Prof. Serge Ferrari

Prof. Serge Ferrari is Professor and Head of the Division of Bone Diseases and Vice-Dean for Translational Research and Development, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland. He heads the Bone Diseases Research Laboratory and the Osteoporosis Genetics Research Group. His research, which is essentially translational in nature and has been supported continuously for over 20 years by the SNSF, focuses on the biological mechanisms regulating bone remodelling and the therapeutic targets of bone fragility. He is a past Vice-Chair and a current member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors, and was President of the Swiss Osteoporosis Association (ASCO/SVGO) from 2016 to 2024. He has also been Editor-in-Chief of the journals BoneKey and BoneKey Reports (Editions Nature) and a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals in the field. He is an expert member of the SNSF's 'post-doc mobility' commission and of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Novartis Foundation for Medical and Biological Research. Prof. Ferrari has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious IOF Olof Johnell Science Award in 2016. He has published over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters.