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Department of Psychology  Child and Adolescent Health Psychology 

Helene Werner

Helene Werner, PD Dr. phil.

  • Postdoc
  • research fellow
Phone
+41 (0)44 266 83 36
Address
Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland


Projects

  • 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