Dr. Anna Drewek

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Lecturer in Statistical Data Analysis
• Head of Studies for CAS Advanced Statistical Data Analysis
• Deputy Head of Statistical Consulting

Focus

• Data Analysis und Statistics
• Machine Learning und Predictive Modelling
• Causality

Teaching

• CAS Advanced Statistical Data Analysis
• CAS Data Analysis
• Statistics for Bachelor's degree Engineering and Management
• Statistics for Bachelor Data Science
• Causality for Master of Science in Engineering
• DAS Mathematik

Professional development teaching

CAS Advanced Statistical Data Analysis

Experience

• Lecturer in Statistical Data Analysis
  ZHAW
  2019 - today
• Senior Data Scientist
  PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
  2016 - 2018
• Lecturer
  ETH Zurich
  2016 - 2018
• Lecture Assistant at D-MATH
  ETH Zurich
  2008 - 2015
• Statistical consultant
  ETH Zurich
  2010 - 2012
• Internship as Data Scientist
  SBB
  2010 - 2011
• Internship as Data Scientist
  Inosoft AG
  2009 - 2009

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Title: Statistical Inference on Pathogen Entry into Human Cells
  Seminar for Statistics, ETH Zurich
  2012 - 2016
• Master in Mathematics
  ETH Zurich
  2009 - 2010
• Bachelor in Mathematics
  ETH Zurich
  2005 - 2009

Continuing Education

CAS in University Teaching and Learning
Zurich University of Teacher Education
2022

Network

Membership of networks

• ZHAW Datalab
• Swiss Statistical Society
• ETH Alumni

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0006-2624-9711

Projects

• Next-Gen Feedback Mining: Insights and Actions through AI Dialogue / Project leader / ongoing
• My digital twin is revealing the biomechanics of safe and efficient strength training / Team member / ongoing
• Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW / Team member / completed
• Warehouse Operations / Team member / completed
• AI‑Driven Analysis of Thermoanalytical Curves / Project leader / completed
• Efficiency analysis of multiple sclerosis therapies / Project leader / completed
• Therapy comparison for multiple sclerosis / Project leader / completed
• Detailed meal forecast for the restaurant industry / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Vollrath, S., Bitterlich, N., Lüdin, D., Rothenbühler, A., Hackney, A. C., Lorenzetti, S. R., Drewek, A., Achermann, B., du Toit, T., & Stute, P. (2025). Acute adrenal suppression following resistance training in elite female athletes : a comprehensive steroid profile. Sports, 13(12), 426. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13120426
• Achermann, B. B., Drewek, A., & Lorenzetti, S. R. (2025). Acute effect of the bounce squat on ground reaction force at the turning point and barbell kinematics. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 40(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000005269
• Achermann, B. B., Regazzi, N., Heynen, R., Lüdin, D., Suter, J., Drewek, A., & Lorenzetti, S. R. (2025). From monitoring to prediction : velocity-based strength training in female floorball athletes. Sports, 13(6), 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13060175

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Bürgin, R., Vetsch-Tzogiou, C., Stucki, M., Kauer, L., Pirktl, L., van Kleef, R. C., Kohler, A., Drewek, A., Thommen, C., Dettling, M., & Wieser, S. (2024, June 7). Improving risk adjustment in Switzerland with pharmaceutical cost groups. 6th Swiss Health Economic Workshop, Lucerne, Switzerland, 7 June 2024.
• Braune, S., Drewek, A., Bergmann, A., Schuler, M., Ait-Tihyaty, M., H Le, H., Keenan, A., Gandhi, K., & van Denderen, J. (2022, October). Is there an impact of early initiation of disease-modifying therapies in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in the German registry? 38th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 26-28 Oktober 2022.
• Braune, S., Drewek, A., Bergmann, A., Keenan, A., Gandhi, K., Schuler, M., van Denderen, J., Ait-Tihyaty, M., & H Le, H. (2022, October). Assessing the impact of persistency for disease-modifying therapies in a German registry for multiple sclerosis. 38th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 26-28 October 2022.

Other publications

• Rapp, C., Jakob, K., Drewek, A., Kruse, O., & Waller, G. (2025). Generative KI beim Verfassen von Abschlussarbeiten : Ergebnisse einer Studierenden- und Dozierendenumfrage im Juni/Juli 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2549
• Drewek, A., Ordelt, C., Riahi, N., & Sedding, H. (2024). 100 Jahre Sollzeiten - Ein Konzept für die Zukunft? Logistics Innovation, 2024(1), 10–13.
• Bürgin, R., Stucki, M., Vetsch-Tzogiou, C., Kauer, L., Kohler, A., Drewek, A., Thommen, C., Dettling, M., & Wieser, S. (2024). Wirkungsanalyse zum Risikoausgleich mit pharmazeutischen Kostengruppen (PCG) : Schlussbericht. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30489
• Cieliebak, M., Drewek, A., Jakob Grob, K., Kruse, O., Mlynchyk, K., Rapp, C., & Waller, G. (2023). Generative KI beim Verfassen von Bachelorarbeiten : Ergebnisse einer Studierendenbefragung im Juli 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2491

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Litchinko, A., Freyenmuth, P., Drewek, A., Ruckstuhl, A., & Adamina, M. (2025). Development and validation of predictive models for anastomotic leakage in TaTME rectal surgery [Conference presentation]. British Journal of Surgery, 112(Supplement_7), znaf092. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf092.050

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Simultaneous analysis of large-scale RNAi screens for pathogen entry. P. Rämö, A. Drewek et al. BMC Genomics 15(1162). 2014
• Longitudinal Assessment of Amyloid Pathology in Transgenic ArcAβ Mice Using Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J. Klohs, IW. Politano, A. Deistung, J. Grandjean, A. Drewek et al. PLOS ONE 8(6), e66097. 2013
• Integrated control of gastrointestinal nematodes in lambs using a bioactive feed×breed approach. S. Werne, A. Isensee, V. Maurer, E. Perler, A. Drewek, and F. Heckendorn. Veterinary Parasitology, Volume 198(3–4). 2013.
• Effect of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and faba bean(Vicia faba) on the periparturient rise in ewes infected withgastrointestinal nematodes. S. Werne, E. Perler, V. Maurer, JK. Probst, H. Hoste, A. Drewek and F. Heckendorn. Small Ruminant Research, 113 (454-460). 2013

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