Frank Rühli, Prof. Dr. Dr. med., EMBA
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
- Director of the Institute
- Co-Head Evolutionary Pathophysiology and Mummy Studies Group
- Phone
- +41 44 635 05 15 (Room Y42 G70)
Current Postion
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich.
- Director of Institute of Evolutionary Medicine Medical Faculty, University of Zurich.
- Founding Director and Chair (Full Professor of Evolutionary Medicine).
Academic Appointments
Official UZH disclosure of outside professional activities and interests
Biography
Frank Rühli studied Medicine at the University of Zurich. After graduation in 1997 he worked as an assistant at the Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University-Hospital Zurich. In 2000 he was awarded an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship to undertake a PhD at the Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit, Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide (Australia), where in 2002/03 he held a full-time lectureship.
He worked as assistant, senior assistant and associate professor at the Institute of Anatomy / University of Zurich from 2003-2014. In 2007 he finished his habilitation (“DSc”) in the field of anatomy/histology. Between 2010 and 2014 he was Head of the Center of Evolutionary Medicine (ZEM) at the University of Zurich and was appointed Director of the newly established Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) in 2014. In 2018 he received a diploma as an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) at the University of Zurich. In 2018 he was elected as Founding Chair (Full Professor of Evolutionary Medicine). He is a member of both the Science and the Medical Faculties at the University of Zurich.
He is Co-Head of the Center for Crisis Competence at UZH and co-founder of the Swiss Mummy Project. He is also a member of the School of Medicine at the University of St. Gallen and of the steering committee of the One Health Institute.
Frank Rühli gained teaching and course coordinator experience in gross anatomy, histology, paleopathology, biomedical imaging and biological anthropology at multiple universities. He has supervised multiple PhD, BScHons, MD, DVM and DMD dissertations. He is currently head of the cross-sectional disciplines (Querschnittsfächer) at the Medical Faculty in Zurich.
He was Associated Editor, Editor and Editor–in-Chief of various peer-reviewed journals:
Teaching
Please find the current lectures and seminars on the official VAM website or in the UZH course catalogue
Research
Main Focus of Research
- Evolutionary Medicine
- Diagnostic Imaging of Ancient Mummies (Swiss Mummy Project)
- Paleopathology / Disease Evolution
- Biological standard of living and state of health of Swiss Armed Forces conscripts
- Microevolution of Anatomical Norm Variations and Pathologies / Clinical Anatomy
Selected Publications
For an overview of selected publications, please click here.
