
Since 1990 Patrick Roth has been working as a science journalist for several major Swiss newspapers. He writes regularly for the Swiss National Science Foundation about NSF-supported science projects. In 2007 he was elected CEO of the newly founded Competence Center for Medical Technology (CCMT) by the three founding bodies University of Bern, Bern University of Applied Sciences and the Medical Cluster.
Engineering problems and their resolution dominate the development of most new medtech devices.