BRIDGE-Projekt zeigt, wie dies bei smarten textilen Sensoren geht.
So entsteht aus der Forschung eine neuartige Lösung für das Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen. «Wir sind überzeugt, dass wir mit unserer Innovation ein grosses Problem im Gesundheitsbereich lösen können», bringt es Professorin Wolf auf den Punkt.

Prof. Dr. U. Wolf at the RheumaTop 2022

A report by the Medical Tribune.
At a workshop at RheumaTop 2022, Professor Dr Ursula Wolf, Director of the Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (IKIM), University of Bern, explained the possibilities and limitations of KIM for rheumatological patients.

Alexander Tournier is honoured with the Yves-Lasne-Price

October 28th Dr. Alexander Tournier (IKIM) received the Yves-Lasne price by the Madeleine & Roland Conte Fund mit dem Yves-Lasne-Preis for his contributions on basic research in the field of high dilution.

Tarcisi Cantieni honoured with the ISOTT-Award

Tarcisi Cantieni (IKIM), PhD-Candidate wins the Duane F. Bruley Travel Award of this years International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) in Ascona.
Also on the picture is Prof. Dr. med. Ursula Wolf

ISOTT 2022

Hamoon Zohdi, PhD, discusses his poster "Changes in cerebral oxygenation and systemic physiology in good, moderate, and poor performers of a verbal fluency task under blue light exposure" with other participants of the international ISOTT Conference 2022