20.05.2025DIZH Rapid-Action-Call: Funded projects

develops innovative solutions for more effective EEG monitoring and decision making in Intensive Care Units (ICU).  

• Team: Dr. Una Pale, UZH Medizinische Fakultät | Dr. phil. Daniel Hug, ZHdK Departement Musik | Prof. MD. Emanuela Keller, UZH Medizinische Fakultät | Prof. Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken, ZHdK Departement Design | MSc. Jenny Schmid, UZH Department of Informatics

is designing an AI-supported translation tool that translates complex social administration documents into easy-to-understand language.

• Team: Prof. Dr. Karsten Donnay, UZH Institut für Politikwissenschaft und Digital Society Initiative (DSI) | Dr. Rainer Gabriel, ZHAW Soziale Arbeit 

brings together digital and analog processes for headache communication.

• Team: Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Wegener, Universitätsspital Zürich  | Dr. Yvonne Illg, UZH Linguistik Zentrum | Prof. Dr. Philipp Dreesen, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik | Lucien Baumgartner, UZH Philosophisches Seminar | Dr. Dolores Lemmenmeier, ZHAW Angwandte Linguistik | Dr. med. Anke Maatz, UZH Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy | Sabina Räz | Prof. Dr. Kevin Reuter, UZH Philosophisches Seminar 

develops a VR-based trunk control rehabilitation system for stroke patients, using adaptive algorithms, real-time motion data, and advanced communication.

• Team: PD Dr. Christoph Bauer, UZH Departement of Vascular Neurology | Dr. Mandy Scheermesser, ZHAW Gesundheit  | Jonas Fabech, ZHAW School of Engineering | Dr. Roman Kuster, UZH

Freezing of Gait is a frequent and debillitating condition in Parkinson’s Disease, for which there is no proven therapeutic approach. AntiFreeze uses virtual reality to assess, evaluate, and train strategies to avoid Freezing in a tailored manner.

• Team: Dr. Chris Easthope Awai, UZH Klinik für Neurologie / Lake Lucerne Institute | Prof. Dr. Marcela Ruiz, ZHAW School of Engineering | Ass. Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer, UZH Klinik für Neurologie / Lake Lucerne Institute

Digitalizing the fight against superbugs: using data mining to track antibiotic resistance for travelers to the global South. 

• Team: Prof. Thomas Van Boeckel, UZH One Health Institue | Prof. Dr. Jasmina Bogojeska, ZHAW School of Engineering | Prof. Dr. Frank-Peter Schilling, ZHAW School of Engineering

aims to develop MedLitGrasp, an online tool for researchers and clinicians, that uses large language models to automatically synthesize large volumes of biomarker data on multiple sclerosis, stroke, and delirium. 

• Team: Dr. Benjamin Ineichen, UZH Center for Reproducible Science | Prof. Dr. Beate Sick, ZHAW School of Engineering | Dr. Martin Frey, ZHAW School of Engineering

is a web-based cognitive health platform.

• Team: Dr. Lore Legrand, UZH Neuroscience of Motivation and Cognition in Rehabilitation | Prof. Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken, ZHdK Departement Design | Dr. Josef Schönhammer, UZH Neuroscience of Motivation and Cognition in Rehabilitation | Prof. Dr. Nicolas Langer, UZH Psychologisches Institut

aims to develop a novel automated digital tool based on communication theory to analyze how different journalistic perspectives are linked in media reporting.

• Team: Prof. Dr. Alexandre Bovet, UZH Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning | Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Wyss, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik | Dorian Christoph Quelle, UZH Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning | Louis Schäfer, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik | Prof. Dr. Julia Krasselt, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik 

enhances a neuropsychological test of visual memory, the Rey Figure Test, using smart pens and mobile brain imaging.

• Team: Dr. Josef Schönhammer, UZH Neuroscience of Motivation and Cognition in Rehabilitation | Dr. Yanick Lukic, ZHAW School of Engineering | Prof. Dr. Nicolas Langer, UZH Psychologisches Institut