Julianna Sandholm-Bark, PhD
Head of Global Citizenship Program; Faculty, Current Art, Composition, First Year Seminar
Julianna Sandholm-Bark has more than 20 years of experience in international education, teaching art history, literature, critical thinking and research methods since 2008. As head of the Global Citizenship Program since 2017, she oversees the University's liberal arts curriculum, which includes courses in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and provides students with a core educational foundation emphasizing critical thinking skills. From 2018 to 2023, she oversaw the Meet the Artist Lecture and Podcast Series, bringing Geneva's artistic community to the Webster campus.
She has contributed her expertise in art and education at Geneva's annual art fair artgenève since 2019. A contributor to the Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible, she has presented her work on art, pedagogy and assessment at numerous academic conferences since 2014.
Sandholm-Bark, J. (2025). Redefining liberal arts education for a VUCA world: The case of Webster University’s Global Citizenship Program. INTED 2025 Proceedings, 19th International Technology, Education and Development Conference.
Sandholm-Bark, J. (2025). Critical AI literacy in higher ed: Lessons and next steps. INTED 2025 Proceedings, 19th International Technology, Education and Development Conference.
“Dreamer's Water: Why data isn’t enough, with apologies to Hans Rosling.” 78 Magazine, April 2, 2021.
Possible in Visual Arts. In Glăveanu V.P. (Ed.), “The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020).
F. Arese Visconti, and J. Sandholm-Bark. (2018). "Enabling effective assessment through collaboration." INTED2018 Proceedings. ISBN: 978-84-697-9480-7
Julianna Bark and Anders Sandholm. Describing the Value of Art through Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic Models. In Rodríguez-Ortega, “IV Encuentro Internacional de Historia del Arte y Cultura Artística Digital. Libro de resúmenes.” (2016).
“(Not just) spots on a wall — a review of Hirst’s spot paintings, exhibited at Gagosian in Geneva,” Le Flaneur, 21 Feb. 2012.
“Portraiture, Authorship, and the Authentication of Shakespeare,” Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature 25 (2011), 215-229.
Jean-François Guillebaud, in “Artistes à Genève,” Karine Tissot, ed. (Geneva: Editions Notari, 2010), 286-287.
“Jean-Etienne Liotard, Mimesis, and History Painting,” Cantor Arts Center Journal 6 (2008-2009), 19-25.
“The Spectacular Self: Jean-Etienne Liotard’s Self-Portrait Laughing,” Inferno 12 (2007-8), 49-56.
Email: juliannabark21@webster.edu
Reni Atanassova, MASE, MA, MS
Faculty, English as Second Language
Lucie Cardinaux, MA
Faculty, French
Lucie Cardinaux teaches French and serves as an academic advisor at Webster University Geneva. She holds a Master of Arts in French as a Foreign Language and a Master of Arts in Translation and Intercultural Communication from the University of Geneva. Swiss and French, she brings a multicultural perspective to her teaching, incorporating cultural insights that enrich classroom discussions.
Before joining the University, she taught in a Swiss linguistic program for refugees. In addition to her academic role, she is an artist specializing in painting and drawing and supports the campus Art Club. A passionate reader, she especially enjoys science fiction and explores new creative projects in her free time.
Peter Carson, JD
Faculty, Media Law, Ethics and Policy
Peter Carson combines experience in law, journalism and education with expertise across media and nonprofit sectors. He has practiced tort litigation and served as a reporter and editor for publications in the United States and Switzerland. Carson worked in community investment at a major Houston nonprofit, focusing on social impact and resource allocation.
At Webster University Geneva, Carson manages academic advising and student success while teaching. He helps students navigate academic challenges and align educational goals with career development, drawing from his interdisciplinary background to provide practical guidance.
Degrees
- JD, University of Denver, USA
- BA in Political Science and International relations, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA
Affiliations
- Member of the Ohio State Bar Association
- Member of the Colorado Bar Association
Email: petercarson43@webster.edu
Lucia Del Moro, MA
Faculty, German Language
Lucia Del Moro is a counselor and language instructor (Italian and German) in the Geneva-Nyon area. Italian and Swiss, Del Moro holds a Master of Arts in Foreign Languages from the University of Florence, Italy; a Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation from the University of Geneva, Switzerland; and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Webster University. She is a licensed counselor (Swiss Association of Counselling - SGfB) specializing in Logotherapy, the existential approach developed by Viktor Frankl.
Agnès Demornex, MA
Faculty, English as Second Language
Agnès Demornex is an English as a Second Language and Global Cornerstone teacher at Webster University Geneva and a teacher trainer at Haute École Pédagogique du Canton du Vaud in Lausanne. She studied architecture at École d'Architecture de Lyon and English civilization and literature at Université Lyon II before moving to the United States. She has earned an MA in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education from the American College of Education and is completing an MA in English Literature and Culture at the University of Hertfordshire.
Her research interests include universal design for learning (UDL), developing students' choice, voice and autonomy, and meaningful technology integration. She taught at high schools and middle schools in the United States for more than 10 years before returning to France and focusing on her current positions at the university level. She is committee director of the Kamilala Swiss Competition of Plurilingual Kamishibai, which involves the Japanese art of storytelling in French along with the integration of several other languages.
Besides her passion for language teaching and education, Demornex is an avid gardener.
Demornex, A. (2022). Fostering student voice, choice, and autonomy in the foreign language classroom. ETAS Journal, 39(no.1), 34-35.
Bemporad, C., et Demornex, A. (Eds.). (2023). Le kamishibai plurilingue multimodal: un outil d’éducation numérique ? Edilettre, 1.
Bemporad, C., et Demornex, A. (2023, juin). Le kamishibaï plurilingue : enjeux de la multimodalité et défis du numérique. Communication présentée à 10ème congrès international de l’association EDiLiC: L’éducation plurilingue de la petite enfance à l’âge adulte: Transitions, continuités et ruptures, Copenhague, Danemark.
Demornex, A., Lehmacher, S., et Viret Couchoux, E. (2024). Aide à l'apprentissage des langues. Cahiers Pédagogiques (Les), 593, 40-41.Yohan Frei, PhD
Faculty, Biology and Mathematics
Laurent Frei, PhD, is a recent addition to the faculty at Webster University Geneva, where he teaches biology and mathematics. He holds a doctorate in biology from the University of Geneva, having begun his academic journey at the University of Grenoble, France, before transitioning to Geneva in 2009. His research focuses on genetics, molecular biology and developmental biology in insect systems, including a notable discovery in Drosophila genetics. This work uncovered the unique expression pattern of a specific messenger RNA in the brain essential for reproductive processes.
Frei is committed to creating a welcoming and supportive classroom environment where students feel safe and excited to learn. Outside academia, he holds an IPMA Level D project management certification, is passionate about French, Japanese and Italian culinary arts, and plays drums in a band.
Frei Y, Immarigeon C, Revel M, Karch F, Maeda RK (2024) Upstream open reading frames repress the translation from the iab-8 RNA. PLoS Genet 20(9): e1011214.
C. Immarigeon, Y. Frei, S.Y.N. Delbare, D. Gligorov, P. Machado Almeida, J. Grey, L. Fabbro, E. Nagoshi, J. Billeter, M.F. Wolfner, F. Karch, R.K. Maeda, (2021) Identification of a micropeptide and multiple secondary cell genes that modulate Drosophila male reproductive success, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118 (15): e2001897118.
Maeda RK, Sitnik JL, Frei Y, Prince E, Gligorov D, Wolfner MF, et al. (2018) The lncRNA male-specific abdominal plays a critical role in Drosophila accessory gland development and male fertility. PLoS Genet 14(7): e1007519.
Zuzana Hevler, MA
Faculty, Media Studies
Zuzana Hevler studied journalism and media studies at Charles University's Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV) in Prague. She completed additional studies in New York and at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. She has written for various English-language publications and has worked with International Geneva since 2007. She served as an editor for Hospodářské Noviny, The Prague Post (an English-language weekly) and the Czech daily Zemské Noviny. She also contributed to Československý Šah magazine.
Groundbreaking Referendum and Billion-Dollar Costs: Swiss Approve 13th Pension, March 4, 2024.
Zelensky Criticizes Putin in Davos: Once Again Urges Swiss, Who Promise Peace Conference, Jan. 16, 2024.
Watches Worth Hundreds of Thousands to Tens of Millions: Left a World-Renowned Watch Company and Started His Own in a Room, Nov. 4, 2023.
Swiss-Alps-Zermatt: Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected, Surprising the Swiss. Only Some Snow-Capped Peaks Might Be Saved. Oct. 7, 2023.
Zelensky's Attempt to Convince Hesitant Swiss: Standing Ovations and a Few Walkouts. June 15, 2023.
Swiss Leopards Gather Dust: Will Bern Send Tanks to Ukraine? Arms Companies Await Permission, Public and Parliament Divided. June 7, 2023.
"It’s Important to Fulfill Dreams You Had as a Child," Says Mystery Author Michaela Klevisová. April 26, 2023.
Swiss Dismantle Air Defense Missiles Despite Not Needing To: Criticism Arises, Could Have Sent Them to Ukraine. March 15, 2023.
"For Russia, It’s a Case of Let the Chips Fall Where They May," Says the Highest-Ranking Czech Diplomat at the UN. March 13, 2023.
Petya Ivanova, PhD
Faculty, Creative Writing and Studio Acting
Petya Ivanova holds a doctorate in English literature from the University of Geneva, specializing in medieval literature. As a freelance opera dramaturg, she has collaborated with opera houses in Geneva, Lausanne and Bordeaux. She has taught literature and creative writing at the University of Geneva and theater studies at the University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria. Passionate about music and poetry, she writes texts for contemporary Bulgarian jazz composers.
Collective volumes
2025 “Les poèmes du MS Cotton Nero A.x.” (The Pearl Manuscript), critical edition and translation in French, in collaboration with Claire Vial, Tatjana Silec and Martine Yvernault, Garnier, Paris.
Edited volumes
2017 “La poésie didactique au Moyen Age,” eds. Danielle Buschinger, Mathieu Olivier and Petya Ivanova, Amiens : Presses Universitaires de Picardie, 2017.
Critical studies
2024 “New Pedagogical Practices for Presenting Literary Texts,” in Art Studies Quarterly, Vol. 3, 2024.
2023 The Art of Comedy in Europe, in “Licedey: recent research papers on European comedy,” PU Paisii Hilendarski, Plovdiv, p.13-24, 2023.
2022 Aspects de l’histoire du mime dans le théâtre français, in “Psychologie du Mime,” Maison d'édition de l'Université de Plovdiv, 2022.
2019 “Silent Adventures at the Arthurian court: Le Morte Darthur and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” Ce qui advient…les déclinaisons de l’aventure, eds. Danielle Buschinger, Mathieu Olivier, Till Kuhnle, Florent Gabaude et al., Amiens: Presses Universitaires de Picardie, 2019.
2019 The Ways of Pilgrimage in the Poetry of Leonard Cohen, in “Revue d’Etudes médiévales,” eds. Danielle Buschinger et Anne Ibos-Augé, Amiens: Presses Universitaires de Picardie, 2019.
2019 Sir Thomas Malory, ‘translator’ of the Arthurian prose cycle, in “Translatio and the History of Ideas,” ed. Anna Kukulka-Wojtasik, Peter Lang, 2019.
2017 Ceci n’est pas une chanson d’amour: Les manières amoureuses chez Chaucer et Gower, in “La poésie didactique au Moyen Age,” eds. Danielle Buschinger, Mathieu Olivier et Petya Ivanova, Amiens: Presses Universitaires de Picardie, 2017.
2016 Entre homme et animal: l’ange chez Torquato Tasso et Botticini, in “Mondes animaliers au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance,” ed. Danielle Buschinger, Amiens: Presses Universitaires de Picardie, 2016.
2016 Parody in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur: Enactment and Fictionality, in “Courtly Parodies/ Parodies Courtoises,” éds. Margarida Madureira, Ana Paiva Morais and Carlos Carreto, Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2016, p. 431-442.
2016 Le mystérieux désir féminin entre la “femme hideuse” du Moyen Âge et Nastassia de Dostoïevski, en passant par l’Eve de Milton, in “Le mystérieux au Moyen Âge et ailleurs,” éd. Danielle Buschinger, Mathieu Olivier, Amiens: Presses Universitaires de Picardie, Revue d’Etudes médiévales, 2016.
2014 Afterlives: Petrarch and Geoffrey Hill’s The Triumph of Love, with Peter Behrman de Sinéty, in “Mémoire du Moyen Age dans la poésie contemporaine,” éds. Nathalie Koble and Mireille Séguy, Hermann, 2014.
2014 Versions of the Glorious Body: Language and Corporeity, in “Körper, Kultur, Kommunikation / Corps, Culture, Communication,” éds. Catalina Schiltknecht, Alexander Schwarz et Barbara Wahlen, Bern: Peter Lang, 2014, p. 353-364.
2014 Quand les émotions prennent chair — pour une histoire de l’émotion médiévale, sur La chair des émotions: Pratiques et représentations corporelles de l’affectivité au Moyen Âge, dossier coordonné par Damien Boquet, Piroska Nagy et Laurence Moulinier-Brogi, PUV, Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, 2011, compte-rendu critique, Fabula: la recherche en littérature, vol. 15, no. 4, April 2014.
2014 “Le Bone Florence of Rome: The Profaned Body in Use and in Language," Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2014.
2014 Actualisation narrative du corps guerrier — perspectives textuelles/Re-enactment and narrativisation of the warrior’s body — a textual perspective, in “Les arts de guerre et de grâce (XIVe-XVIIIe siècle): De la codification du mouvement à sa restitution: hypothèses, expérimentations et limites. Actes du colloque du 21 au 22 mai 2012,” éds. Daniel Jaquet, Dora Kiss and Pierre-Henry Bas, Lille: Revue du Nord Histoire, 2014.
2011 Courtesy at the Limits of Language: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in “Cultures Courtoises en Mouvement,” éds. Isabelle Arseneau and Francis Gingras, Montreal: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2011, p. 419-429.
2011 Kinesthetic Imagination and Free Meaning in the Work of Merce Cunningham, in “Free Verse and Free Dance: Embodied Sense in Motion,” éds. Aida Ailamazian, Julia Idlis, Irina Sirotkina and Tatiana Venediktova, Moscow: Moscow State University, Smysl, 2011, p. 338-58.
2010 “Affective Kinesis and Construction of Space in Anchoritic Texts,” Postgraduate English Issue 21 (March 2010): ISSN 1756-9761.
Journal articles
“'L’isolement fait partie de notre histoire,' regard historique sur le lien entre poésie et médecine,” Diagonales, No 135, May-June 2020
“'Ce n’est pas une guerre, c’est la nature,' le rôle de l’art et de l’humour dans la gestion d’une crise,” interview avec Daniel Koch, Diagonales, No 135, July-Aug. 2020
“ L’hypnose comme philosophie de l’acceptation: archetypes et inconnu,” interview avec Dr Eric Bonvin, Diagonales, No 136,July-Aug. 2020
“Enfants sous pression: le rôle de l’école et des relations familiales sur l’équilibre émotionnel des enfants,” Diagonales, No 136, July-Aug. 2020
“L’épreuve de l’exil: nostalgie et mémoire,” Diagonales, No 136, July-Aug. 2020
“Les filles surdouées: challenges et adaptation,” Diagonales, No 137, Sept.-Oct. 2020
“La culture comme antidote à l’entropie: le rôle de la vie culturelle comme facteur préventif du vieillissement cognitif,” Diagonales, No 137, Sept.-Oct. 2020
“Le théâtre: le souffle de la vie,” interview avec Omar Porras, Diagonales, No 146, April-May 2022.
Musical critique and accompanying texts
2024 George Sand: la meilleure musicienne parmi les écrivains, CD booklet to “George” by Sonya Yoncheva
2023 The Courtesan as a Diva, CD booklet to “The Courtesan” by Sonya Yoncheva
2021 The contemporary baroque, author booklet text to “Handel” by Sonya Yoncheva, Sony Classical, 2021.
2019 Anna Bolena, la première reine anglaise de Donizetti, Opéra de Lausanne, livret de salle, Feb. 2019.
2019 Ariadne auf Naxos de Richard Strauss: un fil pour relier les contrastes, Opéra de Lausanne, livret de salle, March 2019.
2019 Musique et parole dans Orphée et Eurydice de Gluck, Opéra de Lausanne, livret de salle, June 2019.
2019 Handel: Women in the history of opera, Sony Classical, author booklet, 2019.
2018 La dramaturgie de Ramuz/Stravinsky dans “Histoire du soldat,” Opéra de Lausanne, livret de salle, Sept. 2018.
2018 L' “Histoire du soldat” peut être extrapolée à n'importe quel conflit armé, Sep 28, 2018, 24 Heures.
2018 Verdi, history and drama, Sony Classical, author booklet, 2018
2018 Le jeu du regard à l’école des amants, Così fan tutte de Mozart, Opéra de Lausanne, livret de salle, Oct. 2018.
2018 La chauve-souris: la naissance surprenante d’un chef-d’œuvre, livret de salle, Opera de Lausanne, Dec. 2018.
2018 Le baroque de Purcell et Dowland, article de présentation, récital Anne-Sophie von Otter, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Jan. 2018.
2018 La Belle époque de la musique française, article de présentation, Benjamin Bernheim, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Jan. 2018.
Literary writing
2015 “Ring at Ciel,” “Untitled,” “Pentecost,” “Things as they are,” “A Vision,” Fulcrum: An Anthology of Poetry and Aesthetics, No. 8, 2015.
2015 “Gnossienne 1.A,” “East of Eden,” “Le rouge rougeoit,” The Battersea Review, No. 5, Vol. I, Summer 2015.
2013 “Three Poems,” The Battersea Review, No. 2, Vol. I, Winter 2013.
Kwihee Kauffmann-Bin, MA
Faculty, Music Appreciation
Kwihee Kauffmann-Bin has taught piano and music since 2000.
After earning a bachelor's degree in composition from Kyungwon University in Seoul,
she came to Switzerland to study French and earn a Music Theory Teaching Diploma (MA)
and certificates in Musical Culture Teaching (Advanced Musical Theory, Music Analysis
and Orchestration) from the Haute École de Musique de Genève. She has performed duets
with soprano Kwihyun Bin in Switzerland, France, Scotland, the U.S., Japan and South
Korea, and collaborated with other musicians.
Olivia Marcz, MA, PGDip
Faculty, Psychology
Canadian-born Olivia Marcz has spent most of her life in southern Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.
She works in private practice with adolescent and adult clients. After completing her Master of Arts in Counseling at Webster University Geneva, she studied cross-cultural trauma at Harvard University in Italy and earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from the University of Oxford.
Marcz has worked as a school counselor for primary and secondary school students in international schools in Switzerland and Cuba. She is a qualified international psychology educator with experience teaching various psychology curricula, specializing in neurodivergent education.
Agnese Mariotti, PhD
Faculty, Genetics
Agnese Mariotti holds a doctorate in genetics from the University of Pavia, Italy. After postdoctoral research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, she worked as a principal scientist at the University of Lausanne. She has authored numerous scientific articles and two books for the general public on psychophysical stress and health: Gestire lo stress (Il Punto di Incontro, 2017) and Stress, les solutions sont dans nos mains (Rosso Editions, 2018). Her research focuses on biological mechanisms coordinating physical and psychological responses..
Eric Ménétre, PhD
Faculty, Psychology
Eric Ménétré holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of Geneva, where he studied executive functioning in word production using neuroimaging methods. He also earned a Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Neuropsychology and a Master of Science in Psychology from Geneva.
As a postdoctoral researcher at the EEG and Epilepsy Unit in the Division of Neurology at the University Hospitals of Geneva, Ménétré integrates artificial intelligence with clinical data to improve epilepsy diagnosis. He leads development of a medical device to identify novel biomarkers at first seizure, advancing early detection and intervention. Ménétré coordinates multicenter research projects across seven epilepsy centers, applying methodological rigor and statistical expertise to advance both research and clinical applications in neurology.
Francesco Pennacchio, PhD
Faculty, Science in the News
Francesco Pennacchio is a multidisciplinary professional whose expertise spans chemistry, physics, public health and visual storytelling. He holds a BS and MS in chemistry from the University of Pavia, Italy, and a doctorate in physical chemistry from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). After his scientific career, he transitioned to data science and population health, coordinating the Specchio-COVID-19 digital study, which tracked 20,000 participants during the pandemic.
Pennacchio holds an MA in photojournalism and documentary photography from the University of the Arts London. His photography explores themes of memory and identity, with work exhibited internationally at Galleria Civica Bosio, IPFO Haus der Fotografie, Modern Art Oxford and Il Meccanico. His work has appeared in Lonely Planet Magazine and LensCulture, earning recognition at the PhEST Open Call for Being Human, Athens Photo Festival and Siena Drone Photo Awards.
In addition to teaching at Webster University Geneva, Pennacchio collaborates with the Visual Art Biennale Images Vevey, teaches photography in Geneva and maintains a freelance practice combining scientific insight with visual storytelling.
Baysson, H., Pennacchio, F., et al. Specchio-COVID19 cohort study: a longitudinal follow-up of SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey participants in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. BMJ Open 2022;12:e055515. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055515
Stringhini, S. et al. Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after the second pandemic peak. The Lancet. Infectious diseases vol. 21,5 (2021): 600-601. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00054-2
Stringhini, S. et al. Large variation in anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence among essential workers in Geneva, Switzerland. Nat Commun 12, 3455 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23796-4
Dumont, R., et al. A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescentis. Nat Commun 13, 7086 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34616-8
Pennacchio, F., et al. Design and implementation of an optimal laser pulse front tilting scheme for ultrafast electron diffraction in reflection geometry with high temporal resolution. Struct. Dyn. 1 July 2017; 4 (4): 044032. doi: 10.1063/1.4991483
Truc B., et al, Ultrafast generation of hidden phases via energy-tuned electronic photoexcitation in magnetite, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (26) e2316438121, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2316438121 (2024).
Dusan Petkovic, PhD
Faculty, Media Studies
Dusan Petkovic holds a doctorate in media technologies and innovation, a master's degree in visual anthropology from the Free University of Berlin and a bachelor's degree from the Dutch Film and Television Academy. With more than 18 years of professional experience in media production, Petkovic specializes in post-production, with projects earning recognition at the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BAFTA and Daytime Emmy Awards.
Julia Sader, PhD
Faculty, Psychology
Julia Sader, PhD, specializes in psychology and medical education. She holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences with a focus on medical education from the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine. Her research integrates psychological principles within medical education frameworks.
Sader earned a Master of Science in developmental psychology from University College London (UCL) and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in philosophy from Webster University Geneva, graduating magna cum laude with departmental honors.
Her research explores psychological applications in educational and developmental domains.
PhD publications (thesis by article plus 323-page document available upon request)
Letter to the editor: “Clinical reasoning and COVID-19 pandemic: current influencing factors – Let us take a step back!” (Audétat, M-C; Sader. J. & Coen, M. 2021) Intern Emerg Med. 2021 Jun;16(4):1109-1111. doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02516-8. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33044737; PMCID: PMC7549420.
Opinion paper: “Clinical reasoning in dire times. Analysis of cognitive biases in clinical cases during the COVID19 pandemic.” (Coen & Sader et al, 2021)
Research article 1: Coen M., Sader J. (Both authors equally contributed to the paper). Junod-Perron N., Audétat MC., Nendaz M.. Clinical reasoning in dire times. Analysis of cognitive biases in clinical cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Jun;17(4):979-988. doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02884-9. Epub 2022 Jan 8. PMID: 34997906; PMCID: PMC8742156 (Coen & Julia et al, 2023) Journal of emergency medicine IF 3.2 (2023)
Position paper 1 “Serious game training in medical education: potential to mitigatecognitive biases of healthcare professionals.” (Sader et al, 2021; Diagnosis – SIDM – Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine – member since 2019).
Position paper 2 “Design Bioethics, not only as a Research Tool but also a Pedagogical Tool (Sader et al, 2021; American Journal of Bioethics I.F. 7.647 (2019).
Scoping review research article 2 “Theoretical models, interventions, and tools to mitigate cognitive biases: can other fields bring a new perspective to medical education?” (Sader, Nendaz & Audétat, 2024)- Submitted to medical education IF 3.2
Randomized control trial: (RCT) research article 3 “Impact of a single training intervention on the mitigation of susceptibility to cognitive biases in medical residents: a multi-centric randomized controlled trial on serious game vs. instructional video” (Sader, Cerutti, Audétat & Nendaz, 2024) -Submitted to BMJ quality and safety IF 2.7
Correlational study research article 4: “What role does critical thinking play in medical residents' susceptibility to cognitive biases?” Therefore, a (Sader, Cerutti, Nendaz & Audétat, 2024) -Submitted to Advances in health sciences education: theory and practice.
Other Selected Publications
Lavallard V, Cerutti B, Audetat Voirol M-C, Broers B, Sader J, Galetto-Lacour A, Hausmann S, Savoldelli GL, Nendaz M, Escher M. Formative assessments during COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study on performance and experiences of medical students. MedEdPublish. 2023;13:7.
Bajwa NM, Sader J, Kim S, Park YS, Nendaz M, Bochatay N. Development and validity evidence for the intraprofessional conflict exercise: An assessment tool to support collaboration. PloS one. 2023;18(2):e0280564.
Cleverley-Leblanc H, Chemin C, Sader J, Junod Perron NA, Zamberg I, Schiffer E, Nendaz M, Audetat Voirol M-C. Favoriser le développement du raisonnement clinique des étudiants en médecine : une démarche d'amélioration. Pédagogie médicale. 2023;23(4):225 33.
Sader J, Cerutti B, Meynard L, Geoffroy F, Meister V, Paignon A, Junod Perron NA. The pedagogical value of near-peer feedback in online OSCEs. BMC medical education. 2022;22(1):572.
Sader J, Diana A, Coen M, Nendaz M, Audetat Voirol M-C. A GP's clinical reasoning in the context of multimorbidity: beyond the perception of an intuitive approach. Family practice. 2022;cmac076.
Sader J, Cairo Notari S, Coen M, Ritz C, Bajwa NM, Nendaz M, Audetat Voirol M-C. Métaphores : une porte d'entrée pour accéder à la richesse du raisonnement clinique des médecins généralistes. Pédagogie médicale. 2022;23(1):17 26.
Coen M, Sader J, Junod Perron NA, Audetat Voirol M-C, Nendaz M. Clinical reasoning in dire times. Analysis of cognitive biases in clinical cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal and emergency medicine. 2022.
Ivana Machonova Schellongova, PhD, JD
Faculty, International Law and Human Rights
Ivana Machonova Schellongova has more than 20 years' experience in international human rights law, litigation, negotiations and diplomacy. She has worked at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), End Human Trafficking Now (EHTN) and Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She manages the Special Fund on Torture Prevention (OPCAT Special Fund) in OHCHR's Human Rights Treaties Branch.
Machonova Schellongova collaborates with Charles University's Research Centre for Human Rights, serves on the Human Rights Bulletin editorial board and lectures on business and human rights at Prague University of Economics. She holds a doctorate and JD in international law from Charles University Faculty of Law, Prague; a master's in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva; and a master's in law from Masaryk University Faculty of Law, Brno.
Neuroscience and Human Rights, Human Rights Bulletin, Charles University, 2024.
Death Penalty and Prohibition of Torture, Human Rights Bulletin, Charles University, 2023.
Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights, Azem Gealfow and Ivana Machonova Schellongova, International and Comparative Law Review, Issue 1, 2022.
Reservations to International Human Rights Treaties and the Practice of the Czech Republic, Czech Law Journal, Vol. 1, 2022.
The Practice of the European Court and the Human Rights Committee – convergence or divergence? in “70th Anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights” (Pavel Sturma and Alla Tymofeyeva, eds.), Science & New Media Passau-Berlin-Prague, 2021.
Right to a Peaceful Assembly, General Comment of the Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Bulletin, Charles University, Vol. 2, 2020.
Are Human Rights Universal? The Legacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in “70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (Pavel Sturma and Milan Lipovsky, eds.), Science & New Media, Passau-Berlin-Prague, 2019.
United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies’ Approach to States’ Obligations in the Context of Business Activities, in “Business and Human Rights,” (Pavel Sturman and Vinicius Almada Mozetic, eds.), Science & New Media Passau-Berlin-Prague, 2018.
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, Human Rights Bulletin, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Vol. 3, 2016.
What Regulations for Corporations and Business Enterprises with respect to Human Rights? Acta Oeconomica Pragensis, Economic University, Prague, Vol. 5, 2015.
A New International Instrument on Business and Human Rights, Human Rights Bulletin, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Vol. 2, 2015.
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, Czech Law Journal, Vol. 6, 2002.
Email: ivanam73@webster.edu
Jeanette Tantillo, MA
Faculty, Professional Seminar, INGOs
Jeanette Tantillo holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University's Bloustein School and an MA from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Before joining Webster University Geneva in 2007, she worked at Green Cross International, the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Fondation du Devenir, focusing on sustainable development in digital technologies, trade, civil society participation and ethics.
At Webster, she specializes in global governance, guiding students through international organizations' mandates and Model United Nations programs. She consults privately on research and editing, serves on the Geneva Writers Group Steering Committee, heads the Geneva Open Mic Poetry Readings and gardens.
Email: jtantillo84@webster.edu
Davide Vité, PhD
Faculty, Business Administration and Mathematics
Davide Vité earned an MS in physics from an Italian university. After research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he completed his doctorate in physics at Imperial College London while working at CERN. He later became a research associate at the University of Geneva, collaborating with CERN and NASA while earning an MBA from Webster University Geneva.
Vité managed learning programs at CERN and UNAIDS before focusing on teaching in 2007. He holds a Master of Arts in Science Education in physics and mathematics and is pursuing a master's in musicology at the University of Geneva. His interests include innovative teaching, environmental science and ancient music.
Email: vitedav@webster.edu