Paracelsus Medical University (PMU)

Institute for Rehabilitation, Transition and Palliative Care of Neurologically Ill Children
Research projects

Main Projects

For more detailed information on the following research projects, please visit the download section.

  • Spinal surgery and neuropediatrics - Development of treatment concepts for neurologically ill children with spinal deformities, and their transition to adulthood.
    Project leader: Dr. Mostafa Mosafer
  • Personalized therapy for rare childhood epilepsies
    (Network Therapy Rare Epilepsies - Study Group NETRE)
    Project leader: Dr. Celina von Stülpnagel-Steinbeis
  • Rehabilitation, long-term outcomes with transition, and quality of life (QoL) for children with prolonged consciousness disorders
    Project Leader: Dr. Celina von Stülpnagel-Steinbeis
  • Long-term outcomes and transition in children with acquired brain injuries (e.g., stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, herpes encephalitis)
    Project leader: Dr. Celina von Stülpnagel-Steinbeis
  • Long-term outcomes and transition in genetically-based epilepsy disorders (e.g., Rett, Fragile X, Angelman, Dravet, Mowat-Wilson, Coffin-Siris, Nicolaides-Baraitser syndromes)
    Project leader: Dr. Celina von Stülpnagel-Steinbeis
  • Long-term outcomes and transition after childhood epilepsy surgery
    Project leader: Dr. Manfred Kudernatsch
  • Animal-assisted therapies and interventions in neuropediatrics
    Project leader: Dr. Karin Hediger
  • Pediatric neuroendocrinology
    Project leader: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Markus Rauchenzauner, MSc
  • Pediatric cardiology and neuropediatrics
    Project leader: Dr. Milka Pringsheim
  • Therapy-resistant childhood epilepsies: new treatment methods
    Project leader: Dr. Milka Pringsheim
  • Neuropediatric rehabilitation: Patient-reported outcome measures
    Project leader: Dr. Steffen Berweck
  • APPROACH (Active PaRametrizable Open-source Articular orthesis for CHildren)
    Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Herbert Plischke, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wagner
  • Calcium channel disorders working group (AKKKE)
    Project leader: Dr. Cornelia Betzler
  • Translational animal models: Neurological disorders (especially epilepsy, movement disorders) in dogs and children
    Project leader: Prof. Dr. Andrea Fischer