Homan Lab Zurich

Mental health research

Werner Surbeck, MD, PhD. Postdoc/Attending physician

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Werner studied medicine at the University of Zurich. After his training in neurosurgery, he specialized in epilepsy surgery and functional neurooncology before completing a PhD on the electrophysiological investigation of the insular region. At present, he undergoes additional specialty training in psychiatry. In the VELAS study, Werner investigates brain-based semantic processing abnormalities in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, together with Noemi and their team of students.

Prizes, Awards, Fellowships

  • 08/2020: NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, New York, USA
  • 07/2020: Research Grant, OPO Foundation Switzerland
  • 04/2020: Travel Award, Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), USA
  • 2010: Participation in the development and patent co-owner of a new type of hybrid electrode for intracranial EEG recording from the insula and the hidden surfaces of the opercula. The electrode is fabricated by Ad-Tech Medical Instrument Corporation. Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Canada.

Contact

  • Phone: +41 (0)44 384 21 11
  • E-mail: werner.surbeck@bli.uzh.ch