Name: Karin Schenk
Date of Birth: December 22th, 1980 Nationality: Swiss
Marital Status: Single, no children
Business Address: Bern University of Applied Sciences Department of Health Professions Murtenstrasse 10
CH – 3008 Bern T +41 31 848 47 25
Education
Since October 2015 PhD, University of Basel, Faculty of Psychology
PhD student in the SNF project “Validation of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates with Consideration for Individual Contextual Factors” (SNF 320030_159573)
2011 – 2015 Master of Science in Psychology, University of Bern
Master thesis “Zur Wirkung von Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in einem nicht-klinischen Kontext”
2008 – 2011 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Bern
Bachelor thesis “Menschen ohne Rückenschmerzen – was charakterisiert sie?”
2008 – 2011 Bachelor Minor in General Ecology, University of Bern
Project thesis “Erreichung der Aichi-Ziele auf kantonaler Ebene” 2005 – 2006 General qualification for university entrance
“Passerellenkurs der TSME”, Frauenfeld 2004 – 2005 Vocational school
Gesundheitliche und soziale Berufsmaturitätsschule, St. Gallen 1996 – 1999 Diploma of retail assistant (apprenticeship)
Employment History
Since October 2017 Research assistant
Project “Perinatal mental health care in Switzerland: Unraveling the perspective of affected women and health professionals (MADRE)” Bern University of Applied Sciences
Since January 2017 Research assistant
Coordination and organization of the 12th International Symposium
on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) in Basel, 2019 Bern University of Applied Sciences 10.2015 – 12.2018 PhD student
SNF project “Validation of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates with Consideration for Individual Contextual Factors”
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health
Professions
07.2015 – 09.2015 Trainee in clinical psychology
Privatklinik Aadorf 05.2015 – 06.2015 Research assistant
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health
Professions
07.2013 – 06.2015 Clerk, pension fund
PANVICA, Münchenbuchsee 07.2013 – 10.2013 Shop assistant
Eiselin Sport, Bern
01.2013 – 05.2013 Clerk, old age and survivors insurance
PANVICA, Müchenbuchsee
12.2012 – 12.2012 Shop assistant
Thalia Bücher AG, Bern
07.2012 – 11.2012 Research internship in psychosomatic medicine
University hospital of Bern
12.2011 – 07.2012 Research internship in health psychology
University of Bern
11.2011 – 07.2012 Clerk, engineering office
hpb consulting ag, Bern
06.2011 – 09. 2011 Trainee in the field of environment/sustainability
02.2010 – 05.2011 Therapy assistant, working with a child with autism spectrum disorder
Proinfirmis, Bern 10.2009 – 04.2011 Shop assistant
Globus AG, Bern 07.2009 – 08.2009 Kitchen help
Hotel Gasterntal-Selden, Kandersteg 02.2007 – 08.2008 Clerk, internal sales office
Ditzler AG, Möhlin 10.2006 – 01.2007 Shop assistant
Globus AG, Basel
08.2004 – 09.2004 Temporary job, photographic laboratory
Photocolor Kreuzlingen AG 12.2003 – 04.2004 Shop assistant
Koller Mode-Sport AG, Arosa
05.2003 – 11.2003 Temporary job, photographic laboratory
Photocolor Kreuzlingen AG 12.2002 – 04.2003 Shop assistant
Koller Mode-Sport AG, Arosa
05.2002 – 11.2002 Temporary job, photographic laboratory
Photocolor Kreuzlingen AG 12.2001 – 04.2002 Shop assistant
Koller Mode-Sport AG, Arosa
05.2001 – 11.2001 Trainee in a home for the handicapped
Heim für Seh- und Mehrfachbehinderte, Homburg 12.2000 – 04.2001 Temporary job, restaurant
Bergrestaurant Alp Lavoz, Lenzerheide 08.1999 – 08.2000 Shop assistant
Charles Vögele Mode AG, St. Gallen 08.1996 – 07.1999 Apprenticeship as a retail assistant
Supervision of students
Since 2019 Supervision of two master’s thesis Since 2016 Supervision of trainees
Membership in Scientific Societies & Congress Organization Committees
Since 2019 Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood
Since 2017 Member of the Local Organizing Committee for the International Symposium on Pediatric Pain 2019 in Basel
Since 2016 Member of the Canadian trainee program “Pain In Child Health (PICH)”, a strategic training initiative in health research of the Canadian institutes of health research.
Awards
March 2018 PICH2GO Award (travel grant) for attending PICH2GO Copenhagen, 25-27 March 2018.
November 2016 PICH2GO Award (travel grant) for attending PICH2GO Toronto, 9-10 November 2016.
Publications and presentations
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Schenk, K., Stoffel, L., Bürgin, R., Stevens, B., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., Nelle, M., &
Cignacco, E. The Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates-Revised accounts for individual contextual factors. (Manuscript submitted for publication, 20 March 2019).
Schenk, K., Stoffel, L., Bürgin, R., Stevens, B., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., Nelle, M., & Cignacco, E. (2019). The influence of gestational age in the psychometric testing of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates. BMC Pediatrics, 19:20.
Cignacco, E., Schenk, K., Stevens, B., Stoffel, L., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. (2017). Individual contextual factors in the validation of the Bernese pain scale for neonates: protocol for a prospective observational study. BMC Pediatrics, 17:171.
Publications in non peer-reviewed journals
Cignacco, E., Schenk, K., & Stoffel, L. (2018). Schmerzen bei Neugeborenen: die Geschichte einer Vernachlässigung. Hebamme.ch, 7/8, 15-18.
Schenk, K., & Cignacco, E. (2016). Schmerzzustände von Neugeborenen zuverlässiger beurteilen. Hebamme.ch, 7/8, 11-13.
Presentations
Schenk, K., Stoffel, L., Bürgin, R., Stevens, B., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. Gestational age in the validation of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates. 12th International
Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) 2019, Basel, 16-20 June 2019. (Accepted abstract for presentation)
Schenk, K., Stoffel, L., Bürgin, R., Stevens, B., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., Nelle, M., &
Cignacco, E. Psychometric testing of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates considering the full range of gestational ages. PICH2GO Copenhagen, 25-26 March 2018.
Schenk, K., Cignacco, E., Stevens, B., Stoffel, L., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. (2017). Individuelle Kontextfaktoren in der Validierung des Berner Schmerzscores für Neugeborene: Ergebnisse der Validierungsstudie. 28. Deutscher Kongress für Perinatale
Medizin, Berlin, 30 November to 2 December 2017.
Cignacco, E., Schenk, K., Stevens, B., Stoffel, L., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. Validation of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates with consideration for Individual Contextual Factors. Short oral presentation at the Forschertag der Kinderkliniken Bern, 8 November 2017.
Cignacco, E., Schenk, K., Stevens, B., Stoffel, L., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. Individual contextual factors in the validation of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates: preliminary results of the psychometric testing. 11th International Symposium on Pediatric
Pain (ISPP) 2017, Kuala Lumpur, 6-9 July 2017.
Cignacco, E., Schenk, K., Stevens, B., Stoffel, L., Bassler, D., Schulzke, S., & Nelle, M. Validierung des Berner Schmerzscores für Neugeborene unter Berücksichtigung von
individuellen Kontextfaktoren. Swiss Congress for Health Professions (SCHP), Lugano, 1-2 September 2016.
Personal Skills
Languages German (native), English (very good), French (basic knowledge) Technical Skills Microsoft, Mac OS, SPSS, EndNote, secuTrial, R
2016 – 2018 Mediation teacher training, Lharampa Tenzin Kalden
2011 – 2016 Training in “Buddhistic philosophy and psychology” and “Lojong and Buddhistic philosophy”, Lharampa Tenzin Kalden