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Postdoctoral fellow

Thomas joined Prof. Indrit Bègue’s Laboratory in March 2024, motivated by his drive to dive into the terra incognita that the cerebellum remains, while practically contributing to the development of treatment alternatives for patients suffering from schizophrenia.

Chief resident

Konstantinos is a clinical psychiatrist with a profound commitment to the treatment and management of mental health disorders. Throughout his tenure as Chief Resident, he has developed expertise in both hospital and ambulatory settings, effectively managing diverse patient populations and fostering a culture of excellence and compassionate care. 

He completed his Doctor of Medicine degree in psychopharmacology at the University of Geneva, where he explored therapeutic strategies to enhance medication management in psychiatric care. Currently, he is dedicating his research efforts to investigating the efficacy and safety of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in psychiatry. His work is driven by a passion for integrating evidence-based research with clinical practice to advance the field of mental health. Konstantinos is eager to contribute his clinical experience, research acumen, and dedication to psychiatric innovation to the Neuroimaging and Translational Research lab, aiming to enrich our understanding and treatment of mental health conditions. 

Doctoral student

Jade was born in Strasbourg (France) and she moved to Geneva (Switzerland) to pursue higher education. Specifically, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Geneva, which led to a deep interest in neuroscience and research. So she completed a master’s degree in neuroscience within the Child Development Laboratory, directed by Prof. Petra Hüppi at the University of Geneva. Using fMRI, her research project focused on the assessment of neural substrates of sustained attention in very pre-term compared to full-term adolescents and assessed the long-term effects of a mindfulness-based intervention in preterm adolescents.

Since March 2024, Jade is a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Indrit Bègue in the Neuroimaging and Translational Psychiatry lab. Her thesis will focus on brain circuitry therapeutics for schizophrenia, more specifically for the negative symptoms (i.e., loss of pleasure, motivation, and social interests). She will target the neural mechanisms of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia using neuroimaging and use transcranial magnetic stimulation of the cerebellum to restore circuit abnormalities.

PhD student