Oriella Gnarra

PhD Student

University of Bern, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation

E-Mail
oriella.gnarra@unibe.ch
E-Mail2
oriella.gnarra@insel.ch
Postal Address
ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation
Freiburgstrasse 3
3010 Bern

After receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in biomedical engineering, I developed an interest in wearable and contactless technologies. My research focuses on patients with sleep disorders and how technologies can assist them in the hospital and at home in their daily lives. Through signal processing, we extract potential digital biomarkers to predict disease progression and the effects of treatments. 

2019: Research Assistant, Neuroengineering Lab, Department of Health Science and Technologies, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2018: Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Specialization in Electronics for Medicine, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

2017: Visiting Student, École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Paris, France

2015: Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 

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2024

Ferini-Strambi, Luigi; Liguori, Claudio; Lucey, Brendan P; Mander, Bryce A; Spira, Adam P; Videnovic, Aleksandar; Baumann, Christian; Franco, Oscar; Fernandes, Mariana; Gnarra, Oriella; Krack, Paul; Manconi, Mauro; Noain, Daniela; Saxena, Smita; Kallweit, Ulf; Randerath, Winfried; Trenkwalder, C; Rosenzweig, Ivana; Iranzo, Alex; Bradicich, Matteo; ... (2024). Correction to: Role of sleep in neurodegeneration: the consensus report of the 5th Think Tank World Sleep Forum. Neurological sciences, 45(4), p. 1813. Springer 10.1007/s10072-024-07391-1

Gnarra, Oriella; van der Meer, Julia; Warncke D, Jan; Fregolente, Livia G; Wenz, Elena; Zub, Kseniia; Nwachukwu, Uchendu; Zhang, Zhongxing; Khatami, Ramin; von Manitius, Sigrid; Miano, Silvia; Acker, Jens; Strub, Mathias; Riener, Robert; Bassetti, Claudio L. A.; Schmidt, Markus H (2024). SPHYNCS: Feasibility of long-term monitoring with Fitbit smartwatches in central disorders of hypersomnolence and extraction of digital biomarkers in narcolepsy. (In Press). Sleep Oxford University Press 10.1093/sleep/zsae083

Ferini-Strambi, Luigi; Liguori, Claudio; Lucey, Brendan P; Mander, Bryce A; Spira, Adam P; Videnovic, Aleksandar; Baumann, Christian; Franco, Oscar; Fernandes, Mariana; Gnarra, Oriella; Krack, Paul; Manconi, Mauro; Noain, Daniela; Saxena, Smita; Kallweit, Ulf; Randerath, Winfried; Trenkwalder, C; Rosenzweig, Ivana; Iranzo, Alex and Bassetti, Claudio (2024). Role of sleep in neurodegeneration: the consensus report of the 5th Think Tank World Sleep Forum. Neurological sciences, 45(2), pp. 749-767. Springer 10.1007/s10072-023-07232-7

Duss, Simone B.; Vorster, Albrecht P. A.; Urech, Antoine; Schmitt, Wolfgang J.; Beck, Jonas; Hilt, Daniella; Gnarra, Oriella; van der Meer, Julia; Tüzün, Marina; Berger, Thomas; Schäfer, Carolin; Brill, Anne-Kathrin; Schmidt, Markus H.; Schindler, Kaspar A.; Bassetti, Claudio L. A. (2024). The Swiss Sleep House Bern—A New Approach to Sleep Medicine. Clinical and translational neuroscience, 8(1) Sage Publications 10.3390/ctn8010014

2023

Gnarra, Oriella; Calvello, Carmen; Schirinzi, Tommaso; Beozzo, Francesca; De Masi, Claudia; Spanetta, Matteo; Fernandes, Mariana; Grillo, Piergiorgio; Cerroni, Rocco; Pierantozzi, Mariangela; Bassetti, Claudio L. A.; Mercuri, Nicola Biagio; Stefani, Alessandro; Liguori, Claudio (2023). Exploring the Association Linking Head Position and Sleep Architecture to Motor Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: An Exploratory Study. Journal of personalized medicine, 13(11) MDPI 10.3390/jpm13111591

Gnarra, Oriella; Breuss, Alexander; Rossi, Lorenzo; Fujs, Manuel; Knobel, Samuel E. J.; Warncke, Jan; Gerber, Stephan M.; Bassetti, Claudio L. A.; Riener, Robert; Nef, Tobias; Schmidt, Markus H. (2023). Transferability of a Sensing Mattress for Posture Classification from Research into Clinics. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2023, pp. 1-6. IEEE 10.1109/ICORR58425.2023.10304684

Gnarra, Oriella; Wulf, M; Schäfer, C; Nef, T; Bassetti, C (2023). REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, a narrative review from a technological perspective. Sleep, 46(6) American Academy of Sleep Medicine 10.1093/sleep/zsad030

2022

Gnarra, O; van der Meer, J; Warncke, J; Wenz, E; Fragolente, L.; Khatami, R; Schindler, K; Tzovara, A; Schmidt, M H; Bassetti, C L (2022). SPHYNCS: Longterm monitoring with Fitbit in patients with narcolepsy and its borderland. Sleep medicine, 100, S105-S106. Elsevier 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.294

Gallego Vázquez, Cristina; Breuss, Alexander; Gnarra, Oriella; Portmann, Julian; Madaffari, Antonio; Da Poian, Giulia (2022). Label noise and self-learning label correction in cardiac abnormalities classification. Physiological measurement, 43(9) Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1361-6579/ac89cb

Vazquez, Cristina Gallego; Breuss, Alexander; Gnarra, Oriella; Portmann, Julian; Da Poian, Giulia (10 January 2022). Two Will Do: CNN With Asymmetric Loss, Self-Learning Label Correction, and Hand-Crafted Features for Imbalanced Multi-Label ECG Data Classification. In: 2021 Computing in Cardiology (CinC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE 10.23919/CinC53138.2021.9662741

Ancona, Stefania; Faraci, Francesca D; Khatab, Elina; Fiorillo, Luigi; Gnarra, Oriella; Nef, Tobias; Bassetti, Claudio L. A.; Bargiotas, Panagiotis (2022). Wearables in the home-based assessment of abnormal movements in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of neurology, 269(1), pp. 100-110. Springer-Medizin-Verlag 10.1007/s00415-020-10350-3

2021

Schmidt, Markus H.; Dekkers, Martijn P. J.; Baillieul, Sébastien; Jendoubi, Jasmine; Wulf, Marie-Angela; Wenz, Elena; Gomes, Livia; Vorster, Albrecht; Gnarra, Oriella; Bassetti, Claudio L.A. (2021). Measuring Sleep, Wakefulness, and Circadian Functions in Neurologic Disorders. Sleep medicine clinics, 16(4), pp. 661-671. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsmc.2021.08.005

Schindler, Kaspar A.; Nef, Tobias; Baud, Maxime; Tzovara, Athina; Yilmaz, Gürkan; Tinkhauser, Gerd; Gerber, Stephan M.; Gnarra, Oriella; Warncke, Jan D.; Schütz, Narayan; Knobel, Samuel E. J.; Schmidt, Markus H.; Krack, Paul; Fröhlich, Flavio; Sznitman, Raphael; Rothen, Simon; Bassetti, Claudio L.A. (2021). NeuroTec Sitem-Insel Bern: Closing the Last Mile in Neurology. Clinical and translational neuroscience, 5(2), p. 13. MDPI 10.3390/ctn5020013