Giannina Iannotti, from HUG NeuroCentre, Received the BCV 2025 Sustainability Award

Giannina Iannotti, coordinator of the HUG NeuroCentre, received the BCV 2025 Sustainability Award, given to the HEC Lausanne Executive MBA strategic consulting project with the greatest impact in terms of sustainability.

An academic project with real-world benefits

The Optimising HUG Outpatient Care for Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury project proposes a sustainable model rooted in the health economy for the treatment of mild and moderate traumatic brain injuries (TBI). While severe cases benefit from well-established neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation pathways, mild and moderate TBI, which account for nearly 80% of all cases, remain largely under-recognised and insufficiently monitored.

Until recently, there was no structured pathway for these patients at the HUG, resulting in fragmented care, late diagnoses and long-term complications. To address this gap, an outpatient brain and mental health clinic was set up in 2024 at Campus Biotech, on the initiative of the Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. This clinic combines care and research to offer treatment that brings together several areas of expertise for people with persistent cognitive and motivational disorders (neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy).

A vision that is already being put into action

This project takes into account several other initiatives led by the HUG NeuroCentre:

The mild and moderate CBT pathway has been validated in the DéCLIC institutional clinical pathway programme, enabling digital coordination of patient follow-up, from the emergency department to the Brain and Mental Health Consultation.

The TraumaSport-GE study, conducted in collaboration with the Geneva Sports Association (AGS), Unige, EPFL and the Cantonal Office for Culture and Sport to improve the management of TBI in the sporting environment.

A collaboration with EPFL and the Threestones Foundation has resulted in a geospatial analysis of more than ten years of severe TBI cases, the results of which are currently being published.

Finally, an event to raise awareness of TBI was organised during the World Hospital Congress in November 2025, in collaboration with the HUG General Management, positioning the subject at the level of institutional governance.

This award recognises not only a rigorous academic approach, but also the ability to transform strategic thinking into concrete, sustainable actions with a strong impact on public health in Geneva.

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