Prof. Dr. med. Jürg Hans Beer studied medicine in Bern and subsequently trained as an internist and haematologist at the Inselspital and in New York. He has been head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Cantonal Hospital in Baden for several years and is a titular professor at the University of Zurich. He is also head of the research group at the Center for Molecular Cardiology, the basic research department of the Department of Cardiology at the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich. Professor Beer brings the necessary knowledge to the Foundation Board as a medical advisor.