Research focus: Early detection of bipolar disorders or disorders from the schizophreniform spectrum in children and adolescents. Sleep electrophysiology and the relationships between sleep, perceptual processes, and neurocognitive aspects in adolescence.

Short Description: Sleep is a fundamental pillar of development and mental health. My research uses questionnaires, interviews, and portable high-resolution EEG to investigate how sleep is associated with changes in thinking and perceptual processes during wakefulness in adolescents. Our findings will help to better understand this interplay—whether restorative or mutually reinforcing—and to develop innovative around-the-clock therapies for young people.

Clinical-academic CV

2026: Lead Physician, Outpatient Setting, Zurich, Switzerland
2025: Associate Lead Physician, KJPP, Outpatient Setting, Zurich, Switzerland
2020: Junior Research Group Leader, Huber SLEEP Lab, Principal Investigator, Zurich, Switzerland
2014: Board-certified Specialist for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Switzerland; Senior Physician/Consultant PUK, KJPP, Outpatient Clinic Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2013: Visiting Clincian Scientist, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Queens, New York, USA
2011: Research Fellow, Huber SLEEP Lab, Zurich, Switzerland
2010: Research Fellow, Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services, Zurich, Switzerland
2009: Resident, PUK, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJPP), Zurich, Switzerland

Medical Thesis (MD), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Deutschland

2008: Resident, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (PUK), Zurich, Switzerland
2008: Staatsexamen Medizin, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany

Funding & Prices:

2023: PUK Fonds für wissenschaftliche Zwecke im Interesse der Heilung von psychischen Krankheiten
2021: Emdo Research Grant
2019: Frutiger Foundation Research Grant
2014: Filling the Gap, Research funding program for early-career women scientists at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
2013: Swiss National Foundation, Mobility Grant (IZK0Z3_147538/1)
2006: Research Grant for Students, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany

Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0162-8046 + ‪ ‪Miriam Gerstenberg - ‪Google Scholar