Curriculum Vitae
Name |
Antonella Palla, MD |
Address |
Neurology Department,
Zürich University Hospital, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland; |
Citizenship |
Swiss |
Birth |
January 16, 1974 |
Schools |
1994 Maturity Type C,
Kantonsschule Zürich |
Medical School |
1994-2000 University of
Zürich |
Diploma and Certificate |
2000 Federal Medical
Diploma, University of Zürich 2007 Certificate for
Neurosonography, Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology 2008 Board Certification in Neurology 2009 Neurologist
(FMH-Diploma) 2011 Habilitation. Lecturer
of Neurology (Privatdozentin), University of Zürich, “Pathophysiology of
vestibular neuropathy” |
Professional History |
2001 – 2002 Postdoctoral
Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann),
Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital 2002 – 2003 Resident,
Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. U. Münch), Spital Bülach, Bülach 2003 – 2005 Resident,
Neurology Department (Prof. Dr. med. K. Hess), and Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Zürich
University Hospital 2006 – 2007 Resident,
Cerebrovascular Unit (Prof. Dr. med. R. W. Baumgartner), and Research Fellow,
Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Neurology
Department, Zürich University Hospital 2008 –2008 Oberärztin,
Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), and Research
Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann),
Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital 2008 – 2011 SCORE scholar
of the Swiss National Science Foundation March – June 2010 Visiting
Scientist Department of Movement and Balance, Division of Neurosciences and
Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London (Prof. A.M. Bronstein) 2011 – 2013 Oberärztin
Neurology Department (Prof. M. Weller), Zürich University Hospital and
Oberärztin Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann),
Zürich University Hospital July 2012 – December 2012
Oberärztin Neurology Department and Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory and Head
of the Headache and Pain Division of the Neurology Department, Zürich
University Hospital January 2013 – June 2013
Oberärztin Department of Neurosurgery and Head of the Headache and Pain Division
of the Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital since July 2013 Oberärztin
Neurology Department (Prof. M. Weller) and Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory
(Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann) and Head of the Headache and Pain Division of
the Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital |
Major Grants (Principal
investigator) |
Vestibular neglect – does it exist.
Baasch-Medicus-Stiftung (40'000 Swiss Francs, 2006) and Koetser
Foundation (25'000 Swiss Francs, 2006) 2007
Cerebellar contribution to motion perception: A comparative study on eye
movements and angular self-motion perception in cerebellar patients and
healthy human subjects. Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland (40’000 Swiss Francs, 2007) 2007 SCORE award (Swiss Clinicians Opting
for Research) of the Swiss National Science Foundation (503’853 Swiss Francs,
2008-2011) 2009 Wahrnehmung der Eigenbewegung bei
Patienten und Patientinnen mit Kleinhirnerkrankungen. Vontobel-Stiftung (24’000
Swiss Francs, 2009) 2009
Acute and chronic deficits of strokes along central vestibular pathways.
Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
(20’000 Swiss Francs, 2009) 2010 Tilt-translation discrimination - a
causative factor of falls? Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland (20’000 Swiss Francs, 2010) 2010 Tilt-translation discrimination - a
causative factor of falls? Hartmann Müller-Stiftung
für medizinische Forschung, Zurich, Switzerland (20’000 Swiss Francs, 2010) |