Movement Disorders

Who we are and what we do

TBD

Petra Schwingenschuh

is an Associate Professor, lecturer and heads the movement disorder clinic and the research unit of the "Movement Disorders" area.

Daniela Kern

is a neurologist and a PhD student in neuroscience.

Research interests: movement disorders, tremor disorders; Parkinson's disease; functional neurological disorders, functional movement disorders (FMD), and medical education.

Current projects: Effect of Alcohol on Common Tremor Syndromes; Virtual Reality in Functional Movement Disorders; FMD-Comorbidity in Movement Disorders; Care situation of functional neurological disorders in Austria; Psychoeducation and Illness perception in functional neurological disorders

Maria Schneller

is a psychologist and PhD student in neuroscience

Research interests: Atypical Parkinson Syndromes, Tremor, Functional neurological disorders, Caregiver well-being and Quality of Life Research, psychological aspects of neurological disease

Current Projects: MeDeMSA Care, Psychoeducation and Illness perception in functional neurological disorders

ORCID: 0009-0000-8388-5518

Melanie Suette

is a psychologist, medical student and PhD student in neuroscience.

Research interests: Brain research with a focus on movement disorders, neuroimaging, genetics, proteomics, biomarkers, and psychological aspects of neurological disease.
Current projects: Proteomic and Imaging Biomarkers in Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s disease genetics (GP2), emotion regulation training in functional neurological disorders, ENIGMA-consortia (Parkinson's disease and Essential Tremor)
ORCiD: 0009-0007-9658-618X

Cornelia Rinner

is a physiotherapist and a medical student.

Research interests: Functional neurological disorders

Current project: Care situation of functional neurological disorder in Austria

Lukas Gattermeyer-Kell

is a resident in neurology and PhD student in neuroscience.

Research interests: movement disorders; essential tremor, tremor disorders; Parkinson's disease; normal pressure hydrocephalus; fluid biomarkers, imaging biomarkers; genetics of movement disorders
Current projects: Identifying Markers of Disease Subtypes and Disease Progression in the Syndrome of Essential Tremor (NCT06349538); proteomic and imaging biomarkers in essential tremor; Graz Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Study (TBA)
ORCiD: 0009-0009-9699-2959

Jonas Ulbrich

is a Master’s student in Biomedical Engineering.

Research interests: electrophysiological assessment of tremor (accelerometry, electromyography), biosignal processing, machine learning

Current project: developing a computerized tremor analysis pipeline to assist in the diagnostic process for tremor patients

Robert Matic

is a resident in neurology.

Research interests: movement disorders, tremor disorders, functional neurological disorders, Parkinson‘s disease.

Current projects: telemedicine in functional neurological disorders, Psychoeducation and Illness perception in functional neurological disorders, neurophysiology in tremor diseases