Partners

The partners and target groups of NRP 53 are people who are directly involved in the research projects, benefit from the findings for their own scientific work or have an interest in utilising the knowledge gained. They are thus researchers and scientists and policy-makers and users.

Internal target groups

  • NRP 53 Steering Committee
  • NRP 53 researchers
  • Swiss National Science Foundation, Division IV Research Council
Scientific community
  • Faculties of medicine, arts/humanities and science
  • Clinic and institutes (institutes for social and preventive medicine; clinics for gerontology, endocrinology and orthopaedics; institutes for sports science and kinesiology)
  • Universities of applied sciences with health departments, colleges of nursing
  • Swiss academies of science; science policy-makers
  • Science foundations
  • Researchers working in other National Research Programmes (such as NRP 46, NRP 38, NRP 32 and others) and other researchers in the field of musculoskeletal health in Switzerland
  • Research institutes in musculoskeletal health in other countries
Users
Public authorities:
  • Federal, cantonal and municipal authorities
  • Members of Parliament (federal and cantonal)
  • Parliamentary Committees of the National Council and the Council of States
  • Extra-parliamentary committees on health and ageing (federal, cantonal, municipal)
  • Political parties
Public Health:
  • Advisory centres
  • National/private health insurers
  • Professional organisations in medicine, sports, health, prevention, social professions, and more
  • Hospitals, associations of homes and institutions, Spitex (home care)
  • Non-governmental foundations like Pro Juventute, Pro Senectute
  • Patient organisations
  • Seniors organisations
  • Health promotion and prevention organisations
Industry:
  • Companies marketing orthopaedic, pharmaceutical or medical products relating to NRP 53 issues
  • Employer organisations and labour organisations
  • Trade and industrial associations (especially health and safety heads and company physicians)
Media
  • Public media
  • Professional media: specialist and professional media in medicine, sports, health, prevention, social professions and more; association media
  • Specialty journalist groups: science and medical journalists
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