Roger Hilfiker Portfolio

About Me

I have an education in physiotherapy (BSc, MPTSc), health sciences and epidemiology (PhD). I used to treat patients, then I was struggling to improve health care in general, and to figure out how physiotherapist can best help their patients. Since March 2023, I try to combine research and practical work, i.e. I treat patients again (mainly tuesdays and thursdays). See our private practice (click here).

Born 1970
Residence Brig
Work 40% Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare-IUFRS, University of Lausanne, CHUV
Work Address Leukerbad

What I Do All Day

Writing Grant Requests

Fund raising eats up a large amount of my time. ion-cash

Data Wrangling

Preparing data for statistical analysis is fun, but always takes more time than expected.

Writing Papers

I spend not enough time writing papers.

Coaching

I try to help others in planing clinical studies and in data wraning and statistical analysis.

Teaching

I teach mainly scientific methods, but also clinical reasoning, pain related stuff, and exercise for people with health problems. I teach mainly physiotherapists, but also some courses to other health professionals.

Fun Facts

I own four guitars but only know three chords

I won CHF 10 prize money as a cyclist (it was a rainy day in the mountains and most of the others gave up)

I have an expensive espresso coffee machine but prefer thin filter coffee

No driving licence

Collaborations

Testimonials

He's not fast, he's not cheap, so I don't see why you should make him work for you.

Many, Anonymous

Heads of Research

Y a mieux, mais c'est plus cher.

Louis Forton

Scénariste

If you want to bury a project, give it to him.

Almost Everybody

Various Functions

Resume

Experience

2022 -

Methodological and Statistical Consulting

Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare-IUFRS, University of Lausanne, CHUV

Methodological and Statistical Consulting

2015 - 2022

Full Professor University of Applied Sciences

Institute Health, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Research and Teaching

2012 - 2015

Co-Head / Head of Research Institute Health

School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Head of an interdisciplinary research group (nursing science, physiotherapy, health care)

2010 - 2012

Lecturer

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Teaching and researching, mainly together with the research group from the SUVA rehabilitation clinic in Sion, Switzerland.

2009 - 2010

Research Fellow

Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Berne

Research in the physiotherapy research group of the BFH.

2007 - 2008

Project Scientist

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Research related to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

2004 - 2006

Teacher and Researcher

School of Health Sciences (Physiotherapy Degree), HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Teaching (manual therapy, rehabilitation, assessment, clinical reasoning) and research.

2000 - 2004

Deputy Head of Therapy

Rheuma und Rehabilitationszentrum Leukerbad

Physiotherapy, Testing in Swiss Olympic Medical Center

1998 - 2000

Independent Physiotherapist

Physiotherapy Zanella Bellwald Hilfiker, Brig

Physiotherapy

1996 - 1998

Physiotherapist

Physiotherapy Mathieu-Mottier, Sion

Physiotherapy

1996

Physiotherapist

Rheuma und Rehabilitationszentrum Leukerbad

Physiotherapy

1994-1996

Physiotherapist

Kreisspital (Hospital) Brig

Physiotherapy

Education

2010 - 2021

Graduate School for Health Sciences

University of Bern

PhD in Health Sciences (Epidemiology) University of Bern

2002 - 2005

Master of Physiotherapy Sciences in Zürich and Maastricht

Physiotherapie Wissenschaften (PTW) and University of Maastricht

Master of Physiotherapy Sciences University of Maastricht

1998 - 2001

OMT IFOMT (SVOMP)

SVOMP

Orthopaedic Manual Therapy International Federation of Manual Therapy IFOMT

1990 - 1994

School of Physiotherapy

Leukerbad

Physiotherapist

1994 - 2022

Short Courses (selection)

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies, Wengen, Bern University, Dr. A.W.S. Rutjes, Dr. Yemisi Takwoingi, 3 days (2018).
Advanced Methods in (Network) Meta-Analysis – A Practical Course in R. Wengen, Bern University, Prof. Georgia Salanti, Dr. G. Schwarzer, 3 days (2018).
Indirect comparisons and network meta-analysis: A practical approach. Wengen, Bern University, Dr. J. Higgins, Dr. G. Salanti, 3 days (2017).
Assessing Bias in Randomized and Non-Randomized Studies: New Approaches, New Tools, Dr. J. Sterne, 3 days (2017).
Flexible Parametric Survival Models. Swiss Epidemiology Winter School, Wengen, Dr. P. Lambert, 3 days (2015).
Statistical analysis with missing data using multiple imputation and inverse probability weighting (James Carpenter), Swiss Epidemiology Winter School, Wengen, 3 days (2015).
Causal inference in observational epidemiology (Prof. Miguel Hernan), Swiss Epidemiology Winter School, Wengen, 3 days (2014).
Multilevel Modeling: Analysis of Clustered Data (Prof. Martin Rösli), University of Basel, 3 days (2013).
Survival Analysis (Jonathan Sterne & Marcel Zwahlen), ISPBM Bern, 5 days (2013).
Causal Inference. Prof. M. Zwahlen und Dr. Th. Gsponer, ISPM Bern, 2 days (2012).
Clinical Investigators I: basic GCP and clinical research training course; Clinical Investigators II: advanced GCP and clinical research training course.