Sarah Bürgler MSc
Assistentin / Doktorandin (Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie)
Technik / Labor / Infrastruktur (N-Lab)
Lehrbeauftragte (Administration)
Psychotherapeutin in Weiterbildung (Zentrum für Psychotherapie)
Büro
Fakultät für Psychologie
Missionsstrasse 60/62
4055 Basel
Schweiz
Kontakt
sarah.buergler@unibas.ch
+41 61 207 61 90
1. Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals
| 2023 | Buergler S., Sezer D., Bagge N., Kirsch I., Locher C., Carvalho C., & Gaab J. (2023). Imaginary pills and open-label placebos can reduce test anxiety by means of placebo mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2624. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29624-7 IF: 4.4 |
| 2022 | Locher C., Buergler S., Heimgartner N., Koechlin H., Gerger H., Gaab J., & Büchi S. (2022). Greater than the sum of the parts: a qualitative content analysis of what constitutes a good treatment in the inpatient setting. BMC health services research, 22(1), 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07834-5 IF: 2.5 |
| 2021 | Sezer D., De Leeuw M., Netzer C. M., Dieterle M., Meyer A. H., Buergler S., Locher C., Ruppen W., Gaab J., & Schneider T. (2021). Open-Label Placebo Treatment for Acute Postoperative Pain (OLP-POP Study): Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Medicine, 2057. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.687398 IF: 5.091 |
| 2021 | Locher C., Buergler S., Frey-Nascimento A., Kost L., Blease C., & Gaab J. (2021). Lay perspectives of the open-label placebo rationale: a qualitative study of participants in an experimental trial. BMJ open, 11(8), e053346. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053346 IF: 2.69 |
| 2021 | Annoni M., Buergler S., Stewart-Ferrer S., & Blease C. (2021). Placebo Studies and Patient Care: Where Are the Nurses?. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 259. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.591913 IF: 4.157 |
| 2020 | Bernstein M. H., Locher C., Kube T., Buergler S., Stewart‐Ferrer S., & Blease C. R. (2020). Putting the ‘Art’into the ‘Art of Medicine’: The Under-Explored Role of Artifacts in Placebo Studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1354. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01354 IF: 2.129 |
| 2020 | Bernstein M. H., Locher C., Stewart‐Ferrer S., Buergler S., DesRoches C. M., Dossett M. L., ... & Blease C. R. (2020). Primary care providers' use of and attitudes towards placebos: An exploratory focus group study with US physicians. British Journal of Health Psychology, 25(3), 596-61. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12429 IF: 2.47 |
| 2020 | Gerger H., Buergler S., Sezer D., Grethler M., Gaab J., & Locher C. (2020). The Healing Encounters and Attitudes Lists (HEAL): Psychometric properties of a German version in comparison with the original HEAL. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 897. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00897 IF: 3.2 |
2. Contribution to conferences
| 9/2022 | Talk at the 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society (SPS) in Zurich: "It’s all in your mind: A randomized controlled trial of imaginary pills in test anxiety" |
| 7/2022 | Talk at the 15th World Conference for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (PCE2022) in Copenhagen: "It’s all in your mind: A randomized controlled trial of imaginary pills in test anxiety" |
| 9/2021 | Poster presentation at the BEACON Conference at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel: "It’s all in your mind: A randomized controlled trial of imaginary pills in test anxiety" |
| 5/2021 | Oral presentation at the 3rd official SIPS (Society in Placebo Studies) conference online in Baltimore, US: "It’s all in your mind: A randomized controlled trial of imaginary pills in test anxiety" |
| 5/2021 | Poster presentation at the 3rd official SIPS (Society in Placebo Studies) conference online in Baltimore, US: "Effects of open-label placebos in patients and healthy individuals: Protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis" |
| 7/2019 | Poster presentation at the 2nd official SIPS (Society in Placebo Studies) conference in Leiden, NL: "Open-label placebo in premenstrual syndrome: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial on psychological distress, functional interference and health-related quality of life" |
| 8/2019 | Poster presentation at the symposium Perspectives on Good Treatment at the University of Plymouth: "Open-label placebo in premenstrual syndrome: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial on psychological distress, functional interference and health-related quality of life" |
| General: | |
| 2020 | Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in personzentrierter Psychotherapie |
| 2019 | PhD Candidate at the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel |
| 2019 | Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland |
Workshop and Courses: | |
| 2021 | Course LaTeX for Beginners, Transferrable Skills Program at the University of Basel (Red Laviste) |
| 2021 | Workshop Power, Politics and Personal Effectiveness in Academia at the BEACON conference at the University of Basel (Andrea Kleinhuber) |
| 2021 | Course Informationsdesign – Gestaltung von digitalen und gedruckten Materialien, Transferrable Skills Program at the University of Basel (Martina Schradi) |
| 2021 | Course Project Management for Researchers, Transferrable Skills Program at the University of Basel (Dr. Dimitije Krstic) |
| 2020 | Course Writing for publication in Psychology, Kurs Sprachenzentrum Universität Basel (Stephan Meyer) |
| 2020 | Course Online-Lehren und -Lernen: Szenarien und Werkzeuge, Kurs Bildungstechnologien Universität Basel (Dr. Gudrun Bachmann, Dr. Anna-Barbara Utelli) |
| 2020 | Course Studierende aktivieren und motivieren in kooperativen Lehr-Lernsettings – unter Berücksichtigung der digitalen Lehre, Kurs Hochschuldidaktik Universität Basel (PD Dr. Ulrike Hanke) |
| 2020 | Course Unterrichten nach dem Flipped Classroom-Prinzip – Ideen für eine zeitgemässe Hochschullehre, Kurs Hochschuldidaktik Universität Basel (PD Dr. Ulrike Hanke) |
| 2020 | Workshop Advanced methods in (Network) Meta-Analysis, Swiss Epidemiology Winterschool |
| 2020 | Workshop Digital Epidemiology and Participatory Surveillance: Methods and Applications,Swiss Epidemiology Winterschool |
| 2020 | Course Good clinical practice, Clinical Trial Unit |
| 2020 | Crash Course in Python, University of Basel (Maxim Samarin) |
| 2019 | Workshop Statistische Auswertung über RevMan hinaus – Metaanalyse und Neztwerkmetaanalyse mit R in Freiburg (DE) organized by Cochrane (Dr. Guido Schwarzer, Dr. Gerta Rücker) |
| 2019 | Workshop How to conduct a systematic review in psychology? University of Basel (Dr. Joe Kossowsky, Dr. Heike Gerger) |
| 2018 | Course Writing your Research Article and/or Thesis in English, University of Basel (Dr. Riana Paola) |
| since 01/2021 | Psychotherapist at the Center of Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel |
| since 08/2020 | Supervisor for the project seminar at the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel |
| since 09/2019 | PhD candidate at the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jens Gaab |
| 10/2018-01/2019 | Internship at the Privatklinik Hohenegg (Meilen, ZH) and the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel Advisor: Dr. Cosima Locher |
| 08/2017-07/2019 | Research Assistant at the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jens Gaab |
| 08/2017-06/2022 | Technical Laboratory Assistant at the Neuroscience Userlab at the University of Basel Advisor: Philippe Chresta |
| 09/2017-01/2018 | Lecturer at the Colloquium "Analysis of Empirical Data in R" at the University of Basel Advisor: Dr. Andrea Meyer |
| 09/2016-06/2017 | Seminar leader for "practical statistics in R" at University of Basel Advisor: Dr. Andrea Meyer |
| 04/2016-07/2016 | Internship at the Division of Personality and Developmental Psychology, University of Basel Advisor: Annette Bünger |
| 09/2015-06/2016 | Tutor for statistics and statistical software R at the University of Basel Advisor: Dr. Andrea Meyer |
| 2021-2022 | Bachelor Thesis comparative efficacy of pharmacological and psychological treatments and their combination as compared with placebo for alcoholism: A systematic review Supervision of 1 bachelor student |
| 2021-2022 | Project Seminar on two topics: placebo responder perceptions (5 students), framing effects and pandemic media coverage (6 students) Supervision of 11 bachelor students |
| 2021-2022 | Masterproject Effects of open-label placebos in patients and healthy individuals: A systematic review and network meta-analysis Supervision of 4 master students, 1 intern |
| 2020-2022 | Masterproject comparative efficacy of pharmacological and psychological treatments and their combination as compared with placebo for alcoholism: A network meta-analysis Supervision of 4 master students, 5 interns |
| 2020-2022 | Masterproject qualitative interviews on imaginary pills and open label placebo in students with test anxiety Supervision of 2 master student, 2 interns |
| 2020-2021 | Project Seminar on three topics: digital wellness (5 students), Dr. Alpaca (5 students), 5G migraine (5 students) Supervision of 15 bachelor students |
| 2019-2021 | Masterproject taking open label placebo further: Randomized controlled trial of imaginary pills in test anxiety Supervision of 3 master students, 1 intern, 1 research assistant |
| 2019-2020 | Project Seminar on three topics: smartphone wellness (4 students), google fever (5 students), psychological placebos (4 students) Supervision of 13 bachelor students |
| 09/2021-06/2022 | HS21, FS22 Seminar leader of "Kolloquium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie" |
| 09/2021-06/2022 | HS21, FS22 Seminar leader of project seminar students |
| 09/2020-06/2021 | HS20, FS21 Seminar leader of "Kolloquium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie" |
| 09/2020-06/2021 | HS20, FS21 Seminar leader of project seminar students |
| 09/2019-06/2022 | HS19, FS20, HS20, FS21, HS21, FS22 Supervision of several master students |
| 09/2019-06/2020 | HS19, FS20 Seminar leader of "Kolloquium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie" |
| 09/2019-06/2020 | HS19, FS20 Seminar leader of project seminar students |
| 02/2019-06/2019 | FS19 Leader of Workshop "Introduction into R" for internal members of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Basel |
| 09/2017-01/2018 | HS17 Lecturer at the Lecture and Colloquium "Analysis of Empirical Data in R" at the University of Basel |
| 09/2016-06/2017 | HS16, FS17 Seminar leader for "practical statistics with R" at the University of Basel |
| 09/2015-06/2016 | HS15, FS16 Tutor for statistics and statistical software R at the University of Basel |
| since 2019 | Member of the Society of Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS) |
| since 2018 | Member of the Swiss Psychological Society (SPS) |
| 08/2019 | Travel grant from the University of Basel for the 2nd SIPS Congress in Leiden (NL) |
| 11/2019 | Travel grant from the University of Basel for the Symposium “Perspectives on Good Treatment” in Plymouth |