Lausanne University Hospital

Organisation

Departments of the University Hospital of Lausanne:

• Department of Emergency Medicine
• Department of Oncology (UNIL-CHUV)
• Department of Obstetric Gynaecology and Medical Genetics
• Department of the Musculoskeletal System
• Department of Education and Research (UNIL-CHUV)
• Department of Medicine
• Department of Psychiatry, see also Hospital of Cery
• Department of Medical Radiology
• Department of Interdisciplinary Centres and Medical Logistics
• Department of Laboratories
• Department of Clinical Neurosciences (there is a Department of Fundamental Neurosciences at the University of Lausanne)
• Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology Services
• Department of Hospital Logistics
• Department of Community Medicine and Health

Main campus

The University Hospital of Lausanne is located in Lausanne, close to the centre of the city. It is served by the Lausanne Metro Line 2, from the "CHUV" station.

File:CHUV vu de la cathédrale.jpg|View of the main hospital building from the Cathedral File:Hôpital Cantonal Lausanne.jpg|Bugnon 21, headquarters of the University Hospital of Lausanne and of the deanship of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine File:Hôpital orthopédique Lausanne.jpg|The west wing of the Orthopaedic Hospital File:Policlinique Médicale Universitaire Lausanne.jpg|University Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), with two helipads on its roof

Other sites

Some laboratories are located in Épalinges (north of Lausanne), on a campus shared with the University of Lausanne and the Biopôle.

The Hospital of Cery, the psychiatric hospital of the University Hospital of Lausanne, is located in Prilly, in the urban area of Lausanne.

Missions

The missions of the hospital are care to the patients, research and teaching.

On 28 October 2014, the World Health Organization welcomed approval by the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products of a vaccine trial against Ebola virus at the University Hospital of Lausanne.

The CHUV is part of the 'Lausanne Integrative Metabolism and Nutrition Alliance', a joint research initiative aiming to promote research and education on metabolism, nutrition, ageing and all associated diseases, such as obesity, diabetes or cancer, in Lausanne area.

Magazine

The University Hospital of Lausanne publish In vivo, a free magazine aimed at a large audience (general public). It is produced by the Swiss media agency Large Network and published in French and English.

Associated institutions

• Swiss Cancer Centre
• Ludwig Cancer Research
• Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM)
• Institut universitaire romand de santé au travail (IST)
• École romande de santé publique (ERSP)
• University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML)
• Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses
• Biopôle
• Jules Gonin Eye Hospital

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