Health-related Quality of life and psychological adjustment in pediatric patients with chronic diseases and their families (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, congenital heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, hemolytic uremic Syndrome)
Sleep behavior and chronotypes in healthy children; evaluation of the Zurich 3-step concept for the management of behavioral sleep disorders in children
Curriculum vitae
Education
2019: Venia Legendi, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2018: Swiss approved psychotherapist, Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents, University of Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland
2009: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2005: Licentiate (equivalent to M.Sc.) in Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professional Experience
2019-present: Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, University Children’s Hospital Zurich
2011 to present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Prof. M. Landolt
2017-2018: Assistant lecturer, master students courses in the field of Biomedicine and Psychology, University of Zurich
2016-2017: Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, private practice in Basel
2010-2015: Academic Assistant, University of Zurich, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Prof. S. Walitza
2010–2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Child Development Center, PD O. Jenni
2005–2009: PhD student/Research Assistant, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Child Development Center, Prof. H-J. Haug and PD O. Jenni
2002–2004: Tutor/Research Internship, University of Zurich, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Prof. B. Boothe
2002: Clinical Internship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (KJPD), Rüfenach AG, Switzerland
Professional service
2016 to present: Associate Editor, European Journal of Pediatrics
2010 to present: Member of Zurich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research (ZiS)
2011 to present: Reviewer for Pediatrics, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Child: Care, Health and Development, Neuropediatrics, Acta Paediatrica, Sleep, Economics and Human Biology
2011-2015: Statistical advisor, European Journal of Pediatrics
