Joelle Nsimire Chabwine

Meyriez

PERSONNAL DATA

Born 14.06.1975, mother of 2 children (boy 2006, girl 2017), Congolese (DR Congo)
Country of residence: Switzerland (C/5-years residence permit)
Address : Chemin de Beaulieu 6 ; 1752 Villars-sur-Glâne (Fribourg), Switzerland
Telephone: 0041 78 944 3230 ; Private Email : jo.nsimy@gmail.com

GRADUATE STUDIES AND DIPLOMA

2000: Diplôme de Médecine, Chirurgie et Accouchement (Catholic University of Bukavu, DR Congo)
2013: Swiss Federal Diploma in Medicine (University of Lausanne, Federal exam)

POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA AND SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATES

Post-graduate diploma
2007-2013: Clinical Specialization in Neurology (FMH)
2008: Doctorate (PhD) in experimental Neurophysiology (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium): “Chloride handling in cultured neurons: the role of NKCC1 cotransporters”
2002: Master (MSc) in Medical Sciences (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium): “Spectral integration in the inferior colliculus of the cat: measurement of binaural bandwidths”
Post-graduate Certificates:
2013: Electroencephalography (Swiss Society of Clinical Electrophysiology)
2016: Quantitative Sensory Test Training (theory and practice), Mannheim University
2019: Noninvasive Brain Stimulation training (theory and practice), Neurolite Course
2020: Pain management specialist (Swiss Pain Society)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS

2010: "Ingénieur de Recherche” (Senior Researcher) at Grenoble Institut Neuroscience (GIN), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM) (France).
2011: “Cheffe de Clinique” (Junior Clinician) in Neurorehabilitation at Beau-Séjour Clinic (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, HUG; Switzerland)
2011-2012: “Cheffe de Clinique” (Junior Clinician) in Neurology at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV ; Switzerland)
2012-2015: “Médecin-Adjoint” (Senior Clinician) in Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at Valais Hospital Sion and Sierre (Switzerland)
2014-ongoing: Scientific Collaborator (20è30%) in Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience and Movement Science, Medicine Section (University of Fribourg, UNIFR; Switzerland)
2016-2017: “Médecin-Adjoint” and “Médecin-Chef Adjoint” (Senior Clinician) (80%) in Neurorehabilitation at Berner Klinik Montana (Switzerland).
2017-ongoing: “Médecin-Adjoint” (Senior Clinician) (70%) in Neurorehabilitation and Neurology (Hôpitaux Fribourgeois (HFR)/Meyriez; Switzerland)
July 2019-August 2020: Head of Neurorehabilitation unit HFR/Meyriez a.i.

CARREER INTERRUPTIONS

2006: Maternity leave (first child)
2016-2017: 6 months pregnancy complications and maternity leave (second child)

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS (PI)

2020-Ongoing: do survivors of COVID-related ARDS with ICUAW have a better functional outcome? a case series study with critical discussion of diagnosis criteria
2020-Ongoing: the PSYCOG study….
2018-Ongoing: A retrospective study of ischemic stroke prognosis using weekly recorded FIM score in early stationary neurorehabilitation
2015-Ongoing: Assessment of brain GABAergic EEG biomarkers in clinical and experimental cold-induced pain
2014-Ongoing: A review of anatomical and physiological concept of akinetic mutism
2013-Ongoing: Blood and urinary clusterin levels in patients with acute ischemic stroke (the BLOODCLUST study)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=chabwine

N. Chabwine and K. Mubagwa (2001), Mental health problems in a population without a previous modern psychiatric care system, Tropical Doctor, 31, 206-208.
N. Chabwine et al. (2004), Long-lasting changes in GABA responsiveness in cultured neurons, Neuroscience Letters, 365: 69-72.
N. Chabwine (2005), Differential diagnosis of spastic paraparesis relative to Konzo, Cassava Cyanide Diseases Network News, Issue 5:3-4.
Mc Laughlin, M. et al. (2008) (second author), Comparison of bandwidths in the inferior colliculus and the auditory nerve II: Measurements using a temporally manipulated stimulus, Journal of Neurophysiology, 100 (4): 2312 - 2327.
N. Chabwine et al. (2009), Differential contribution of Na-K-2Cl (NKCC1) to chloride handling in rat embryonic dorsal root ganglion neurons and motor neurons: the role of NKCC1 cotranporters, the Faseb Journal, 23(4): 1168 - 1176.
N. Chabwine (2009), Cassava-derived cyanide poisoning in South-Kivu: Two possible consequences in addition to konzo, Cassava Cyanide Diseases Network News, Issue 13: 1- 2.
N. Chabwine et al. (2011), Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 82(11):1209-11.
C. Masheka et al (2010) (last author), Possible association between diabetes mellitus, malnutrition and cassava-derived cyanogenic toxicity in Burhinyi (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC), Toxicology Letters, 196S:S1–S352.
N. Chabwine et al. (2011), Appearance of Konzo in South-Kivu, a wartorn area in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 49:644-649.
N. Chabwine and S. Vanden Eijnden (2011), A claim for caution in the use of promising bumetanide to treat neonatal seizures, Journal of Child Neurology, 26(5): 667.
N. Chabwine et al. (2012), Highlights in Neurology 2011, Revue Médicale Suisse, 8:46-50.
N. Chabwine et al. (2012), Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in a patient with transitory lymphopenia (Neurology, 78:2000-2003).
Bidingija Mabika, J. et al. (2012) (2^nd author), Physiologie du corps humain normal, K. Mubagwa Eds, Presses Universitaires de Bukavu, Ed.
N. Chabwine et al. (2014), Dysgeusia associated to myasthenia gravis: more than a coincidence? (Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 9:50).
N. Chabwine et al. (2015), NKCC1 downregulation induces hyperpolarizing shift of GABA responsiveness at near term fetal stages in rat cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons (BMC Neuroscience, 16:41. doi: 10.1186/s12868-015-0180-4).
Luisier, V. et al. (2016) (last author), Management of varicella zoster virus-associated meningo-encephalitis: a case report (BMC Research Notes, 9:451).
Aourz, N. et al. (2018) (3^rd author), Identification of GSK-3 as a potential therapeutic entry point for epilepsy (ACS Chemical Neuroscience, doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00281)
Delhasse, S. et al. (2019) (last author), Erratic movement disorders disclosing Graves’ disease and paralleling thyroid function but not auto-antibody levels (Journal of International Medical Research, doi: 10.1177/0300060518816873)
El Tarhouni A.H. et al. (2020) (last author), The right thalamic ventroposterolateral nucleus seems to be determinant for macrosomatognosia: a case report (BMC Neurology 20:393. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01970-3).
Teixeira, M: et al. (2020) (last author), Beta EEG oscillation is a potential GABAergic biomarker of chronic peripheral neuropathic pain (Revised manuscript received, under correction for publication in Frontiers in Neuroscience).

REVIEW, JURY, SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CONFERENCES/CONGRESSES

Reviewer
2020: Brain Communications
2016: Natural Products Research
2016: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
2011: NeuroReport
Scientific/organizing Committee, Jury (only post-graduate)
2019: “Les enjeux sanitaires de la toxicité du manioc au Sud-Kivu" (Bukavu, DRCongo) (workshop)
2016: QuadriMed Congress (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
2012: IBRO-UNESCO Regional Teaching Workshop on Neuroinfections/neuroinflammation and Epilepsy (Yaoundé, Cameroun)
2011-2012: Member of the doctoral commission and jury of the thesis “Study of the etiology of neurolathyrism, a human neurodegenerative disease with nutritional causes” (Faculty of Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium).

LANGUAGES SKILLS (equivalent)

French, Swahili and Lingala: mother languages;
English: C2; German: B2; Shi dialect: B1
Dutch: A1; Italian: A1

CURRENT SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIP

FMH (Swiss Association of Medical Doctors) since 2013
Swiss Society of Neurology (since 2014)
Swiss Society of Clinical Electrophysiology (since 2014)
International Association for Pain Studies (since 2018)
Swiss Pain Society (since 2019)
Fribourg Society of Medicine (since 2019); Vallis Society of Medicine (2013-2019)
Swiss Society of Neurorehabilitation (since 2019)

EXTRA-PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Voluntary activities
2001-Ongoing: visiting teacher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Bukavu (DRC)
2017-ongoing: singer at the Choeur Mixte St Pierre et Paul (Fribourg, Switzerland)
2020-ongoing: song animator at the Villars-sur-Glâne Perish (Fribourg, Switzerland)
2019-ongoing: large public science vulgarization and discussion (eg Forum Engelberg)