Research Areas

Development of quantitative MR and electrophysiological markers for the characterization of neurodegenerative diseases (motor neuron diseases, progressive Multiple Sclerosis)

Ongoing Projects

• Advancing Neuromuscular Disease Evaluation: Developing Novel Multiparametric MRI Methods for Myotonic Dystrophy Assessment and Management (collaboration with PD Dr. Francesco Santini) (SNF, Projektnummer 219674)
• Spinal cord imaging in post-polio syndrome – a long term follow up study (Lorenzo Piaggio Foundation)
• Brainstem atrophy in multiple sclerosis (SNF PMPDP3 171391) and neurodegenerative diseases
• Spinal cord gray and white matter imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation, FAG Basel)
• Spinal cord gray and white matter imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – a post mortem validation study (NERAB)
• Spinal cord gray and white matter imaging – a novel biomarker for spinal muscular atrophy (investigator initiated study, funded by Biogen)
• CSS – Assessing the course of degenerative cervical spinal stenosis using functional outcomes (collaboration with Prof. Muendermann, Dep. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and Dr. Netzer, Dep. of Spine Surgery,   University Hospital Basel)