David Haerry has been writing about scientific research and from medical conferences in lay language since 1996.

He has been involved in projects to educate healthcare professionals and doctors for over 30 years and became Secretary General of the Swiss Academic Foundation on Education in Infectious Diseases SAFE-ID in 2015. He has been involved with the European Medicines Agency EMA and Swissmedic for many years, and he played a key role in the EUPATI IMI project. He is a member of the Executive Committee of PFMD and a consultant on patient-centred clinical research and medicine throughout Europe.

He is co-author of numerous publications in the fields of infectious diseases, doctor-patient communication, research ethics and pharmacovigilance.