Alenka Schmid
alenkaschmid.bsky.social
Alenka Schmid
@alenkaschmid.bsky.social
Psychologist, Earl Grey fueled Postdoc ☕️ University Children‘s Hospital Zurich 🔍🫀 Congenital Heart Disease #chd
Spannende Resultate bzgl. Langzeitfolgen nach Schädelhirntrauma im Kindes- und Jugendalter:

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November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just me rambling on about #executivefunctions again 😁 With joy I show the slides behind me while looking into the eyes of our PhD students in the audience in front of me, who are going to take this project to another level 🚀
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🌿 Highlighting great student research!
Today, our Master's student Tscherina Benker presented her poster at the Children's Research Center Retreat at #Kinderspital Zürich — showcasing her extensive work on #autonomy-supportive coach #behaviors in our E-Fit study.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Research life sometimes be like #wheretogonext
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ich freue mich sehr auf das diesjährige Forschungssymposium des Forschungszentrums für das Kind 🌿
Neben anderen inspirierenden Nachwuchsforschenden habe ich die Möglichkeit, über die personalisierte Förderung exekutiver Funktionen zu sprechen. #Forschung #ExekutiveFunktionen #KinderspitalZürich
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
✨ Open spots for PhD students – Course starts this Friday! ✨
I’m excited to be teaching a course on Self-Management for PhD Students this semester and we still have open spots! Find more information here:

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📆 3rd and 10th of October
📍 Careum
September 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Honoured to have been invited to the yearly #clinicalscience PhD retreat to share my experiences as an alumni and life after PhD. I deeply enjoyed this enriching afternoon among inspiring researchers! @uzh-ch.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One year ago 🤩 insane how time flies! My first year as post-doc is coming to a close and while somedays it feels like I am still in the same place I was a year ago, I also see how much I‘m not. I continue to investigate #executivefunctions in children with #chd and am continuously inspired. 🫀
September 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Was für eine tolle Tagung der Entwicklungspädiatrie vergangene Woche. Zum Thema ADHS als Spektrum verstehen konnte einmal mehr sehr profitieren von den tollen Vorträgen und Inputs! #adhs #adhd
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Lately I started my Tuesdays with a swim again. So refreshing, so peaceful, so good. The longer the to do list, the better!
#academiclife #postdoclife
August 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Smart but scattered. Have you ever felt like that? Like you know WHAT to do, but you seem to have a hard time figuring out HOW to do it?
I can highly recommend the books of Dawson and Guare regarding ways to learn and teach #executivefunctions
August 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wir suchen zurzeit noch Lehrpersonen für eine Fokusgruppe am kommenden Mittwoch, 06.08.25. Lasst mich wissen wenn ihr dabei sein könnt/wollt!
#teachers #executivefunctions #focusgrouo
July 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Summer at the new research and teaching facility of the #childrenshospitalzurich
#kinderspitalzürich 🥰

#postdoclife #switzerland #academia
July 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A little comment like ‚very nice and comprehensive intro‘ can make someone‘s day. Let‘s normalize positive feedback in manuscripts and teaching 👩🏼‍🏫🫰🏼
#postdoclife #feedback #academia
June 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
What a wonderful workshop I had yesterday, organized by the Swiss Psychological Society. It‘s been the second time attending the Early Career Researcher Day, and I‘m eager to use the new tools I got as soon as possible! 🤩
#postdoclife #swisspsychologicalsociety
June 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What a feeling! 🤩 this was the first time, apart from my defense, that I got to present my PhD project in it‘s complete state! Thanks #aepc2025 ❤️‍🩹👏🏼🎉 #chd #executivefunctions
May 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Going strong on the bike to work challenge with my lab! 🔥🔥 while I‘m the one taking my bike the most often, they definitely push our team in terms of kilometers 😅🤫
Anyone else participating?

#biketowork #labcommunity
May 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Wort zum Dienstag 😁
#quoteoftheday
April 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I just started my training to become a #Neuropsychologist here in Zurich last Friday. What an inspiring weekend, learning more about #executivefunctions and #neuropsychologicaltherapies! Meeting friends afterwards for Pizza at the riverbank of the Limmat is the best end to an intense week 🍕
April 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Congratulations to Susanne Wehrli for so splendidly defending her dissertation yesterday 👏🏼👏🏼 important work on rare disease in Switzerland!
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Slowly getting nervous to start my neuropsychology training in 2 weeks time. Any tipps on juggling clinical work, research and training?
March 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨🚨 Check out Célines first paper about executive functions in survivors of neonatal critical illness such as children born very preterm or with complex congenital heart disease. This paper aimed to describe EF profiles in these populations, amd to identify factors associated with these profiles.
March 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#NobelPrizes in fashion: Mia Ekström and Emil Biering have interpreted the Nobel Prize in Physics, which awards research on artificial #neuralnetworks. The creation is adorned with hand-wound threads and beads, inspired by the nodes connecting nerve cells and the structure of AI technology. 💡🤯
February 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hi Bluesky 🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Alenka and I live in Switzerland • I work in research as a postdoc and as an assistant psychologist • I love Earl Grey Tea and chocolate breaks, and will be sharing postdoc life insights as well as research from myself and my colleagues ✨
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM