Source analysis of network interactions (functional connectivity), available as open source matlab toolbox NUTMEG
Brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial electric stimulation (tES), transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS)
Branislav Savic, PhD Dr. Branislav Savic is a PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience with eleven years of experience in human behavior research. He obtained his master degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Padova Italy in 2013. From 2013 until 2019, he completed a PhD and covered a Post-Doc position at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Bern Switzerland. During this time, he supervised and coordinated several non-invasive brain stimulation projects, in fields such as learning, memory, and social neuroscience. As of 2020, he started working at the Inselspital as lab-manager. Moreover, Dr. Savic teaches “Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques” at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Bern Switzerland.
Julian Lippert, MD Dr Julian Lippert is a specialist in neurology and has been senior physician at the University Neurorehabilitation at the University Hospital Inselspital since 2021.Julian Lippert completed his medical studies in 2013 at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. This was followed by further training as a specialist in neurology, first at the University Hospital in Münster and from 2016 at the Inselspital in Bern. After the specialist examination (FMH) in 2020, he was deputy senior physician in the field of University Neurorehabilitation at the Inselspital.In 2014 he received his doctorate in the field of neurogenetics with investigation of the dynamics of circadian rhythmic genes. The research work was supported by a scholarship from the Medical Faculty in Münster for “Innovative Medical Research”. In the field of stroke and sleep research, Julian Lippert accompanied multicenter studies in Bern and examines the influence of sleep-wake disorders on cerebro-cardio-vascular mortality and morbidity. With the move to the field of neurorehabilitation, interest in the influence of structural brain damage on disorders of neurocognitive functions was aroused. Future projects will focus on investigating neuronal networks after traumatic brain injury and cerebral hemorrhage using resting-state EEGs.
Bastian Volbers, MD Dr. Bastian Volbers is a private lecturer (Privatdozent) in neurology and a board certified Neurologist with additional board certifications in Critical Care Medicine, Geriatrics, Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care. Currently, he works and performs research at the University Neurorehabilitation Center, Inselspital, Bern Switzerland. Most recently, he was Head of the Telestroke Network in Northern Bavaria (STENO, Erlangen, Germany). His scientific focus is on Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Perihemorrhagic Edema, Neurorehabilitation, and Acute Ischemic Stroke treatment, Secondary Prevention / Brain Health and Telestroke-medicine. His main scientific interest is the interplay of secondary inflammatory processes, brain plasticity and neurorehabilitation after intracerebral hemorrhage, as well as new therapeutic options for optimizing these factors. Therefore, future research projects especially include the assessment of resting state EEG and the application of advanced Neuro-Stimulation-Techniques. Clinical interests of Dr. Volbers include both the early and acute Neurorehabilitation in Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage on the one hand as well as the acute treatment of neurological diseases. He is a member of the ESO Stroke Simulation Training Committee, the ESO Master of Advanced Studies in Stroke Medicine Faculty and the Faculty of the ESO/ESMINT Stroke Winter School.
Schuler Florian, MD Dr. Florian Schuler is a specialist in neurology, has a PhD degree in neuroinformatics, and has been senior physician at the department of Neurology in Neurorehabilitation since 2023. His scientific focus is on data science of data both from the clinical documentation and from the prehospital transport times of patients with suspected acute stroke. He co-programmed the smartphone application StrokeAmbulance and was involved in the development of the sister App StrokeClock, freely available on the AppStore. In Neurorehabilitation, he is interested in the longitudinal trajectories of recovery from acute brain damage. Since 2022, he teaches a lecture for the MSc curriculum Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. He is also an active member of the SwissNeuroRehab Consortium.
