Program - Graduate School for Health Sciences - Universität Bern

4 th Symposium Graduate School for Health Sciences 2012
Date: Thursday, November 29 th to Friday, November 30 th
Location: Centre Loewenberg, CH-3280 Murten
http://www.sbb.ch/sbb-konzern/sbb-als-geschaeftspartnerin/immobilien/mietobjekte/centreloewenberg.html
to reach by train: Bern departure 08:08, S5, track 12A to Muntelier-Löwenberg, arrival 08.39,
welcome coffee at the Centre Loewenberg (situated right in front of the train station)
Thursday, November 29 th
09.30 – 09.45 Welcome: Prof. Sissel Guttormsen, Institut für Medizinische Lehre, Universität Bern
09.45 – 10.25 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK I
09.45 – 10.25 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK II
10.25 – 10.55 Coffee Break
10.55 – 11.55 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK I
10.55 – 12.15 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK II
12.30 – 13:45 Lunch/Check-In
14.15 – 15.55 Common presentations FK I & FK II
15.55 – 16:25 Coffee Break
16:25 – 18.25 Common presentations FK I & FK II
18.45 – 20.15 Dinner
20.30 - ??? Informal get-together, suggestions are welcome!
Friday, November 30 th
07.30 – 09.00 Breakfast/ Check-Out
09.15 – 12.45 Workshop (with coffee break): “Philosophy of Science”
09.15 – 09.20 Introduction by Dr. Mirko Schmidt, Institut für Sportwissenschaft (ISPW), Universität Bern
09.20 – 10.20 Evidence-based medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Uyen Huynh-Do, Universitätsklinik für Nephrologie und Hypertonie, Inselspital
10.20 – 11.20 Psychology
Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund, Psychologisches Institut, Angewandte Psychologie: Life-
Management, Universität Zürich
Prof. Dr. Klaus Oberauer, Psychologisches Institut, Allgemeine Psychologie (Kognition),
Universität Zürich
11.20 – 11.40 Coffee Break
11:40 – 12.40 Physics
Dr. Adrian Wüthrich, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Bern
12.40 – 13.15 Discussion, concluding words
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch
14.19 Departure to Bern, S5, track 13C, 14.52 arrival in Bern

Student presentations FK I / FK II
Thursday, November 29 th : Morning Session
09.45 – 11.55 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK I
Chair: Prof. Marcel Zwahlen, ISPM
10.15 – 10.35 Nicole Steck, ISPM
“Determinants of assisted suicide in Switzerland”
10.35 – 10.55 Micol Gianinazzi, ISPM
“Information needs in childhood cancer survivors: What they got and what they want“
10.25 – 10.55 Coffee Break
10.55 – 11.15 Daniela Schäfer, Cardiology, Inselspital
“Padma 28, a natural remedy that improves our vascular system?”
11.15 – 11.35 Claudia Berlin, ISPM
“Determinants of geographic and temporal variation of cardiovascular health care in
Switzerland”
11.35 – 11.55 Ilir Hoxha, ISPM
“Medical practice variation analysis in Kosovo”
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch/Check-In
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09.45 – 12.15 Parallel Sessions: Student presentations FK II
Chair: Prof. Sissel Guttormsen, Institut für Medizinische Lehre, Universität Bern
09.45 – 10.05 Nora Preuss, Institute for Psychology, Dep. Cognitive Psychology
“Non-invasive insula stimulation modulates purchase decision making”
10.05 – 10.25 Lea Meier, UPD
“Neural Correlates of Homeostatic and Sensory Body Sensations”
10.25 – 10.55 Coffee Break
10.55 – 11.15 Andrew Ellis, Institute for Psychology, Dep. Cognitive Psychology
“Investigating mental imagery using EEG”
11.15 – 11.35 Anja Bänninger, UPD
“Resting states of the brain and state dependent information processing in health and disease:
Study part schizophrenia”
11.35 – 11.55 Noëmi Eggenberger, Perception and Oculomotoric, Inselspital
“Aphasia and Gestures: Insights via Eye Movements in Patients with Aphasia after a Stroke”
11.55 – 12:15 Jacqueline Helena de Jong-Mazairac, Urology, Inselspital
“Is there variability in pelvic floor and abdominal response induced by different cough and forced
expiration patterns?”
12.30 – 13:45 Lunch/Check-In

Thursday, November 29 th : Afternoon Session
14.15 – 15.55 Common presentations FK I & FK II
Chair: Prof. Sissel Guttormsen, Institut für Medizinische Lehre, Universität Bern
14.15 – 14.35 Thomas Radtke, Kardiologie
“Microvascular endothelial function in healthy children and adolescents: considerations for
methodological application”
14.35 – 14.55 Tim Vanbellingen, Neurology, Inselspital
“New aspects in apraxia research”
14.55 – 15:15 Johanni Brea, Institute for Physiology
“Sequence Learning with Neural Networks”
15.15 – 15.35 Stéphanie Giezendanner, UPD
“Effects of season of birth on white matter integrity in schizophrenia”
15:35 – 15:55 Rahel Bieri, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology and
Rehabilitation
“Relationship between Cognition, Behavioral Adaptations and Proxy Measures for Driving in
Younger and Older Subjects”
15.55 – 16.25 Coffee Break
16.25 – 18.25 Common presentations FK I & FK II
Chair: Prof. Carolyn Morf, Institut für Psychologie, Exp. Sozial- und
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
16.25 – 16.45 Karen Hofmann, ISPM
“Social determinants of inequality in health”
16.45 – 17.05 Dominik Schori, ISPM
“Social inequality, parental and own resources and physical health in young adults”
17.05 – 17.25 Stefanie Müller, UPD
“Neuronal Correlates of Catecholamine Depletion in Patients with Bulimia Nervosa off
Medication and Healthy Control”
17.25 – 17.45 Roger Hilfiker, ISPM
“The relationship between physical functions and activities of daily living”
17.45 – 18.05 Nicole Gruber, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology and
Rehabilitation
18.05 – 18.25 Rahel Schumacher, Neurology
“Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on aphasia recovery after stroke”
18.45 – 20.15 Dinner
20.30 - ??? Informal get-together, suggestions are welcome!