Roger Hilfiker Portfolio

About Me

I used to treat patients, now I am struggling to improve health care in general, and specifically I'm trying to figure out how physiotherapist can best help their patients. My work place is mainly at the computer, wherever my laptop is. Sometimes you can find me in the lovely small mountain spa village Leukerbad (see picture on the left). I have an education in physiotherapy (BSc, MPTSc), health sciences and epidemiology (PhD).

Born 1970
Residence Brig
Work HES-SO Valais-Wallis
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

2015 - Present

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.