Prof. Dr. Verena Klamroth-Marganska

Management role

Deputy Head, Research and Development

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer

Expertise and research interests

neurorehabilitation, robotics, clinical trials, research in areas intersecting human medicine, engineering and technology

Educational background

2004 Dissertation Westfälische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Germany
2000-2001 US Medical Licensing Examination I&II
1990 -1998 MD, Human Medicine Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany

Professional milestones

2008 – 2018 Senior Research Associate
Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2006 – 2007 Medical Doctor in Residence in Neurology
Median Klink Berlin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2001 – 2006 Medical Doctor and Research Assistant in Clinical Genetics
Institute for Human Genetics, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany

Membership of networks

• EMN Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica
  General Secretary
• COST Action TD1006 - European Network on Robotics for NeuroRehabilitation
• Cybathlon
  Head of Medical Affairs
• Mitglied Kernteam ZHAW digital

• Tele-Assessment: Leveraging Deep Learning to Assess Upper Limb Kinematics after Stroke with Off-the-shelf Webcams / Project leader / Project ongoing
• You+Care / Team member / Project ongoing
• Sleep Coach / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• The situation of users of complementary public transport services in Switzerland / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• mHealthINX – The mental Health eXperience; Indication - iNtervention - eXperience / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Preventive Home Adaptation / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Evaluation des Projekts "Pas à Pas+" / Team member / Project ongoing
• Practical considerations for the application of occupational therapy at a physical distance / Project leader / Project completed
• Development of a training for professional storytelling to strenghten the professional identity of occupational therapists / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Ressources and barriers of health care at a distance / Team member / Project completed
• Applicability of the GripAble Therapy Robot to Patients After Hand Injuries / Project leader / Project completed

• Gemperle, Michael; Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Ballmer, Thomas; Gantschnig, Brigitte E.; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2022.

  Midwives’ perception of advantages of health care at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland.

  Midwifery.

  105(103201).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103201

• Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke B; Alt Murphy, Margit; Lamers, Ilse; Hughes, Ann-Marie; Buurke, Jaap H; Feys, Peter; Keller, Thierry; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Tarkka, Ina M; Timmermans, Annick; Burridge, Jane H,

  2021.

  European evidence-based recommendations for clinical assessment of upper limb in neurorehabilitation (CAULIN) : data synthesis from systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus.

  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

  18(162).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-021-00951-y

• Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Gemperle, Michael; Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica; Gantschnig, Brigitte E.,

  2021.

  Does therapy always need touch? : a cross-sectional study among Switzerland-based occupational therapists and midwives regarding their experience with health care at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.

  BMC Health Services Research.

  21(1), pp. 578.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06527-9

• Georgarakis, Anna-Maria; Sonar, Harshal A.; Rinderknecht, Mike D.; Popp, Werner L.; Duarte, Jaime E.; Lambercy, Olivier; Paik, Jamie; Martin, Bernard J.; Riener, Robert; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2020.

  Age-dependent asymmetry of wrist position sense Is not influenced by stochastic tactile stimulation.

  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

  14.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00065

• Just, Fabian; Özen, Özhan; Tortora, Stefano; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Riener, Robert; Rauter, Georg,

  2020.

  Human arm weight compensation in rehabilitation robotics : efficacy of three distinct methods.

  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

  17(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-020-0644-3

• Baur, Kilian; Rohrbach, Nina; Hermsdörfer, Joachim; Riener, Robert; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  The “Beam-Me-In Strategy” - remote haptic therapist-patient interaction with two exoskeletons for stroke therapy.

  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

  16(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0547-3

• Baur, Kilian; Speth, Florina; Nagle, Aniket; Riener, Robert; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2018.

  Music meets robotics : a prospective randomized study on motivation during robot aided therapy.

  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

  15(79).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0413-8

• Gemperle, Michael; Grylka, Susanne; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2021.

  Die Corona-Krise und Kämpfe um die Bewertung telemedizinischer Care-Arbeit [paper].

  In:

  DGS/ÖGS-Kongress «Post-Corona-Gesellschaft?», Sektionsveranstaltung der Arbeitssoziologie (ÖGS) und Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie (DGS) «Die Corona-Krise und der Wert der Arbeit», Wien, Österreich, 23. - 25. August 2021.

• Gemperle, Michael; Grylka, Susanne; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Gantschnig, Brigitte; et al.,

  2021.

  Health Professionals and Digital Technology [paper].

  In:

  2021 Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association : "Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty", Geneva, Switzerland (online), 28-30 June 2021.

  Available from: https://sociocongress2021.ch/wp-content/uploads/Program/Program_SocioCongress_2021_web.pdf

• Gemperle, Michael; Grylka, Susanne; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2021.

  Erfahrungen von Gesundheitsfachkräften mit der Behandlung auf Distanz während der COVID-19-Pandemie [paper].

  In:

  DGS/ÖGS/SGS-Dreiländerkongress „Gesundheitssystem der Zukunft – Zukunft der Gesundheit: alles neu nach Corona?“, München, Deutschland, 4. - 5. März 2021.

• Gemperle, Michael; Grylka, Susanne; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Ballmer, Thomas; Gantschnig, Brigitte E.; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2021.

  Betreuen auf Distanz während des Lockdowns im Frühjahr 2020.

  Obstetrica.

  2021(5), pp. 8-11.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22566

• Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica; Gemperle, Michael; Grylka, Susanne; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2021.

  Behandlungen auf Distanz während des Lockdowns.

  Ergotherapie.

  (1), pp. 22-27.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2020.

  Digitale Medien auf dem Prüfstand : eine Befragung unter angehenden Gesundheitsfachpersonen [poster].

  In:

  Dreiländertagung Public Health3: Gesundheitskommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert, Steckborn, 17.-18. Januar 2020.

• Meidert, Ursula; Egger, Selina Marita; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2021.

  “If you stay inside the stress thing, you don't stand a chance” : stress perception of older employees during corona times.

  In:

  2021 Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association : "Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty", Geneva, Switzerland (online), 28-30 June 2021.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Angehende Gesundheitsfachpersonen und ihre Gesundheitskonzepte im Lichte des digitalen Wandels.

  In:

  Dreiländerkongress Gesundheits- und Medizinsoziologie 2019, Winterthur, 27.-28. August 2019.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Gesundheitsbezogene digitale Kompetenzen angehender Gesundheitsfachleute.

  In:

  Digitalisierung der Arbeit im Gesundheits- und Sozialsektor, Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland, 21.-22. Mai 2019.

• Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Digital health literacy of health care profession students.

  In:

  12th European Public Health Conference, Marseille, France, 20 - 23 November 2019.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 32-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.069

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Future health professionals on the use of digital media in their professional work.

  In:

  Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2019, Neuchâtel, 10-12 September 2019.

Other contributions

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