Dr. Annina Zysset

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Focus

Children and Adolescents Public Mental Health, Eco-Anxiety and Global Uncertainty, Prevention and Health Promotion in Educational Settings, Student Health, Mental Health Intervention, Child and Adolescent Public Health

Teaching

• Scientific work
• Child development

Experience

• Research associate
  ZHAW Winterthur, Institute Public Health
  04 / 2018 - today
• Doctorate student
  University Children's Hospital Zurich
  10 / 2013 - 03 / 2018

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Doctorate in Psychology (Dr.phil.) / Psychology
  University of Zurich
  10 / 2013 - 03 / 2018
• PhD Program / Public Health
  Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)
  02 / 2016 - 01 / 2018
• Master in Psychology (M.Sc.) / Psychology
  University of Bern
  10 / 2009 - 07 / 2011
• Bachelor in Psychology (B.Sc.) / Psychology
  University of Bern
  10 / 2006 - 07 / 2009

Network

Membership of networks

• European Public Health Association
• Public Health Schweiz
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychologie SGP
• CYPHER - Child and Youth Public Health Research competence network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9871-5324

Media presence

Development of a serious game for support with writing difficulties

Projects

• Digital Health Information for Older Adults with Hearing Loss / Team member / ongoing
• Serious Game Approach to improving Writing Skills in School-Aged Children / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Developing a SSPH+ Initiative for Students' Mental Health / Team member / completed
• Immediate Support for School Stress: A Digital Feedback System for Adolescents Immediate help with school stress. A Digital feedback system for adolescents / Project leader / completed
• Development of a Machine Learning program for Injury Surveillance in Children and Adolescents / Team member / completed
• Health in Students during the Corona pandemic / Team member / completed
• Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system / Team member / completed
• Health and prevention in early childhood / Team member / completed
• Psychosomatic comorbidities: Use of Screening instruments in General and Pediatric Practice / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Zysset, A., Schwärzler, P., & Dratva, J. (2023). Seeking health in a digital world : exploring immigrant parents’ quest for child health information – a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(19), 6804. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20196804
• Tancredi, S., Ulytė, A., Wagner, C., Keidel, D., Witzig, M., Imboden, M., Probst-Hensch, N., Amati, R., Albanese, E., Levati, S., Crivelli, L., Kohler, P., Cusini, A., Kahlert, C., Harju, E., Michel, G., Lüdi, C., Ortega, N., Baggio, S., et al. (2023). Changes in socioeconomic resources and mental health after the second COVID-19 wave (2020-2021) : a longitudinal study in Switzerland. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01853-2
• Zysset, A., Robin, D., Albermann, K., Dratva, J., Hotz, S., Wieber, F., & von Rhein, M. (2023). Diagnosis and management of ADHD : a pediatric perspective on practice and challenges in Switzerland. BMC Pediatrics, 23(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-03873-x
• Zysset, A., Volken, T., Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., & Dratva, J. (2022). Change in alcohol consumption and binge drinking in university students during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10(854350). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.854350
• Lelong, M., Zysset, A., Nievergelt, M., Luder, R., Götz, U., Schulze, C., & Wieber, F. (2021). How effective is fine motor training in children with ADHD? : a scoping review. BMC Pediatrics, 21(490). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02916-5
• Volken, T., Zysset, A., Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., & Dratva, J. (2021). Generalized anxiety among Swiss health professions and non-health professions students : an open cohort study over 14 months in the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10833. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010833
• Wieber, F., Passalacqua, S., Zysset, A., Crameri, A., Künzler, A., & von Wyl, A. (2021). Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen im Kindes- und ­Jugendalter. Schweizerische Ärztezeitung, 102(38), 1228–1231. https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2021.20015
• Dratva, J., Wagner, A., Zysset, A., & Volken, T. (2021). To vaccinate or not to vaccinate : this is the question among Swiss university students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9210. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179210
• Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., Volken, T., Zysset, A., Huber, M., & Dratva, J. (2021). A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(643171). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171
• Zysset, A., Schlatter, N., von Wyl, A., Huber, M., Volken, T., & Dratva, J. (2021). Students’ experience and adherence to containment measures during COVID-19 in Switzerland. Health Promotion International. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab019
• Volken, T., Zysset, A., Amendola, S., Klein Swormink, A., Huber, M., von Wyl, A., & Dratva, J. (2021). Depressive symptoms in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and their correlates. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1458. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041458
• Dratva, J., Zysset, A., Schlatter, N., von Wyl, A., Huber, M., & Volken, T. (2020). Swiss university students’ risk perception and general anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), 7433. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207433

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., Volken, T., Zysset, A., Huber, M., & Dratva, J. (2022). A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. In E. Commodari, M. A. Coniglio, D. Conti, & V. L. La Rosa (Eds.), Closure and Reopening of Schools and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevention and Control Measures, Support Strategies for Vulnerable Students and Psychosocial Needs (pp. 15–24). Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-282-0
• Dratva, J., & Zysset, A. (2020). Körperliche Gesundheit und Entwicklung. In Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020 (pp. 76–107). Hogrefe.
• Dratva, J., Balmer, T., Gantschnig, B., Grylka, S., Juvalta, S., Volken, T., & Zysset, A. (2020). Chronische Krankheiten und Behinderungen. In Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020 (pp. 136–175). Hogrefe.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Weber, C., Zysset, A., Klein Swormink, A., Kunz, D., Truninger, D., & Wieber, F. (2025, September 3). Immediate help for school stress : digital feedback system for adolescents. 7th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 3 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34810
• Zysset, A., Winogradow, D., Passalacqua, S., Crameri, A., von Wyl, A., & Wieber, F. (2020, September). Wie bewerten Eltern Tipps zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern? Swiss Public Health Conference 2020, Luzern (Virtual Conference), 2.-3. September 2020.
• Zysset, A., Stapel, L., Dratva, J., Juvalta, S., Robin, D., Albermann, K., von Rhein, M., & Wieber, F. (2019). Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD. Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18493
• von Rhein, M., Albermann, K., Dratva, J., Zysset, A., Robin, D., Hotz, S., & Wieber, F. (2019). Diagnostics and treatment of ADHD in Switzerland : a physician perspective on practice and challenges. Jahresversammlung Der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft Für Pädiatrie, Bellinzona, 6. - 7. Juni 2019.
• Zysset, A., Grylka, S., Volken, T., & Dratva, J. (2019). Projects on the accessibility of vulnerable families in Switzerland. Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18465
• Zysset, A., Stapel, L., Dratva, J., Juvalta, S., Robin, D., Albermann, K., von Rhein, M., & Wieber, F. (2019). Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD. 1. Digital Health Lab Day, Wädenswil, 3. Oktober 2019.

Other publications

• Feer, S., Zysset, A., & Dratva, J. (2023). Machbarkeitsstudie Datenerhebung Kinder- und Jugendunfälle. BFU, Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2439
• Amstad, F., Suris, J., Barrense-Dias, Y., Dratva, J., Meyer, M., Nordström, K., Weber, D., Bernath, J., Süss, D., Suggs, S., Bucher della Torre, S., Wieber, F., von Wyl, A., Zysset, A., Schiftan, R., & Wittgenstein Mani, A.-F. (2022). Gesundheitsförderung für und mit Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen : wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen für die Praxis. Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz. https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/node/8253
• Truninger, D., Zysset, A., Wehrli, S., Albermann, K., von Rhein, M., & Wieber, F. (2022, September 19). Digital pens for measuring fine motor skills in school-aged children with and without ADHD. 4. Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Schweiz, 12. September 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25701
• Klein Swormink, A. M., Zysset, A., & Dratva, J. (2022, September 13). Can I see my friends ever again without worries? : uncertainty in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Swiss Public Health Conference, 7. Stakeholderkonferenz Nationale Strategie Zur Prävention Nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (NCD), Bern, Schweiz, 13.-14. September 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26295
• Dratva, J., Grylka, S., Volken, T., & Zysset, A. (2019). Wissenschaftliche Übersichtsarbeit frühe Kindheit (0-4j.) in der Schweiz : Gesundheit und Prävention : Schlussbericht. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Dokument.aspx?DocumentID=50035
• Wieber, F., Zysset, A., Dratva, J., von Wyl, A., Passalacqua, S., & Crameri, A. (2019, October 17). BAG Projekt : Möglichkeiten zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. 4. Health and Life Sciences Forum, Zürich, 17. Oktober 2019.
• Dratva, J., Grylka, S., Zysset, A., & Volken, T. (2018). Wissenschaftliche Übersichtsarbeit zu früher Kindheit : Gesundheit und Prävention. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Zysset, A., Kerry-Krause, M. J., & Dratva, J. (2025, September 11). The role of uncertainty in anxiety disorders among young adults : a study in university students. Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025.
• Zysset, A., Lehmann, A. I., Martin-Soelch, C., Pertziger, E., Golz, C., Wegrzyk, J., Baumer, A. M., Bohlius, J., Matthiä, A., Bauer, G. F., Albanese, E., & Dratva, J. (2025, September 11). Mental health and wellbeing in students across Swiss universities : from surveys to interventions. Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025.
• Zysset, A., Feer, S., Saaro, F. M., Bächli, M., Niemann, S., Meier, D., Seiler, M., Bogojeska, J., & Dratva, J. (2024). Machine learning powered patient records analysis for injury monitoring in children and adolescents [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_3), iii162. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.413
• Feer, S., Zysset, A., Saaro, F. M., Bächli, M., Niemann, S., Meier, D., Seiler, M., Bogojeska, J., & Dratva, J. (2024). Machine learning approach to injury monitoring in children and adolescents [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_3), iii24. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.059
• Feer, S., Zysset, A., Bogojeska, J., Saaro, F. M., Bächli, M., Niemann, S., Meier, D., Seiler, M., & Dratva, J. (2024, September 3). Machine learning powered patient records analysis for injury monitoring in children and adolescents. Swiss Public Health Conference, Fribourg, Switzerland, 3-4 September 2024.
• Wieber, F., Müller, S., Ackermann, K., Furchheim, P., Zysset, A., Meyer, M., & Dratva, J. (2023). Segmentation analyses as an effective tool to improve tobacco prevention and cessation [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement_2), ii582–ii583. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1461
• Feer, S., Zysset, A., Bächli, M., Niemann, S., & Dratva, J. (2023, September 12). Wie ist die Datenlage zu Kinder- und Jugendunfällen in der Schweiz? : eine Machbarkeitsstudie zur Prüfung bestehender Datenquellen und neuer methodischen Ansätze. Swiss Public Health Conference, Lausanne, Schweiz, 12.-13. September 2023.
• Götz, U., Wieber, F., Zysset, A., Iakusheva, A., Capol, S., Hotz, M., Truninger, D., Schulze, C., & Frey, S. (2022, November 11). Konditorei Kritzel : spielerisch Schreibmotorik trainieren. Event der Digitalisierungsinitiative (DIZH) “Gaming for Good”, Zürich, Schweiz, 17. November 2022.
• Wieber, F., Zysset, A., & von Wyl, A. (2022). Central concepts in mental health promotion programs for children and adolescents : evidence and examples from Switzerland [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), ckac129. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.451
• Zysset, A., Dratva, J., & Volken, T. (2021). Mental health in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 31(Supplement_3), ckab164. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.690
• Zysset, A., Volken, T., & Dratva, J. (2021). Preventive and risky health behavior of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 31(Supplement_3), ckab164. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.015
• Wieber, F., Ulrich, G., & Zysset, A. (2021, September 16). Serious Games in der Gesundheitsförderung : spielerisch Schreibmotorik fördern. 3. Digital Health Lab Day: Implementing Digital Health Innovations, Winterthur, Schweiz, 16. September 2021.
• Wieber, F., Zysset, A., Dratva, J., Passalacqua, S., Crameri, A., & von Wyl, A. (2021, August). How pediatricians promoted mental health of children and adolescents during COVID-19 : evaluation of the “Take Care” information brochures. Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.
• Dratva, J., Volken, T., & Zysset, A. (2021, August 24). Health of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic : impact and management. Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.
• Wieber, F., von Rhein, M., Gawrilow, C., Zysset, A., Kühnhausen, J., Stapel, L., Dratva, J., Albermann, K., Juvalta, S., & Robin, D. (2021, January). Objektive Bewegungsdaten als Grundlage für die Entwicklung digitaler Interventionen bei Kindern mit ADHS. Careum Konferenz “Chronisch krank in der digitalen Welt”, Aarau (online), 13. Januar 2021.
• Zysset, A., & Dratva, J. (2020). Digital maternal health booklets – do they help reaching migrant populations [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5), v108. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.290
• Zysset, A., & Dratva, J. (2020). Digital health information seeking of migrant populations : a scoping review [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5), v35–v36. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.083
• Zysset, A., Winogradow, D., Passalacqua, S., Crameri, A., von Wyl, A., & Wieber, F. (2020). Ten recommendations to foster mental health in children : systematic development of information materials for parents and pediatricians [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement 5), 104. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.277
• Wieber, F., Passalacqua, S., Crameri, A., Zysset, A., & von Wyl, A. (2020). “Take care of yourself” : a psychoeducational tool for adolescents for the mental health promotion (MHP) in the pediatric primary care (PPC) [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement 5), 457. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1246
• Crameri, A., Wieber, F., & Zysset, A. (2020, September 29). Psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen stärken. Vernetzungstreffen zum Thema «Psychische Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen 2019-2020» der Fachstelle «Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung» der Gesundheitsdirektion des Kantons Zürich, 29. September 2020.
• Zysset, A., Grylka, S., Volken, T., & Dratva, J. (2019). Projekte zur Erreichbarkeit von vulnerablen Familien in der Schweiz. Swiss Public Health Conference, Winterthur, 28. - 29. August 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Stability and prediction of motor performance and cognitive functioning in preschoolers: a latent variable approach, Infant and Child Development. 2020. doi: 10.1002/icd.2186
• Schmutz, E. A., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Kakebeeke, T. H., Zysset, A. E., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2020). Motor Competence and Physical Activity in Early Childhood: Stability and Relationship. Frontiers in Public Health, 8(39). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00039
• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Predictors of Executive Functions in Preschoolers: Findings from the SPLASHY study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Oct, 9:2060, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02060
• Zysset, Annina Elisa. Motor skills, cognitive skills and executive functions in preschool children. 2018, University of Zurich, Philosophische Fakultät.
• Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Schmutz, E. A., Zysset, A. E., Kakebeeke, T. H., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2019). Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers – comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 513. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6837-7
• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Ferrazzini V, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. The validity of parental reports on motor skills performance level in preschool children: A comparison with a standardized motor test, Eur J Pediatr. 2018;177(5):715-722, doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3078-6
• Stülb, K., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Arhab, A., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Munsch, S. (2017). Physiological stress response to an age-adapted stress task in preschoolers and its potential determinants. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83, 57. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.394
• Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Radtke T, Kakebeeke TH, Zysset AE, Messerli-Burgy N, Stulb K, Arhab A, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ, Kriemler S (2016) Regional sociocultural differences as important correlate of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss preschool children. Swiss Medical Weekly 146
• Messerli-Burgy N, Kakebeeke TH, Arhab A, Stulb K, Zysset AE, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Fares F, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Kriemler S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ (2016) The Swiss Preschoolers' health study (SPLASHY): objectives and design of a prospective multi-site cohort study assessing psychological and physiological health in young children. Bmc Pediatr 16:85

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