Dr. phil.

Ursina

McCaskey, PhD

2015 PhD in Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2010 Lic. phil. (M. Sc.) Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2022: CAT (Computational Anatomy Toolbox) Workshop, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
2022: Resilience and Well-being in Academia, Graduate Campus, University of Zurich.
2022; Supervising Bachelor and Master Theses, Didactica, ETH and University of Zurich.
2018: Project Management for Postdocs, Graduate Campus, University of Zurich.
2017: Good Clinical Practice GCP, Module 3, Clinical Trial Center CTC, University of Zurich.
2016: Good Clinical Practice GCP, Module 1 and 2, Clinical Trial Center CTC, University of Zurich.
2015: How to write a scientific grant application, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich.
2013: Voice training and presentation skills in the Sciences and Medicine, Graduate Campus, University of Zurich.
2013: Writing Research Articles in Psychology, Language Center, University of Zurich.
2012: Interculturality in academia, Faculty of Psychology, University of Zurich.
2012: Verhandlungs- und Moderationstechniken, Graduate Campus University of Zurich.
2011: Zeit- und Selbstmanagement für Doktorierende, Graduate Campus, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2011: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) course for fMRI, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.

• Executive committee of the Children’s Research Center (CRC), University Children’s Hospital, Zürich
• Editorial board of ‘Lernen und Lernstörungen’, Hogrefe
• Zurich Developmental Science Research Exchange Network

• Functional and structural development of the numerical brain and its relation to behaviour in typically developing children and children with developmental dyscalculia
• Development of magnitude processing and the relationship to spatial skills in typically developing children and children with developmental dyscalculia
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in children and adolescents: functional MRI, structural MRI (voxelbased morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging analyses, cortical thickness), development of fMRI paradigms. Neuropsychological testing of numerical abilities in children and adolescents. Longitudinal analysis of behavioural as well as functional and structural MRI data.

• 2022 Fondation Adrian et Simone Frutiger
• 2021 Anna Müller Grocholwski Foundation
• 2020 Seed Money Grant of the Leading house of the Latin American Region, University of St.Gallen.
• 2019 OPO Foundation
• 2018 CRC (Children‘s Research Center), University Children’s Hospital Zürich
• 2015 NOMIS-Foundation

• ORCID