The R. Geigy Foundation Board elected Jürg Utzinger, Director of Swiss TPH, as successor to the long-serving Foundation President Marcel Tanner. He will take office on 1 January 2023.
The R. Geigy Foundation Board elected Jürg Utzinger, Director of Swiss TPH, as successor to the long-serving Foundation President Marcel Tanner. He will take office on 1 January 2023. The R. Geigy Foundation Board elected Jürg Utzinger, Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), as the new President of the R. Geigy Foundation as of 1 January 2023, succeeding Marcel Tanner, who chaired the Foundation for 25 years. A strategically important vessel for Swiss TPH "I am delighted to be leading the R. Geigy Foundation as President from January 2023," said Utzinger. "Over the past decades, the R. Geigy Foundation has developed into a strategically important vessel for Swiss TPH. Especially young researchers have been able to benefit from targeted start-up funding, which allowed them to propel their potential." Utzinger wants to use the R. Geigy Foundation to set the course for the future and address important issues such as climate change and health, rapid urbanization as well as general support to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). -The R. Geigy Foundation, with its location in Basel and being a part of Swiss TPH, has an excellent reputation, thanks to the work of my predecessor Marcel Tanner,- said Utzinger.
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