Philippe Voruz

# PhD student

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Philippe Voruz is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Geneva. He holds a M.Sc in Cognitive and Affective Psychology, as well as a B.Sc in Psychology. The objective of Philippe's thesis is to evaluate cognition, psychiatric symptoms and biomarkers in different stages of Parkinson's disease as a function of motor symptom asymmetry, as well as the effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation, with the support of a Swiss National Fundation Project grant. In parallel, he has an active role in the COVID-COG project, which focuses on the long-term neuropsychological effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

 

Email. philippe.voruz(at)unige.ch

ORCID : 0000-0001-6796-8807

 

Peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals

  • Voruz, P., Cionca, A., Jacot de Alcântara, I., Nuber‐Champier, A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., ... & Péron, J. A (2022). Brain functional connectivity alterations associated with neuropsychological performance 6–9 months following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Human Brain Mapping.
  • Voruz, P., Constantin, I. M., & Péron, J. A. (2022). Biomarkers and non-motor symptoms as a function of motor symptom asymmetry in early Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 108419.
  • Benzakour, L.*, Voruz, P.*, Lador, F., Guerreiro, I., Kharat A., Assal, F., & Péron, J.A (Accepted) PTSD and hyperventilation in post-COVID-19 syndrome: an underestimated association. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
  • Pierce, J., Thomasson, M., Voruz, P., Selosse, G., & Péron, J.A (2022) Explicit and implicit emotion processing in the cerebellum: a meta-analysis and systematic review. The Cerebellum.
  • Voruz, P., Jacot de Alcântara, I., Nuber-Champier, A., Cionca, A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., Lalive, P., Lövblad, K.O., Braillard, O., Nehme, M., Coen, M., Serratrice, J., Reny, JL., Pugin, J., Guessous, I., Ptak, R., Landis, BN.,Assal, F., & Péron, J.A. (2022) Frequency of Abnormally Low Neuropsychological Scores in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: the Geneva COVID-COG Cohort, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2022;acac068.
  • Thomasson, M., Benis, D., Voruz, P., Saj, A., Vérin, M., Assal, F., ... & Péron, J. (2022). Crossed functional specialization between the basal ganglia and cerebellum during vocal emotion decoding: Insights from stroke and Parkinson’s disease. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-14.
  • Voruz, P., Cionca, A., Jacot de Alcântara, I., Nuber-Champier, A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., ... & Péron, J. A. (2022). Functional connectivity underlying cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19 syndrome: is anosognosia a key determinant?. Brain Communications, 4(2), fcac057.
  • Nuber-Champier, A.*, Voruz, P.*, de Alcântara, I. J., Breville, G., Allali, G., Lalive, P. H., ... & Péron, J. A. (2022). Monocytosis in the Acute Phase of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Predicts the Presence of Anosognosia for Cognitive Deficits in the Chronic Phase. Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
  • Voruz, P., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., Nuber-Champier, A., Thomasson, M., Jacot de Alcântara, I., ... & Péron, J. A. (2022). Long COVID Neuropsychological Deficits after Severe, Moderate, or Mild Infection. Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, 6(2), 9.
  • Voruz, P., Pierce, J., Ahrweiller, K., Haegelen, C., Sauleau, P., Drapier, S., ... & Péron, J. (in press). Motor Symptom Asymmetry Predicts Non-motor Outcome and Quality of Life Following STN DBS in Parkinson's Disease. Scientific reports.
  • Voruz, P., Assal, F., & Péron, J. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to short-and long-term neuropsychological disorders: current situation and clinical observations. Revue de neuropsychologie, 13(2), 96-98.
  • Thomasson, M., Benis, D., Saj, A., Voruz, P., Ronchi, R., Grandjean, D., ... & Péron, J. (2021). Sensory contribution to vocal emotion deficit in patients with cerebellar stroke. NeuroImage: Clinical, 31, 102690.
  • Benis, D., Haegelen, C. Voruz, P., Pierce, J., Milesi, V., Houvenaghel, JF., Vérin, M., Sauleau, P., Grandjean, D., & Péron, J. (2020) Subthalamic nucleus oscillations during vocal emotion processing are dependent of the motor asymmetry of Parkinson’s disease. Neuroimage.
  • Voruz, P., Assal, F., & Péron, J. (2020). Are there any neuropsychological sequelae of SARS-CoV-2? Revue de neuropsychologie, 12(2), 187-190.
  • Voruz, P., Le Jeune, F., Haegelen, C., N’Diaye, K., Houvenaghel, JF., Sauleau, P., Drapier, S., Drapier, D. Grandjean, D., Vérin, M., & Péron, J. (2020) Motor symptom asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease predicts emotional outcome following STN DBS: An 18FDG-PET study. Neuropsychologia.
 

Posters, conferences and courses

  • Voruz, P., Cionca, A., Jacot de Alcântara, I., Nuber‐Champier, A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., ... & Péron, J. A (2022). Brain functional connectivity alterations associated with neuropsychological performance 6–9 months following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Human Brain Mapping.
  • Voruz, P., & Péron, J (2022). The effect of the lateralization of motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease on cognition, psychiatry and biomarkers. Oral presentation at the Leenards Center (CHUV).
  • Voruz, P., Cionca A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., Nuber-Champier, A., Thomasson, M., Jacot, I., ... & Peron, J. A. (2021). Anosognosia for memory dysfunction as a key determinant of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in long COVID. Société Suisse de Neurologie (SSN) annual congress [poster session], 18-19 November, Interlaken, Switzerland. Déjérine-Dubois price for the best ePoster.
  • Voruz P., (2021). Motor symptom asymmetry and cognitive decline following STN DBS in Parkinson’s disease. Société Suisse de Neurologie (SSN) annual congress [Conference ], 18-19 November, Interlaken, Switzerland.
  • Voruz, P., (2021). Short- and long-term neuropsychological impairment following COVID-19. NRP 78 conference [poster session]. April 27th, online.
  • Voruz, P., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., Nuber-Champier, A., Thomasson, M., Jacot, I., ... & Peron, J. A. (2021). Short- and long-term neuropsychological impairment following COVID-19. NRP 78 conference [poster session]. April 27th, online.
  • Voruz P., (2021). Short- and long-term neuropsychological impairment following COVID-19. NRP 78 conference [conference]. April 27th, online.
  • Voruz P., (2021). Déficits neuropsychologiques associés à une infection au SARS-CoV-2. Université Libre de Bruxelles dans le cadre du cours "Étude approfondie de cas en neuropsychologie" [course]. March 11th, online.
  • Voruz, P., Le Jeune, F., Haegelen, C., N’Diaye, K., Houvenaghel, JF., Sauleau, P., Drapier, S., Drapier, D. Grandjean, D., Vérin, M., & Péron, J. (2019). Vocal emotion recognition following subthalamic nucleus DBS: An 18FDG-PET study in Parkinson's disease. Annual Research Forum (ARF) [poster session], February 7th and 8th, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Voruz, P., Le Jeune, F., Haegelen, C., N’Diaye, K., Houvenaghel, JF., Sauleau, P., Drapier, S., Drapier, D. Grandjean, D., Vérin, M., & Péron, J. (2018). Vocal emotion recognition following subthalamic nucleus DBS: An 18FDG-PET study in Parkinson's disease. International Workshop on Human Voice and Early Development, “Intersubjectivity and Nonverbal Behaviors” [poster session], December 5th-7th, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
 

Awards

  • 13th prize of the VASCO SANZ FUND (November 2022) for: Functional connectivity underlying cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19 syndrome: is anosognosia a key determinant ?. Brain Communications, 4(2), fcac057.
  • Déjérine-Dubois price from the Swiss society of neurology (SSN) for the best ePoster at the Société Suisse de Neurologie (SSN) annual congress [poster session], 18-19 November, Interlaken, Switzerland for Voruz, P., Cionca A., Allali, G., Benzakour, L., Nuber-Champier, A., Thomasson, M., Jacot, I., ... & Peron, J. A. (2021). Anosognosia for memory dysfunction as a key determinant of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in long COVID.