Dr. Stephanie Homan

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Research and Innovation Group

Postdoc in MULTICAST – using a multidisciplinary approach to prediction and treatment of suicidality.
My focus lies in studying the fluctuating nature of suicidal thoughts, making use of digital technologies, and developing prediction models to better prevent and treat suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
In addition, I am interested in the question of whether patients respond differently to interventions (psychopharmacology, brain stimulation, psychotherapy).

Education

PhD in Health Sciences (Neurosciences), University of Bern, Switzerland
Master of Advanced Studies in Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
Master of Science in Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Minor: Neuroscience), University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Work Experience

Present

Clinical psychologist, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Erich Seifritz, MD, Birgit Kleim, PhD)
Postdoctoral researcher, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Birgit Kleim, PhD)

Past

Expert advisor, Individual Differences in Psychosis Lab (Philipp Homan, MD, PhD)
Post-graduate (PG) clinical psychologist, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Erich Seifritz, MD, Birgit Kleim, PhD)
Visiting Scholar, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA (John Kane, MD)
Research Assistant, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Australia (Christos Pantelis, MD)

2019
- Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Leucht, Stefan; Kane, John M; Homan, Philipp (2019). Evaluation of Differences in Individual Treatment Response in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 76(10):1063-1073.
- Kunzelmann, Katharina; Grieder, Matthias; Van Swam, Claudia; Homan, Philipp; Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Hubl, Daniela; Dierks, Thomas (2019). Am I hallucinating or is my fusiform cortex activated? Functional activation differences in schizophrenia patients with and without hallucinations. European Journal of Psychiatry, 33(1):1-7.

2018
- Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Cavelti, Marialuisa; Federspiel, Andrea; Kunzelmann, Katharina; Dierks, Thomas; Strik, Werner; Horn, Helge; Homan, Philipp (2018). Decreased blood flow in the right insula and middle temporal gyrus predicts negative formal thought disorder in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 201:432-434.
- Cavelti, Marialuisa; Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Federspiel, Andrea; Walther, Sebastian; Stegmayer, Katharina; Giezendanner, Stéphanie; Laimböck, Karin; Dierks, Thomas; Strik, Werner; Horn, Helge; Homan, Philipp (2018). Formal thought disorder is related to aberrations in language-related white matter tracts in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 279:40-50.
- Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Suker, Samir; Bachofner, Hanta; Eisenhardt, Sarah; Steinau, Sarah; Walther, Sebastian; Federspiel, Andrea; Dierks, Thomas; Strik, Werner; Homan, Philipp (2018). Targeting Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms With rTMS and Perfusion Imaging. American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(1):81-83.

2017
- Kornfeld, Salome; Studer, Martina; Winkelbeiner, Stephanie; Regényi, Mária; Boltshauser, Eugen; Steinlin, Maja; Swiss Neuropediatric Stroke Group (2017). Quality of life after paediatric ischaemic stroke. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(1):45-51.