Team

Cosima Prahm, PhD MSc BA

Head of Research

Project Lead

Cosima Prahm is currently affiliated with the Department of Hand, Replantation and Microsurgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and serves as Medical Director of the Center for Clinical Research at Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (ukb). In addition, she leads the Berlin Center for Bionics, where her work focuses on neurorehabilitation, phantom limb pain, XR, human–computer interaction, and AI-supported medicine.

Cosima Prahm graduated from the Medical University Vienna, Austria, in 2019 with a PhD in Medicine – Clinical Neuroscience. During that time, she was a research assistant at the Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Extremity Reconstruction and Rehabilitation lead by Prof. Aszmann at the Medical University in Vienna, at the Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Limb Reconstruction, Austria. At the University of Tuebingen, Germany, she was head of research of the laboratory for Hand, Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery while actively conducting research herself in both clinical projects and in the field of TechNeuroRehabilitation, where she also established the working group PlayBionic.

For a comprehensive list of publications have a look at Google Scholar.

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Email: cosima.prahm (@) charite . de

Michael Bressler, PhD

Software Developer

Michael Bressler finished his Master’s degree in Information Technology at the Vienna University of Technology with a focus on human-computer interfaces and user interface design. In his research, he mainly focuses on computer-assisted rehabilitation, virtual and augmented reality, and serious games for health.

Email: hello (@) michaelbressler . at
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Joachim Merk, PhD

Physio and Sport Therapist

Joachim Merk is a qualified sports educator and physiotherapist and works as a sports scientist at the BG Trauma Clinic and as a lecturer at the PT Academy in Tuebingen. He has worked for many years in interdisciplinary pain therapy and the rehabilitation of accident victims. His clinical research interests are the effects of physical and sports therapy interventions after severe injuries from work-related accidents.

Heide Schwieder, MSc

Physiotherapist

Heide Schwieder is a qualified physiotherapist and works in the outpatient therapy center of the BG Trauma Clinic in Tuebingen. Her research deals with phantom and stump limb pain by patients after amputation. She also teaches at the PT Academy in Tuebingen.

Tanja Gohlke

Physiotherapist

Study nurse

Tanja Gohlke is an examinated physical therapist since 1999. Since 2011 she is working in
the department of plastic surgery at the BG Hospital Tuebingen. In 2013 she was certified as
hand therapist of the Akademie für Handtherapie (AfH). She accustoms studies examinating
patients with severe hand injuries using VR tools and the effect on rehabilitation process.

Prof. Jonas Kolbenschlag, MD MHBA

Vice Chair of the Department for Hand, Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn surgery at the BG Unfallklinik Tübingen, Germany

Senior consultant

Vice-Chair of the department of plastic surgery at the BG Hospital Tübingen and the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. In 2021, he was board-certified in handsurgery and completed his Master of Health Business Administration. In the same year, he was also awarded the title of associated professor by the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. His clinical focus is on surgery of the peripheral nerves, reconstructive microsurgery and soft tissue sarcomas. Regarding research, his main interest is on microcirculation, peripheral nerve regeneration and neuropathic pain.

Univ.-Prof. Leila Harhaus-Wähner, MD

Chair of the Department of Hand, Replantation and Microsurgery at Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany and BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Germany

Senior consultant

Prof. Leila Harhaus-Wähner’s clinical expertise focuses on complex hand trauma, reconstructive microsurgery, peripheral nerve surgery, and bionic reconstruction. Alongside her surgical work, she is actively involved in translational and interdisciplinary research at the interface of reconstructive surgery, neurorehabilitation, and technology-assisted medicine. Her scientific interests include innovative approaches for functional restoration after severe extremity injuries, peripheral nerve reconstruction, and the integration of digital technologies into surgical rehabilitation pathways.

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