Organisation

aha! Swiss Allergy Centre is a non-profit foundation that is active throughout Switzerland, recognized by ZEWO and ISO-certified. The Foundation fulfils an important task for more than three million people with allergies or intolerances and offers a wide range of services – from advice to individuals and training courses through to prevention projects and campaigns for the population at large. 

The Foundation Governing Board functions as a supervisory body concerning all the activities of aha! Swiss Allergy Centre. Important individuals from the medical, public health, economic, legal and scientific fields are represented on the board.

The Foundation Governing Board of aha! Swiss Allergy Centre comprises

Sylvia Schüpbach

President of the Foundation Governing Board

Lawyer
Pharmalex GmbH, Bern

Dr. Georg Schäppi

Foundation Governing Board member and vice president aha! Allergy Center Switzerland

CEO Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Prof. Dr. med. Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, PhD

Foundation Governing Board member

Assistant professor/ Attending physician dermatology clinic
University Hospital of Zürich

Dr. rer. nat. Damini Daudel

Foundation Governing Board member

Managing director
Tapadar Pharma Compliance
Würenlingen

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Denecke

Foundation Governing Board member

Co-deputy head Patient-centered Digital Health
Berner Fachhochschule School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Daniel Imhof

Assessor, Foundation Governing Board

Head
Official Food Control Authority
Brunnen

Prof. Dr. med. Camillo Ribi

Foundation Governing Board member

Physician in chief, Immunology and Allergy
CHUV - Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois

Dr. Stephan Sigrist

Assessor, Foundation Governing Board

Head of the Think Tank W.I.R.E
Collegium Helveticum ETH, Zurich
ETH and University of Zurich

Ulrich Winzenried

Foundation Governing Board member

Business Konsulent
Burkhalter Rechtsanwälte
Bern / Zurich

The aha! Swiss Allergy Centre Foundation operates in the extremely complex and challenging environment of allergies, depending on close cooperation with specialists to provide information and advice to those affected. 

The Scientific Advisory Board of the aha! Swiss Allergy Centre comprises leading personalities from the field of medical science. The Advisory Board ensures that the activities of the Foundation are always factually and technically correct and comply with the latest state of medicine and science.

The Scientific Advisory Board of the aha! Swiss Allergy Centre comprises:

Prof. Dr. med. Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier

Chairman
Head of the Allergy Unit
University Hospital, Zurich

Prof. Dr. med. Barbara Ballmer-Weber

Head Physician, Allergy Unit
Unit Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy
Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen

Dr. med. Jean-Christoph Caubet

Attending physician, Department of Pediatric Allergology
University Hospital Geneva

Prof. Dr. med. Karin Hartmann

Head of Department of Allergology
University Hospital Basel

PD Dr. med. Lukas Jörg

Head of the Immunology and Allergology Department
University Hospital Berne

Prof. Dr. med. Roger Lauener

Head Physician, Paediatric Unit
East Switzerland Children's Hospital

Prof. Dr. med. Camillo Ribi

Physician in chief, Immunology and Allergy
University Hospital, Lausanne

Service Allergie Suisse, a Swiss company based in Bern, is the independent certifying body for the Allergy Seal of Quality. It certifies and issues the Allergy Seal of Quality for consumer goods and services that are specifically manufactured/provided with allergies and intolerances in mind. Service Allergie Suisse was founded in 2006 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the aha! Swiss Allergy Centre Foundation. It owns the global use rights for the Allergy Seal of Quality.