Petra S. Huppi MD

Prof. Petra Huppi, is a clinician in pediatrics. Since 1998 she runs the Child Development Unit and the Division of Development and Growth at the Department of Pediatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. She received her MD from the University of Berne, where she trained in pediatrics, and newborn medicine at the Joint program in neonatology at Childrens Hospital, Harvard medical School, Boston.

Next to her clinical work, she is a full professor at the University of Geneva and has international research activities with a visiting scientist position at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. She has directed numerous research projects both at Harvard Medical School and the University of Geneva, aimed at the better understanding of early human brain development.

Her research has helped in a major way to understand the specific brain deficits found in prematurely born children, highly relevant for the cognitive and socio-emotional development of children and adolescents.