PhD student in Neurosciences. Interested in Neuro-Urology and changes in lower urinary tract after spinal cord injuries

Veronika Birkhäuser, MD PhD, is a board-certified neuro-urologist working as a consultant at the Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich. After completing medical studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany she underwent urological training at the Department of Urology, University of Bern, where she earned a Doctorate in Medicine. She undertook a PhD in Clinical Science at the University of Zurich at the Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital. In addition, she completed a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Sexual Medicine/Sexual Therapy at the University of Basel, further emphasizing a multifaceted approach to urology and patient care. Her research is in the area of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunctions and neurogenic sexual dysfunctions after spinal cord injury.

Ines Bersch, a physiotherapist since 1989, has specialized in functional electrical stimulation (FES) for spinal cord injury rehabilitation since 1992. She has taught on electrical stimulation and neurorehabilitation at Swiss universities and internationally and earned her MSc (2012) and PhD (2019), focusing on upper and lower motoneuron lesions and the application of electrical stimulation with its various modalities. As the leader of the International FES Centre® at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre since 2018, she oversees over 3000 annual outpatient treatments and spearheads FES research, education, and technology integration. Her actual research is focusing on FES applications to improve hand function, bowel management, and skin integrity in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Jörg Krebs is leading the Neuro-Urology research group at Swiss Paraplegia Research in Nottwil, Switzerland. He has been involved in clinical research on spinal cord injury / disease topics, mainly neuro-urology and spine surgery, for 15 years. Before moving into clinical research, he had been active in experimental research with a focus on orthopedics and spine surgery for a decade. Jörg Krebs studied veterinary medicine at the University Bern in Bern, Switzerland and graduated in 1995. He attained a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (Dr. med. vet.) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University Bern in 2002. In 2007, he received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (summa cum laude) from the Medical Faculty of the University Bern and holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics.

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