Dr. Jerome Feige PhD

Dr Jerome N. Feige is the head of the Physical Health department and vice-director of the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a recognized expert in muscle and aging biology and holds a degree in Bioengineering and a PhD in Biology from the University of Lausanne. Dr Feige performed post-doctoral research at the Institute of Genetics, and Molecular and Cellular Biology in Strasbourg, France on the molecular regulation of energy metabolism. He subsequently worked as laboratory head at the Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, where he performed drug discovery for muscle diseases and contributed to the development of new therapies currently in late stage clinical testing. Since 2012, Dr Feige has held increasing responsibilities in the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences where he established a research program studying muscle biology and a translational department developing nutritional therapies to support the Musculo-Skeletal system. Dr Feige is also an adjunct lecturer (Maitre d’Enseignement et de Recherche) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he teaches nutrition and biology, and trains PhD students in biomedical science.