Pina Marziliano, CIBM Executive Director is the featured guest in L’invitée of the April-June 2026 issue of the Geneva University Hospital (HUG) Pulsations magazine , for an in-depth interview. She shares her international journey starting from her studies in mathematics and computer science in Canada, to her PhD at EPFL, and her time as an associate professor in Singapore.
Since 2019 she has been leading the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, which federates expertise from its five founding partner institutions like EPFL, University of Geneva, HUG, University of Lausanne, and CHUV.
The interview highlights the real-world impact of biomedical imaging in medicine, spotlighting the new 3 Tesla MRI at HUG. She also mentions the TESSERACT Initiative, the CIBM Flagship project on child development, focusing on key skills like curiosity, creativity, and cooperation. She expresses her fascination of turning ideas into reality, from ultra-sophisticated MRI coils to images revealing brain function.
At CIBM we are proud of this recognition, which underscores our leadership’s role in advancing world-class biomedical imaging for science, medicine, and society.
