Gunther Meinlschmidt

Prof. Gunther
Meinlschmidt, PhD

Position(s)
Head of Research, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine

Institution
University Hospital Basel &
University of Basel

Phone +41 61 328 63 10

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Research Focus

Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health & Health Systems

Area of Research

Key Research Perspectives include i) new digital technologies, machine/deep learning, artificial intelligence, and clinical decision support tools, ii) psychotherapy and other interventions, iii) bodily processes, and iv) consultation-liaison and health services.

Key Research Topics include i) functional symptoms/syndromes and pain, ii) mental-somatic multimorbidities, iii) psychooncology


Approved Research Projects

Towards a deep learning-informed translational network approach to address mental-non-mental multimorbidity (Forschungsfonds der Universität Basel)

 

Prevention of psychosocial stress consequences in somatic medicine: a pilot project on collaborative care (SomPsyNet) (PGV01.087) (funded within the framework of the "Prevention in health care" programme by "Health Promotion Switzerland")     

Efficacy of a Modular Intervention to promote Dignity and Mental Well-Being by a Palliative Consultation-Liaison Service in Swiss Acute Hospital Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung & Gottfried und Julia Bangerter-Rhyner-Stiftung)

A clinical trial of group-based body psychotherapy to improve bodily disturbances in posttreatment cancer patients, in combination with randomized controlled smartphone-triggered bodily interventions (Krebsliga Schweiz)

A Personalized Approach to Foster Dignity by a Palliative Consultation Service in Swiss Acute Hospital Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung & Gottfried und Julia Bangerter-Rhyner-Stiftung)


Collaborations

National Collaborations
- Faculty of Psychology University of Bern
- Faculty of Psychology University of Basel

International Collaborations
- Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (대한민국)
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Université de Strasbourg, France
- Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
- various Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)


Ongoing Research Projects

Using deep learning to inform clinical decisions in the context of stress-related disorders, somatic symptoms, and mental-somatic multimorbidity.

 

Prävention psychosozialer Belastungsfolgen in der Somatik: ein Modellprojekt zur kollaborativen Versorgung (SomPsyNet) (PGV01.087) (Förderung im Rahmen des Programms “Prävention in der Gesundheitsversorgung” durch “Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz”).

Efficacy of a Modular Intervention to promote Dignity and Mental Well-Being by a Palliative Consultation-Liaison Service in Swiss Acute Hospital Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung & Gottfried und Julia Bangerter-Rhyner-Stiftung).

A clinical trial of group-based body psychotherapy to improve bodily disturbances in posttreatment cancer patients, in combination with randomized controlled smartphone-triggered bodily interventions (Krebsliga Schweiz)  Medical students learn with and from people with mental disabilities: a comparison of the teaching formats improvisation theatre workshop and movie discussion.


Research Team

Seraina Caviezel, MD

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 57 45
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Noa Naa-Wansa Römmel, B.Sc.

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 58 52
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Dilara Damar, B.Sc.

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 6216
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Ebru Yetik, B.Sc.

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 58 52
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Lukas Ebner

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 58 52
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Christoph Zäh

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 265 53 35
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Lara Noemi Riedo 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 59 79
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Gayoung Son

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Lilly-Sophie Walzer 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Melinda Kress 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Cornelia Meffert, PhD

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 265 31 41
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Claudia Steiner (dipl. phil. II)

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 265 20 59
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Jennifer Erb, M.Sc.

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 59 79
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Iris Bänteli, PhD

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 57 45
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Yasmin Liechti

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 63 17
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Angela Buess 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 43 65
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J. Abraham Hernández 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 57 45
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Johanna Fremmer 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Luka Damjanov 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Yvonne Künstle 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Souad Guemghar, PhD

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 58 52
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Reka Schweighoffer, M.Sc.

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 50 12
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Regina Gfrörer, M.Sc.

Research Fellow

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David Büchel

Data Manager

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Sybille Werner-Zimmermann

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 59 83
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Ewelina Kotwa, PhD

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 57 45
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Daria Meier 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Virginie Bourquin 

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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Katharina Sophie Barthelmess  

Research Fellow

Phone +41 61 328 62 16
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