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Roger Hilfiker
Researcher / Physiotherapist
Publication List Scholar Google
Publication List publicationslist.org
About Me

I have an education in physiotherapy (BSc, MPTSc), health sciences and epidemiology (PhD). 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
Testimonials
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Experience
2023 -
Co-Founder, owner, CCO (Chief Coffee Officer), CBO (Chief Barbell Officer)
Physiotherapy Tschopp &; Hilfiker in Brig-Glis

Helping people help themselves. Sometimes mobilising some joints.

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

Physiotherapist (with the addition of the title Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy in 2007)

Skills
Research Methods
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Meta-Analysis (Pairwise)
  • Meta-Analysis (Diagnostic Test Accuracy)
  • Meta-Analysis (Network Meta-Analysis)
  • Mixed Models
  • Survival Analysis
  • Rasch Model
Tools
  • Stata
  • R
  • SPSS
  • Python
  • Winsteps
Languages
  • Swiss German (First Language)
    99%
  • German
    90%
  • English
    70%
  • French
    70%
  • Swiss German as spoken in the town of Berne
    97%
  • Swiss German as spoken in the Bernese Oberland
    90%
  • Swiss German as spoken in Oberwallis
    50%
Selected Articles
For the publication list of Medline listed articles click here (publicationslist.org).

For the full publication list on Scholar Google click here.

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Ongoing Projects
Code
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Recent Works

Skript Statistik Bachelor of Science Physiotherapie Leukerbad HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Skript Statistik Bachelor of Science Physiotherapie Leukerbad

Introduction Course Stata Axe Santé HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Stata Introduction HES-SO Valais-Wallis

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Examples Missing Completely At Random, Missing At Random, Missing Not At Random
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Videos
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Get in Touch
  • Street: Englischgrussstr. 30
  • Town: 3902 Glis
  • Email: roger.hilfiker@pm.me
  • Phone: +41 79 688 34 90

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