Dr. Annina Zysset

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Focus

Children and Youth public health, Promotion of mental health in childhood, child development, motor skills, executive functions

Teaching

• Scientific work
• Child development

Experience

• Research associate
  ZHAW Winterthur, Institute Public Health
  04 / 2018 - today
• Doctorate student
  University Children's Hospital Zurich
  10 / 2013 - 03 / 2018

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Doctorate in Psychology (Dr.phil.) / Psychology
  University of Zurich
  10 / 2013 - 03 / 2018
• PhD Program / Public Health
  Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)
  02 / 2016 - 01 / 2018
• Master in Psychology (M.Sc.) / Psychology
  University of Bern
  10 / 2009 - 07 / 2011
• Bachelor in Psychology (B.Sc.) / Psychology
  University of Bern
  10 / 2006 - 07 / 2009

Network

Membership of networks

• European Public Health Association
• Public Health Schweiz
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychologie SGP
• CYPHER - Child and Youth Public Health Research competence network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9871-5324

Media presence

Development of a serious game for support with writing difficulties

Projects

• Developing a SSPH+ Initiative for Students' Mental Health / Team member / laufend
• Serious Game Approach to improving Writing Skills in School-Aged Children / Co-project leader / laufend
• HEalth in Students during the Corona pandemic / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST) / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Health and prevention in early childhood / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Psychosomatic comorbidities: Use of Screening instruments in General and Pediatric Practice / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Zysset, Annina; Schwärzler, Patricia; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Seeking health in a digital world : exploring immigrant parents’ quest for child health information – a scoping review.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  20(19), pp. 6804.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20196804

• Tancredi, Stefano; Ulytė, Agnė; Wagner, Cornelia; Keidel, Dirk; Witzig, Melissa; Imboden, Medea; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Amati, Rebecca; Albanese, Emiliano; Levati, Sara; Crivelli, Luca; Kohler, Philipp; Cusini, Alexia; Kahlert, Christian; Harju, Erika; Michel, Gisela; Lüdi, Chantal; Ortega, Natalia; Baggio, Stéphanie; Chocano-Bedoya, Patricia; Rodondi, Nicolas; Ballouz, Tala; Frei, Anja; Kaufmann, Marco; Von Wyl, Viktor; Lorthe, Elsa; Baysson, Hélène; Stringhini, Silvia; Schneider, Valentine; Kaufmann, Laurent; Wieber, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; Cullati, Stéphane; et al.,

  2023.

  Changes in socioeconomic resources and mental health after the second COVID-19 wave (2020-2021) : a longitudinal study in Switzerland.

  International Journal for Equity in Health.

  22(1), pp. 51.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01853-2

• Zysset, Annina; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; Dratva, Julia; Hotz, Sandra; Wieber, Frank; von Rhein, Michael,

  2023.

  Diagnosis and management of ADHD : a pediatric perspective on practice and challenges in Switzerland.

  BMC Pediatrics.

  23(1), pp. 103.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-03873-x

• Zysset, Annina; Volken, Thomas; Amendola, Simone; von Wyl, Agnes; Dratva, Julia,

  2022.

  Change in alcohol consumption and binge drinking in university students during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

  Frontiers in Public Health.

  10(854350).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.854350

• Lelong, Miriam; Zysset, Annina; Nievergelt, Mirjam; Luder, Reto; Götz, Ulrich; Schulze, Christina; Wieber, Frank,

  2021.

  How effective is fine motor training in children with ADHD? : a scoping review.

  BMC Pediatrics.

  21(490).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02916-5

• Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Amendola, Simone; von Wyl, Agnes; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Generalized anxiety among Swiss health professions and non-health professions students : an open cohort study over 14 months in the COVID-19 pandemic.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(20), pp. 10833.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010833

• Wieber, Frank; Passalacqua, Silvia; Zysset, Annina; Crameri, Aureliano; Künzler, Alfred; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2021.

  Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen im Kindes- und ­Jugendalter.

  Schweizerische Ärztezeitung.

  102(38), pp. 1228-1231.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2021.20015

• Dratva, Julia; Wagner, Aylin; Zysset, Annina; Volken, Thomas,

  2021.

  To vaccinate or not to vaccinate : this is the question among Swiss university students.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(17), pp. 9210.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179210

• Amendola, Simone; von Wyl, Agnes; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Huber, Marion; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  12(643171).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171

• Zysset, Annina; Schlatter, Nadine; von Wyl, Agnes; Huber, Marion; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Students’ experience and adherence to containment measures during COVID-19 in Switzerland.

  Health Promotion International.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab019

• Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Amendola, Simone; Klein Swormink, Anthony; Huber, Marion; von Wyl, Agnes; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Depressive symptoms in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and their correlates.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(4), pp. 1458.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041458

• Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina; Schlatter, Nadine; von Wyl, Agnes; Huber, Marion; Volken, Thomas,

  2020.

  Swiss university students’ risk perception and general anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  17(20), pp. 7433.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207433

• Amendola, Simone; von Wyl, Agnes; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Huber, Marion; Dratva, Julia,

  2022.

  A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

  .

  In:

  Commodari, Elena; Coniglio, Maria Anna; Conti, Daniela; La Rosa, Valentina Lucia, eds.,

  Closure and Reopening of Schools and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevention and Control Measures, Support Strategies for Vulnerable Students and Psychosocial Needs.

  Lausanne:

  Frontiers Media.

  pp. 15-24.

  Frontiers Research Topics.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-282-0

• Dratva, Julia; Balmer, Thomas; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Grylka, Susanne; Juvalta, Sibylle; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Chronische Krankheiten und Behinderungen

  .

  In:

  Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 136-175.

• Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Körperliche Gesundheit und Entwicklung

  .

  In:

  Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 76-107.

• Zysset, Annina; Winogradow, Dana; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes; Wieber, Frank,

  2020.

  Wie bewerten Eltern Tipps zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern? [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2020, Luzern (Virtual Conference), 2.-3. September 2020.

• von Rhein, Michael; Albermann, Kurt; Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina; Robin, Dominik; Hotz, Sandra; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Diagnostics and treatment of ADHD in Switzerland : a physician perspective on practice and challenges [poster].

  In:

  Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie, Bellinzona, 6. - 7. Juni 2019.

• Zysset, Annina; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Projects on the accessibility of vulnerable families in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18465

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18493

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [poster].

  In:

  1. Digital Health Lab Day, Wädenswil, 3. Oktober 2019.

• Feer, Sonja; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Machbarkeitsstudie Datenerhebung Kinder- und Jugendunfälle.

  Bern:

  BFU, Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2439

• Truninger, Dominique; Zysset, Annina; Wehrli, Samuel; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2022.

  Digital pens for measuring fine motor skills in school-aged children with and without ADHD [poster].

  In:

  4. Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Schweiz, 12. September 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25701

• Klein Swormink, Anthony Martinus; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2022.

  Can I see my friends ever again without worries? : uncertainty in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, 7. Stakeholderkonferenz Nationale Strategie zur Prävention nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (NCD), Bern, Schweiz, 13.-14. September 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26295

• Amstad, F.; Suris, J.; Barrense-Dias, Y.; Dratva, J.; Meyer, M.; Nordström, K.; Weber, D.; Bernath, J.; Süss, D.; Suggs, S.; Bucher della Torre, S.; Wieber, F.; von Wyl, A.; Zysset, A.; Schiftan, R.; Wittgenstein Mani, A.-F.,

  2022.

  Gesundheitsförderung für und mit Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen : wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen für die Praxis.

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz Bericht

  ; 9.

  Bern:

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/node/8253

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; von Wyl, Agnes; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano,

  2019.

  BAG Projekt : Möglichkeiten zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen [poster].

  In:

  4. Health and Life Sciences Forum, Zürich, 17. Oktober 2019.

• Dratva, Julia; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2019.

  Wissenschaftliche Übersichtsarbeit frühe Kindheit (0-4j.) in der Schweiz : Gesundheit und Prävention : Schlussbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Dokument.aspx?DocumentID=50035

• Dratva, Julia; Grylka, Susanne; Zysset, Annina; Volken, Thomas,

  2018.

  Wissenschaftliche Übersichtsarbeit zu früher Kindheit : Gesundheit und Prävention.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Feer, Sonja; Zysset, Annina; Bogojeska, Jasmina; Saaro, Felix Matthias; Bächli, Mirjam; Niemann, Steffen; Meier, Delphine; Seiler, Michelle; Dratva, Julia,

  2024.

  Machine learning powered patient records analysis for injury monitoring in children and adolescents.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Fribourg, Switzerland, 3-4 September 2024.

• Wieber, Frank; Müller, Steffen; Ackermann, Kurt; Furchheim, Pia; Zysset, Annina; Meyer, Matthias; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Segmentation analyses as an effective tool to improve tobacco prevention and cessation.

  In:

  16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ii582-ii583.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1461

• Feer, Sonja; Zysset, Annina; Bächli, Mirjam; Niemann, Steffen; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Wie ist die Datenlage zu Kinder- und Jugendunfällen in der Schweiz? : eine Machbarkeitsstudie zur Prüfung bestehender Datenquellen und neuer methodischen Ansätze.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Lausanne, Schweiz, 12.-13. September 2023.

• Götz, Ulrich; Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; Iakusheva, Aleksandra; Capol, Selina; Hotz, Martina; Truninger, Dominique; Schulze, Christina; Frey, Sara,

  2022.

  Konditorei Kritzel : spielerisch Schreibmotorik trainieren.

  In:

  Event der Digitalisierungsinitiative (DIZH) "Gaming for Good", Zürich, Schweiz, 17. November 2022.

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2022.

  Central concepts in mental health promotion programs for children and adolescents : evidence and examples from Switzerland.

  In:

  15th European Public Health Conference, Berlin, Germany, 9-12 November 2022.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckac129.451.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.451

• Wieber, Frank; Ulrich, Götz; Zysset, Annina,

  2021.

  Serious Games in der Gesundheitsförderung : spielerisch Schreibmotorik fördern.

  In:

  3. Digital Health Lab Day: Implementing Digital Health Innovations, Winterthur, Schweiz, 16. September 2021.

• Dratva, Julia; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2021.

  Health of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic : impact and management.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2021.

  How pediatricians promoted mental health of children and adolescents during COVID-19 : evaluation of the “Take Care” information brochures.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; Volken, Thomas,

  2021.

  Mental health in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckab164.690.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.690

• Wieber, F.; von Rhein, M.; Gawrilow, C.; Zysset, A.; Kühnhausen, J.; Stapel, L.; Dratva, J.; Albermann, K.; Juvalta, S.; Robin, D.,

  2021.

  Objektive Bewegungsdaten als Grundlage für die Entwicklung digitaler Interventionen bei Kindern mit ADHS.

  In:

  Careum Konferenz “Chronisch krank in der digitalen Welt”, Aarau (online), 13. Januar 2021.

• Zysset, Annina; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Preventive and risky health behavior of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckab164.015.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.015

• Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Digital maternal health booklets – do they help reaching migrant populations.

  In:

  16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH), online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. v108.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.290

• Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Digital health information seeking of migrant populations : a scoping review.

  In:

  16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH), online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. v35-v36.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.083

• Zysset, Annina; Winogradow, Dana; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes; Wieber, Frank,

  2020.

  Ten recommendations to foster mental health in children : systematic development of information materials for parents and pediatricians.

  In:

  16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH), online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 104.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.277

• Wieber, Frank; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; Zysset, Annina; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2020.

  “Take care of yourself” : a psychoeducational tool for adolescents for the mental health promotion (MHP) in the pediatric primary care (PPC).

  In:

  16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH), online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 457.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1246

• Crameri, Aureliano; Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen stärken.

  In:

  Vernetzungstreffen zum Thema «Psychische Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen 2019-2020» der Fachstelle «Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung» der Gesundheitsdirektion des Kantons Zürich, 29. September 2020.

• Zysset, Annina; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Projekte zur Erreichbarkeit von vulnerablen Familien in der Schweiz.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Winterthur, 28. - 29. August 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Stability and prediction of motor performance and cognitive functioning in preschoolers: a latent variable approach, Infant and Child Development. 2020. doi: 10.1002/icd.2186
• Schmutz, E. A., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Kakebeeke, T. H., Zysset, A. E., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2020). Motor Competence and Physical Activity in Early Childhood: Stability and Relationship. Frontiers in Public Health, 8(39). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00039
• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Predictors of Executive Functions in Preschoolers: Findings from the SPLASHY study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Oct, 9:2060, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02060
• Zysset, Annina Elisa. Motor skills, cognitive skills and executive functions in preschool children. 2018, University of Zurich, Philosophische Fakultät.
• Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Schmutz, E. A., Zysset, A. E., Kakebeeke, T. H., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2019). Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers – comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 513. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6837-7
• Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Ferrazzini V, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. The validity of parental reports on motor skills performance level in preschool children: A comparison with a standardized motor test, Eur J Pediatr. 2018;177(5):715-722, doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3078-6
• Stülb, K., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Arhab, A., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Munsch, S. (2017). Physiological stress response to an age-adapted stress task in preschoolers and its potential determinants. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83, 57. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.394
• Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Radtke T, Kakebeeke TH, Zysset AE, Messerli-Burgy N, Stulb K, Arhab A, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ, Kriemler S (2016) Regional sociocultural differences as important correlate of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss preschool children. Swiss Medical Weekly 146
• Messerli-Burgy N, Kakebeeke TH, Arhab A, Stulb K, Zysset AE, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Fares F, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Kriemler S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ (2016) The Swiss Preschoolers' health study (SPLASHY): objectives and design of a prospective multi-site cohort study assessing psychological and physiological health in young children. Bmc Pediatr 16:85

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