Thomas Egger

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Assistant Health Services Research

Experience

• Research Associate Health Services Research
  ZHAW Winterthur Institute of Health Economics
  10 / 2024 - today
• Research Assistant Health Services Research
  ZHAW Winterthur Institute of Health Economics
  11 / 2022 - 09 / 2024
• Research Assistant Spinal Cord Injury Centre (scitrialsfinder.net)
  University Hospital Balgrist
  03 / 2022 - 12 / 2023
• Medical Technical Assistant Neurophysiology
  Universityhospital Balgrist
  04 / 2022 - 09 / 2022
• PhD Student Spinal Cord Injury Centre Campus Balgrist
  ETH Zurich & University of Zurich
  01 / 2022 - 09 / 2022
• Research Associate Infectiology and Hospital Epidemiology
  St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital
  05 / 2020 - 11 / 2021
• Research and Administrative Assistant Hospital Epidemiology
  University Hospital Zürich
  11 / 2019 - 04 / 2020
• Research Internship and Master Thesis
  Swiss Olympic Medical Centre Nottwil (Swiss Paraplegic Centre
  09 / 2018 - 09 / 2019

Education and Continuing education

Education

Master of Science (MSc) / Health Science and Technology (Health, Nutrition and Environment)
ETH Zurich
09 / 2013 - 09 / 2019

Network

Membership of networks

• Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Alumni
• Swiss Sports Nutrition Society

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2125-4678

Social media

• LinkedIn
• Researchgate

Projects

• Cost and Benefits of Physiotherapy / Team member / laufend
• The cost and value of physiotherapy in Switzerland: a health systems perspective / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• COVID-19 Social Monitor / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Egger, Thomas; Dörr,Tamara; Thoma,Reto; Nigg,Susanne; Risch,Lorenz; Cremonesi,Alessio; Vernazza,Pietro; Kohler,Philipp; Kahlert,Christian R.,

  2025.

  Evaluation of self-collected dried blood spots for detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies shows low sensitivity.

  Journal of Immunological Methods.

  536(113800).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2024.113800

• Kohler, Philipp; Babouee Flury, Baharak; Güsewell, Sabine; Egger, Thomas; Leal, Onicio; Bucher, Angela; Lemmenmeier, Eva; Meier Kleeb, Dorette; Möller, J. Carsten; Ortner, Manuela; Rieder, Philip; Ruetti, Markus; Schmid, Hans-Ruedi; Stocker, Reto; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Speer, Oliver; Wiggli, Benedikt; Besold, Ulrike; McGeer, Allison; Risch, Lorenz; Friedl, Andrée; Schlegel, Matthias; Vernazza, Pietro; Kahlert, Christian R.; Kuster, Stefan P.,

  2023.

  Clinical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection during the Omicron period in relation to baseline immune status and booster vaccination : a prospective multicentre cohort of health professionals (SURPRISE study).

  Influenza and other respiratory viruses.

  17(6), pp. e13167.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.13167

• Babouee Flury,Baharak; Güsewell,Sabine; Egger, Thomas; Leal,Onicio; Bucher,Angela; Lemmenmeier,Eva; Meier Kleeb,Dorette; Möller,J. Carsten; Rieder,Philipp; Rütti, Markus; Schmid, Hans-Ruedi; Stocker, Reto; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Wiggli, Benedikt; Besold, Ulrike; McGeer, Allison; Risch, Lorenz; Friedl, Andrée; Schlegel, Matthias; Kuster, Stefan P.; Kahlert, Christian R.; Kohler, Philipp,

  2022.

  Risk and symptoms of COVID-19 in health professionals according to baseline immune status and booster vaccination during the Delta and Omicron waves in Switzerland : a multicentre cohort study.

  PLOS ONE.

  19(11), pp. e1004125.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004125

• Höglinger, Marc; Carlander, Maria; Caviglia, Cornelia; Egger, Thomas; Frei, Christian; Rhomberg, Birgitta; Rohrbasser, Adrian; Trottmann, Maria,

  2024.

  Implementing a disease management program in Swiss primary care to improve diabetes care : results and experiences from a long-term follow-up study [poster].

  In:

  3rd Conferenceof the Swiss Implementation Science Network IMPACT, Geneva, Switzerland, 7-8 November 2024.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Egger, Thomas; Carlander, Maria; Höglinger, Marc,

  2024.

  Pilot-Evaluation von REBEL MIND : Vorher-Nachher-Analyse eines Online-Gruppentrainings von gomental für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene mit subjektiven Herausforderungen in ihrer mentalen Gesundheit.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31164

• Meier, Flurina; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Kobler, Irene,

  2024.

  Leistungsintensität von Spitex-Klientinnen und -Klienten und ihre Abbildung im Vergütungssystem : Schlussbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30824

• Höglinger, Marc; Carlander, Maria; Egger, Thomas,

  2024.

  Wissenschaftliche Begleitevaluation SWICA Disease-Management-Programm Diabetes Mellitus : Follow-Up-Jahr 2022.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30432

• Carlander, Maria; Egger, Thomas; Wirth, Brigitte; Höglinger, Marc,

  2023.

  Wissenschaftliche Begleitevaluation SWICA Disease-Management-Programm Diabetes Mellitus : Follow-Up-Jahr 2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27398

• Höglinger, Marc; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2023.

  Lebensqualität, psychische Gesundheit, Einsamkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen während der Covid-19-Pandemie : Schlussbericht zum Covid-19 Social Monitor.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2458

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Egger, T., & Flueck, J. L. (2020). Energy Availability in Male and Female Elite Wheelchair Athletes over Seven Consecutive Training Days. Nutrients, 12(11), 3262.
• Kahlert, C. R., Persi, R., Güsewell, S., Egger, T., Leal-Neto, O. B., Sumer, J., Flury, D., Brucher, A., Lemmenmeier, E., Möller, J. C., Rieder, P., Stocker, R., Vuichard-Gysin, D., Wiggli, B., Albrich, W. C., Babouee Flury, B., Besold, U., Fehr, J., Kuster, S. P., McGeer, A., ... Kohler, P. (2021). Non-occupational and occupational factors associated with specific SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among hospital workers -A multicentre cross-sectional study. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 27(9), 1336–1344.
• Kohler, P., Güsewell,S., Seneghini, M., Egger, T., Leal, O., Brucher, A., Lemmenmeier, E., Möller, J. C., Rieder, P., Ruetti, M., Stocker, R., Vuichard-Gysin, D., Wiggli, B., Besold, U., Kuster, S. P., McGeer, A., Risch, L., Friedl, A., Schlegel, M., Vernazza, P., ... Kahlert, C. R. (2021). Impact of baseline SARS-CoV-2 antibody status on syndromic surveillance and the risk of subsequent COVID-19-a prospective multicenter cohort study. BMC medicine, 19(1), 270.
• Leal-Neto, O., Egger, T., Schlegel, M., Flury, D., Sumer, J., Albrich, W., Babouee Flury, B., Kuster, S., Vernazza, P., Kahlert, C., & Kohler, P. (2021). Digital SARS-CoV-2 Detection Among Hospital Employees: Participatory Surveillance Study. JMIR public health and surveillance, 7(11), e33576.
• Strahm, C., Seneghini, M., Güsewell, S., Egger, T., Leal, O., Brucher, A., Lemmenmeier, E., Meier Kleeb, D., Möller, J. C., Rieder, P., Ruetti, M., Rutz, R., Schmid, H. R., Stocker, R., Vuichard-Gysin, D., Wiggli, B., Besold, U., Kuster, S. P., McGeer, A., Risch, L., ... Kohler, P. (2022). Symptoms compatible with long-COVID in healthcare workers with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection -results of a prospective multicenter cohort. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, ciac054. Advance online publication.
• Haller, S., Güsewell, S., Egger, T., Scanferla, G., Thoma, R., Leal-Neto, O. B., Flury, D., Brucher, A., Lemmenmeier, E., Möller, J. C., Rieder, P., Rütti, M., Stocker, R., Vuichard-Gysin, D., Wiggli, B., Besold, U., Kuster, S. P., McGeer, A., Risch, L., Schlegel, M., ... Kohler, P. (2022). Impact of respirator versus surgical masks on SARS-CoV-2 acquisition in healthcare workers: a prospective multicentre cohort. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 11(1), 27.

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